User talk:Harplion

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Speedy deletion nomination of Harpenden Highland Gathering
A tag has been placed on Harpenden Highland Gathering requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an article with no content whatsoever, or whose contents consist only of external links, a "See also" section, book references, category tags, template tags, interwiki links, a rephrasing of the title, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article. 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. You may wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.

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 * Per your request, I reviewed the Speedy Deletion request on this article. The tag originally indicated that the article was without content; that is to say, it only consisted for formatting code or non-article characters, and that it did not actually provide any information. Since you remedied this, I removed the tag - but then deleted the article when it was determined to be the verbatim text of another website ([www.harpenden-lions.co.uk/highland-gathering.php here]), which is against our rules for the use of copyrighted material. Other editors have provided some good advice, including the note below about your first article. Please have a look at those pages, and add a helpme to this page if you'd like another editor to come along and assist you. Best, UltraExactZZ Said~ Did 14:54, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

July 2010
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Harpenden Highland Gathering, did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and read the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. The reverted edit can be found here. Thank you. Whisky drinker |  HJ's sock   14:38, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

Your first article
Hello, consider reading "Your first article." Harpenden Highland Gathering, the article you created, does not meet WP:NOTABILITY or Verifiability. Note that the article's subject may itself be notable and verifiable, even though your article is not written to indicate those things. Please write me with questions.  Blue Rasberry  14:48, 12 July 2010 (UTC)