User talk:Dponton1965

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Speedy deletion nomination of 2nd Otley Scouts


A tag has been placed on 2nd Otley Scouts requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about an organization or company, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion," which appears inside of the speedy deletion tag (if no such tag exists, the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate). Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, 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. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. PamD (talk) 08:15, 29 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Sorry, it's a really nice history of the scout troop, but there is no indication that 2nd Otley passes Notability_(organizations_and_companies), and the encyclopedia really doesn't need to have an article about every scout troop in the world. Add this information to your local website, and see WikiProject Scouting for how to help WP's coverage of Scouting and Guiding. PamD (talk) 08:22, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Or you could work on improving Scouting in Yorkshire and the Humber, the regional article. PamD (talk) 09:16, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

Colour choice for infobox
Just another comment on 2nd Otley Scouts: purple text on green background in the infobox probably fails all sorts of accessibility standards. It's pretty hard to read with officially normal eyesight. I've changed it to white text. PamD (talk) 09:19, 29 May 2011 (UTC)