User talk:Macstringer

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 * Hi Macstringer! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission.  I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.
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Your draft article, Draft:William H Wannamaker


Hello, Macstringer. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "William H Wannamaker".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the, , or  code.

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! Roller26 (talk) 11:01, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of List of Old Wives Tales


The article List of Old Wives Tales has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern: "Many of the items in this list are not Old Wives Tales, but rather are in fact commonly accepted science and practices. Additionally, this page could probably be merged in with its parent article - I don't see a reason to need a split here."

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Taking Out The Trash (talk) 20:16, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

Addressing your two concerns: 1. None of the examples listed are science, though you're correct they are still accepted and practiced. 2. This list will get pretty long I think, given the nature of how many old wives tales there are. Macstringer (talk) 20:47, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

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

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/List of Old Wives Tales until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Waddles 🗩 🖉 20:16, 6 September 2021 (UTC)