User talk:Francis 188

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Francis 188, good luck, and have fun. Pam  D  11:09, 6 May 2021 (UTC)  Pam  D  11:09, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

Change of name
Hallo, I see that you created a new article at Cotabato State University because Cotabato City State Polytechnic College has changed its name.

We don't need a second article on the same institution, and we don't want to lose the record of who wrote since 2009 what in the article about it, so I've redirected the new title to the old and made a move request to move the existing article to the new name. That way we keep the history of the article. Pam D  11:12, 6 May 2021 (UTC)


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KCC Mall of Cotabato moved to draftspace
An article you recently created, KCC Mall of Cotabato, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of " " before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. DFXYME (talk) 13:14, 25 February 2022 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:KCC Mall of Cotabato has a new comment
 I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:KCC Mall of Cotabato. Thanks! Robert McClenon (talk) 08:22, 26 February 2022 (UTC)

Deletion discussion about KCC Mall of Cotabato
Hello, Francis 188, and welcome to Wikipedia. I edit here too, under the username Tamingimpala, and I thank you for your contributions.

I wanted to let you know, however, that I've started a discussion about whether an article that you created, KCC Mall of Cotabato, should be deleted, as I am not sure that it is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia in its current form. Your comments are welcome at Articles for deletion/KCC Mall of Cotabato.

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Tame (talk) 10:46, 26 February 2022 (UTC)

Nomination of KCC Mall of Cotabato for deletion
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Wikipedia and copyright
Hello Francis 188! Your additions to Notre Dame University (Philippines) have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. (To request such a release, see Requesting copyright permission.) While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues.


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Your draft article, Draft:KCC Mall of Cotabato


Hello, Francis 188. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "KCC Mall of Cotabato".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. ✗ plicit  23:42, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Shopping malls in Cotabato City


A tag has been placed on Category:Shopping malls in Cotabato City indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz Read! Talk! 18:03, 22 December 2023 (UTC)