User talk:Eric Bauman
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For a user with only a four day long editing history, you are awfully gung-ho about nominating files for deletion. The guide to deletion asks user to avoid using Wikipedia acronyms in nomination statements, and to instead explain what actual policy is being violated, providing links if possible. You will get better feedback on your nominations if you provide clearer rationales than you have. Beeblebrox (talk) 17:29, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
- Hi there, thanks for the tip. I abbreviated as the instructions on FFD suggested that reasons are "often abbreviated", however I certainly see the merit in more verbose explanations, and will indeed attempt to make more lengthy explanations in the future. Also, I hope there is no problem with a "new" user nominating files for deletion. ;-) Eric Bauman (talk) 16:39, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
