User talk:John Darke

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I have placed a tag on the article Annie Lawrence, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. I did this because the article seems to be a biographical account about a person, group of people, or band, but it does not indicate how or why he/she/they is/are notable. If you can indicate why Annie Lawrence is really notable, I advise you to edit the article promptly, and also put a note on Talk:Annie Lawrence. Any admin should check for such edits before deleting the article. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. You might also want to read our criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 7 under Articles. You might also want to read our general biography criteria. Please do not just remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. Kusma (討論) 05:54, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Edward Davy Wedge
Brookie here - you may wish to vote here to try and stop this being binned. Brookie :) - a collector of little round things! (Talk!) 17:15, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

very early victorian history
Am impressed by all your efforts on early vic history esp. Port Phillip Association and Rebecca sloop. Hope you add much more. Lentisco 04:46, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

William Barak
JD I would like to bring your attention to the entry William Barak which supercedes Barak, aborigine by many months. Also the use of the word 'aborigine' is discouraged as it is innaccurate and should be replaced by 'indigenous australian' Derrimut (Indigenous Australian)

Annie_Emily_Lawrence
People are trying to delete Annie Emily Lawrence. You may want to comment or expand on the article. Good luck and keep up the good work. Mccready 16:09, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Image Tagging for Image:Leighland_Edited.JPG
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Image Tagging Image:Wedge Farm.jpg
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Spam in Building Adjudication Victoria Inc
Hello, this is a message from an automated bot. A tag has been placed on Building Adjudication Victoria Inc, by another Wikipedia user, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. The tag claims that it should be speedily deleted because Building Adjudication Victoria Inc is blatant advertising for a company, product, group, service or person that would require a substantial rewrite in order to become an encyclopedia article. To contest the tagging and request that administrators wait before possibly deleting Building Adjudication Victoria Inc, please affix the template to the page, and put a note on its talk page. If the article has already been deleted, see the advice and instructions at WP:WMD. Feel free to contact the bot operator if you have any questions about this or any problems with this bot, bearing in mind that this bot is only informing you of the nomination for speedy deletion; it does not perform any nominations or deletions itself. --Android Mouse Bot 2 13:35, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

St David's Cathedral
Hi John. Have just been doing a bit of work on the article on St David's, Hobart. There was a tag on it saying it needed references; I've removed it because I put a few references there, but if you can provide any more it will help improve the article and make it safe from the kind of people who go around putting tags on articles. Cheers.

Sardaka 10:25, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

RfD nomination of "Edward Davy Wedge"
I have nominated for discussion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. Floaterfluss (talk) (contribs) 04:34, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

File source problem with File:Thomas Wedge School.jpg
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 * I have unfortunately had to tag a large number of your uploads for deletion for not giving a clear source. Just giving the licence e.g. "public domain" is not enough to verify the copyright status, and a vague source such as "private collection" is not enough either, the actual author and (former) copyright holder needs to provided. I am aware this account has been inactive since 2007, however I am noting this here just in case you return. Camaron · Christopher · talk 15:33, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

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Nomination of Leighland for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Leighland is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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