User talk:Donaher

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Hello. My name is Sarah Donaher and I am trying to create a family tree and find my ancestors. If your last name is Donaher then please feel free to post me a message. I know that my father is strongly Irish and that the barrel maker on the Mayflower, John Alden, was one of my Ancestors. Again thank you for reading this. Donaher (talk) 18:16, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Donaher
A tag has been placed on Donaher, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under 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.

Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. If you plan to expand the article, you can request that administrators wait a while for you to add contextual material. To do this, affix the template   to the article and state your intention on the article's talk page. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Wuhwuzdat (talk) 18:19, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, Wikipedia is not a message board. I suggest you try Ancestry.com or something similar.  ttonyb1 (talk) 18:25, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * There are a number of criteria pertaining to the type of articles that will and will not be accepted on Wikipedia. Unfortunately, you article does not meet any of them.  Sorry and good luck in your family hunting.  ttonyb1 (talk) 18:36, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * First of all, they are not my rules. They are Wikipedia standards.  I suggest you review the documents in the Welcome section of your talk page.  Remember Wikipedia is a encyclopedia not a message board.  ttonyb1 (talk) 18:44, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Again, I suggest you read the Wikipedia documentation to determine what makes an acceptable article. Good luck...  ttonyb1 (talk) 18:48, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * As it states in the speedy delete notice at the top of your page; This page may meet Wikipedia’s criteria for speedy deletion as an article which contains no content whatsoever, or consists only of ... an attempt to correspond with the person or group named by its title. I firmly believe this alleged "article" has no place here. Wuhwuzdat (talk) 19:20, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Other web pages
Have you tried one of the many free blogging or social-networking web sites? Those are probably much better suited for what you want to do than Wikipedia.

Your article might survive speedy deletion but it stands no chance when it goes to articles for deletion, which it will do if the request to speedy delete it is rejected.

Please read What Wikipedia is not, in particular the section Wikipedia is not a blog, webspace provider, social networking, or memorial site.

In general, only notable families can have articles on Wikipedia. In the cases of Irish families, this would be some nobles, some political dynasties, some powerful economic dynasties, and very few others. In the case of American families, it would be political and economic dynasties such as the Kennedy family. In almost all such cases, at least two members of the family already have their own articles, and those people and the family all meet Wikipedia's general notability criteria or Wikipedia's notability criteria for people. In any case, the article could not be used as a place to say "if you think you belong to this family, contact so-and-so." davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail)  19:27, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Please don't prolong the agony
Please replace the content of Donaher with so it can be deleted without any more discussion.

As it is, an administrator might delete it as an discretionary speedy-delete or it might to go articles for deletion, where it would die in a snowstorm of recommendations to delete after the typical 5-day waiting period. davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail)  19:31, 10 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Nevermind, it's gone. davidwr/  (talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail)  21:25, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of User:Donaher
A tag has been placed on User:Donaher, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done for the following reason:

nocontent, recreation of deleted page

Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not meet basic Wikipedia criteria may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as an appropriate article, and if you can indicate why the subject of this article is appropriate, you may contest the tagging. To do this, add  on the top of the page and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm its subject's notability under the 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. Wuhwuzdat (talk) 21:03, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Just a note, you can ignore this warning, the speedy deletion tag was placed in error and the editor removed it 10 minutes later. davidwr/  (talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail)  03:02, 13 January 2009 (UTC)