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Proposed deletion of Natural Resources Stewardship Project


The article Natural Resources Stewardship Project has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern: "Non-notable organisation, doesn't have WP:SIGCOV"

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"Allegedly" thinks
We can "allege" someone thinks something, but they cannot "allegedly" think something when they actually think that way. -- Valjean (talk) ( PING me ) 20:18, 21 June 2024 (UTC)


 * An allegation can be either true or false. Or have I misunderstood you? JQ (talk) 02:19, 22 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes and no. I am making a different point. We can't always know a person's motives, but we can, rightly or wrongly, allege what they are thinking. But should we?
 * That's another consideration. We should not substitute an allegation (a guess) as a means to doubt or imply they actually are not or cannot be thinking something, when they may well be thinking it.
 * In this case, since it's simpler and accurate to just say they are thinking that way, why imply doubt about it? I don't see any reason to do that. Does that make any sense? I'm pretty tired, so may not be explaining very well. -- Valjean (talk) ( PING me ) 05:57, 22 June 2024 (UTC)