User talk:AlexWelens

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Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2000
I've tagged this article you created as being a speedy delete candidate - criterion A3 - it lacks any substantial content, add some content and it will no longer be a deletion candidate by this criterion. Regards, Guest9999 (talk) 17:22, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I've removed the A3 tag as you added some content (goo job) - I would say that there are still some issues with the page - namely that it now duplicates the content of another one - I'm sorry if my deletion tagging rushed you into making the move. Happy editing, Guest9999 (talk) 18:09, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I've turned the original United States presidential primaries, 2000 into a disambiguation page and will try and get an admin to do a history merge with the new page. Guest9999 (talk) 18:14, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

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Russian Air Force Roundel
Dear Alex

Please do not add this blue-red-white rounder to the article. This roundel is used by Russian Border Force aircraft. Furthermore, the Russian DUMA has voted against roundel change last year (please research this on-line and also see the page talk section). So the red star will remain as the roundel.

Thanks - Ash sul (talk) 23:42, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Vyacheslav Lebedev
Hello AlexWelens,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Vyacheslav Lebedev for deletion, because it seems to be copied from another source.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to rewrite it in your own words, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Arthistorian1977 (talk) 09:38, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

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