User talk:Charlesakinney

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Hello, Charlesakinney, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as Tolewitzke (surname), may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Tolewitzke (surname)


Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a notice to inform you that a tag has been placed on Tolewitzke (surname) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. Malunrenta (talk) 17:25, 4 September 2016 (UTC)

Hi, I'm sorry you seem to be a little upset about the deletion of Tolewitzke (surname). However, it was just your own speculation about how difficult it was for you to trace a family surname, and that's not really suitable as an encyclopedia article. You wrote "A person researching this particular topic MAY have additional information not known to the writer" on the talk page, but that kind of misses the purpose of an encyclopedia like Wikipedia - it's not an appropriate place to conduct research, but a repository of properly researched knowledge after it has been documented by reliable sources. Perhaps a genealogy site or forum might be a better place for you to carry out your investigation, and then return to Wikipedia if you find anything that's appropriately documented? Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 12:58, 7 September 2016 (UTC)