User talk:Jdlankin

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Welcome to Wikipedia, Jdlankin! I have been editing Wikipedia for quite some time. I just wanted to say hi and welcome you to Wikipedia! If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on or by typing helpme at the bottom of this page. I love to help new users, so don't be afraid to leave a message! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Oh yeah, I almost forgot, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); that should automatically produce your username and the date after your post. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on, or place helpme on your talk page and ask your question there. Again, welcome!  RepublicanJacobite  The'FortyFive' 02:46, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
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Law & Order episodes
Why are you creating multiple empty articles for L&O episodes? Would it not make more sense to create one article at a time, with all of the necessary information for a stub, to start with, then all of these empty shells which then have to be filled? All of these empty articles meet the criteria for speedy deletion under Db-a3. I appreciate your efforts, please do not misunderstand me, but I think this approach is counter-productive. ---  RepublicanJacobite  The'FortyFive' 02:50, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Given the speedy delete requests that have been successful, and the ongoing AfD, I would wait about creating any more articles in the main namespace. But, you can create articles, or basic outlines for articles, as subpages of your user page.  For example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jdlankin/In_Vino_Veritas would be a good subpage for the L&O article you created.  You can also request that an administrator move the deleted articles to relevant subpages, which would make it easy to recreate them when and if you prove notability.  That is an issue currently being debated on the open AfD.  You should let your opinions and thoughts be known there.  Let me know if I can be of any further assistance. ---  RepublicanJacobite  The'FortyFive'  23:52, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of The Drowned and the Saved(Law & Order episode)
A tag has been placed on The Drowned and the Saved(Law & Order episode) 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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Speedy deletion nomination of Bailout (Law & Order episode)
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Speedy deletion nomination of Crimebusters (Law & Order episode)
A tag has been placed on Crimebusters (Law & Order episode) 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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Articles for deletion nomination of The Drowned and the Saved (Law & Order episode)
I have nominated The Drowned and the Saved (Law & Order episode), an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Articles for deletion/The Drowned and the Saved (Law & Order episode). Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. \ Backslash Forwardslash / (talk) 08:07, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of In Vino Veritas (Law & Order episode)
A tag has been placed on In Vino Veritas (Law & Order episode) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A1 of 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. You may wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.

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New Law & Order episode pages
Hi. While I applaud your enthusiasm, I don't think that it is a good idea to be mass creating so many articles on Law & Order episodes. Most of the articles are a one line description of the episode, along with the standard cast plot. It may be a better idea to work on improving the articles in a singular list, as this follows a standard procedure of Wikipedia. See The Simpsons (season 7) for an example; all the information is kept in one location. Once that has been improved, episodes which have enough information are then spun out from that. \ Backslash Forwardslash / (talk) 06:23, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Have a look at List of Law & Order episodes (season 1). The table format is easy to follow, so I hope you'll be able to improve those articles initially. I've been cleaning up and improving the main List of Law & Order episodes pages, and will be heading off to do the other seasons next, so I would appreciate if you could help. :) \ Backslash Forwardslash / (talk) 20:53, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the feedback. I see what you mean by the Simpsons articles. I started by noticing on the List of Law & Order episodes page that even shorter articles had already been created with only the six main cast members and the short summaries. Since these shorter articles had been created and not challenged, I added guest cast to them and then created other articles by following the same pattern. Now that at least some of my additions have been reversed, these articles remain in their originally shorter form. I will add more detail to my future submissions. But I'm not clear as to why these originally skeleton articles were created or remain unchanged.

Jdlankin (talk) 08:46, 20 October 2009 (UTC)jdlankin

Talkback
Thank you for the feedback. I see what you mean by the Simpsons articles. I started by noticing on the List of Law & Order episodes page that even shorter articles had already been created with only the six main cast members and the short summaries. Since these shorter articles had been created and not challenged, I added guest cast to them and then created other articles by following the same pattern. Now that at least some of my additions have been reversed, these articles remain in their originally shorter form. I will add more detail to my future submissions. But I'm not clear as to why these originally skeleton articles were created or remain unchanged.

Jdlankin (talk) 16:49, 17 October 2009 (UTC)Jdlankin

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