User talk:Ampersande2

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Your contributed article, List of controversial children's literature
Hello, I notice that you recently created a new page, List of controversial children's literature. First, thank you for your contribution; Wikipedia relies solely on the efforts of volunteers such as yourself. Unfortunately, the page you created covers a topic on which we already have a page - List of most-commonly challenged books in the United States. Because of the duplication, your article has been tagged for speedy deletion. Please note that this is not a comment on you personally and we hope you will to continue helping improve Wikipedia. If the topic of the article you created is one that interests you, then perhaps you would like to help out at List of most-commonly challenged books in the United States - you might like to discuss new information at the article's talk page.

If you think that the article you created should remain separate, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Additionally if you would like to have someone review articles you create before they go live so they are not nominated for deletion shortly after you post them, allow me to suggest the article creation process and using our search feature to find related information we already have in the encyclopedia. Try not to be discouraged. Wikipedia looks forward to your future contributions.  fetch  comms  ☛ 19:24, 4 April 2010 (UTC)
 * If posting to Wikipedia is a "requirement of a graduate course" then your professor needs to read the policy on School and University Projects ( talk→  BWilkins   ←track ) 10:20, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

April 2010
Welcome to Wikipedia. The recent edit that you made to the page Category:Lists of controversial books has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive. Please use the sandbox for testing any edits; if you believe the edit was constructive, please ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing for further information. Thank you. Tommy (msg) 02:43, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Category talk:Lists of controversial books
Category talk:Lists of controversial books, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Category talk:Lists of controversial books and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of Category talk:Lists of controversial books during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Logan Talk Contributions 16:12, 22 April 2011 (UTC)