User talk:Daltongregory

Creation of Tarkington, Texas
Hi there! I've moved (renamed) the article to Tarkington Prairie, Texas because that is the name I found online at the Tarkington Family History Wiki. We can add that it is also known as just Tarkington, but since the only source I found the positively identified the area added the Prairie, and since there is no "official" name at all, I thought that this would be helpful. Please help me find more data on this location so that we can continue to add verifiable, reliable sources to the article. Thanks and happy editing! - CobaltBlueTony™ talk 15:30, 17 December 2007 (UTC)


 * See my reply to your comment at Talk:Tarkington Prairie, Texas. - CobaltBlueTony™ talk 15:49, 17 December 2007 (UTC)


 * If you can present some idea of which term is used more frequently, that is, Tarkington, Texas, or Tarkington Prairie, Texas, that would direct which term should be used for the main Wikipedia article. (Places usually get articles simply because they exist.  This place might get merged into Liberty County, Texas if it is not notable enough and is not a part of any incorporated municipality.) - CobaltBlueTony™ talk 16:09, 17 December 2007 (UTC)


 * More recently, the Prairie has been dropped by most people when referring to Tarkington, especially with the influx of people moving in. If we keep the article, I plan on expanding it, talking about the Old Wells Store, Ryan Cemetary, etc. --Daltongregory (talk) 16:17, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Understand that while the place itself has a right to exist (presumably) as an article, info about it that is non-notable may be deleted. See Talpa, Texas and Enoch, Texas as two random examples.  Try to avoid a folksy fondness of a tone in the article.  Brief descriptions of key elements in the community are all that is expected. - CobaltBlueTony™ talk 16:23, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

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A tag has been placed on Tarkington Volunteer Fire Department requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article appears to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable. If this is the first page that you have created, then you should read the guide to writing your first article.

If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article 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 article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. - CobaltBlueTony™ talk 14:04, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

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