User talk:LeakySponge

Welcome![edit]

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Speedy deletion nomination of Henry Wally Laster[edit]

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A tag has been placed on Henry Wally Laster requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person, a group of people, an individual animal, an organization (band, club, company, etc.), web content, or an organized event, but it does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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March 2017[edit]

Hello. This is a message to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions, such as the edit you made to Trevor Eyster, did not appear constructive and has been reverted. Please take some time to familiarise yourself with our policies and guidelines. You can find information about these at our welcome page which also provides further information about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. If you only meant to make test edits, please use the sandbox for that. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you may leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. RickinBaltimore (talk) 19:25, 23 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

That page is about a person alive and you guys state no one alive is to be written about. I wrote a piece on Henry Wally Laster and hes alive and it got deleted. So yes Trevor Eyster is to be deleted immediately. LeakySponge (talk) 19:28, 23 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Did you read the section above? Any subject written about on Wikipedia must meet what are known as the general notability guidelines. That was the reason for deletion, not that they are alive (and that's a silly reason, because we have 1000's of articles on people who are alive). It was deleted because he did not meet our guidelines I see you are working on the draft, and if you can get that sourced to show his notability, it can be published. RickinBaltimore (talk) 19:34, 23 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

yes i read it and all articles was sourced correctly. LeakySponge (talk) 21:11, 23 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

help me[edit]

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I created a page for Henry Wally Laster. I want that page undeleted as it was sourced corrected. It met the guidelines. He is listed on IMDB and various other sites. This page needs to be undeleted within a matter of minutes and locked so only I can make corrections. LeakySponge (talk) 05:04, 25 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The page was not sourced correctly, none of the sources used were reliable several were wiki-pages which are not considered reliable as they can be edited by anyone, several more were IMDB pages - again editable by anyone so not reliable and several others were simply profiles of him. None of the references gave any evidence of how he met the criteria for notability. Also if restored the page wont be locked so only you can contribute to it for several reasons including the fact that content here is not owned by an individual and secondly because the sites software does not allow that to be done. If you wish to appeal its deletion you'll need to go here Amortias (T)(C) 13:46, 25 March 2017 (UTC).[reply]

Our rules for the notability of actors do not grant an automatic inclusion freebie just because the actor has an IMDb profile; every actor who's ever been in even one film or TV role at all automatically gets an IMDb profile regardless of whether he clears our notability standards or not. An actor gets a Wikipedia article on the basis of being the subject of reliable source coverage in media which verifies that he passes a specific WP:NACTOR criterion, and does not automatically get one just because he's had bit part roles.

And by the way, while you have correctly identified that Eyster's article is problematic, the issue is that you used the wrong process to respond to that. The article is a potential candidate for an WP:AFD discussion, which I've initiated, but it was not a potential candidate for speedy deletion — speedy only applies to certain very specific situations, of which Eyster's article met none, and even an obviously-deletable article can still not necessarily be a speedy-deletable article. Bearcat (talk) 14:41, 25 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Erinhayden (talk) 09:58, 26 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

April 2017[edit]

Hello. This is a message to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions, such as the edit you made to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Trevor Eyster, did not appear constructive and has been reverted. Please take some time to familiarise yourself with our policies and guidelines. You can find information about these at our welcome page which also provides further information about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. If you only meant to make test edits, please use the sandbox for that. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you may leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:26, 3 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Edits such as this are not going to change the result of the AfD discussion and will only lead to your behavior being possibly examined by an administrator. An AfD close represents a consensus of the Wikipedia community, but such a consensus can change over time or when new information relevant to what was being discussed is found. Any close can be questioned, but the way to do that is by discussing things with the adminsitrator who closed the discussion. Patar knight is the administrator who closed that discussion, so feel free to discuss your concerns at User talk:Patar knight if you like. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:35, 3 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Sockpuppetry case[edit]

You are suspected of sock puppetry, which means that someone suspects you of using multiple Wikipedia accounts for prohibited purposes. Please make yourself familiar with the notes for the suspect, then, if you wish to do so, respond to the evidence at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Hwlaster. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90sNickfan (talk • contribs) 10:38, 4 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]