User talk:James A Harker

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Hello, James A Harker, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as Paul Theron, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.

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Proposed deletion of Paul Theron


The article Paul Theron has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this newly created biography of a living person will be deleted unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the prod blp tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within seven days, the article may be deleted, but you can when you are ready to add one. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 13:37, 25 July 2014 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Paul Theron
Hello, James A Harker. I wanted to let you know that I’m proposing an article that you started, Paul Theron, for deletion because I don't think it meets our criteria for inclusion. If you don't want the article deleted:


 * 1) edit the page
 * 2) remove the text that looks like this:
 * 3) save the page

Also, be sure to explain why you think the article should be kept in your edit summary or on the article's talk page. If you don't do so, it may be deleted later anyway.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. scope_creep 17:06, 25 July 2014 (UTC)

Hello, I'm Helpsome. I noticed that you made a change to an article, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Helpsome (talk) 13:18, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

Reverted edit
You have restored content to Pretoria Boys High School with the edit summary:
 * This info was of considerable interest to Old Boys of the school. Most of the information was sourced from the book by John Ilsley "PBHS - The story of a SA school 1901 - 2001".

I take several issues with this reversion. "Of considerable interest to the Old Boys" is not the same as "of considerable interest to the readership at large". Wikipedia is not the personal webhosting service for the old boys of PBHS, but rather an encyclopedia. A list of names unknown to the general public serves no purpose to the general readership of Wikipedia. I might possible admit the bios of the headmasters, if they could be sourced reliably, but they are all listed as "citation needed" and the source you have mentioned (PHBS - The story of a SA school 1901 - 2001) [books.google.com/books?id=MCOnAAAACAAJ appears to have been published by the school itself] and so cannot be considered a reliable source. Your reversion has been undone by another editor; I recommend not restoring the material without opening a discussion on Talk:Pretoria Boys High School first. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 19:01, 10 August 2014 (UTC)