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Speedy deletion of Laurie bamford
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AfD nomination of Laurie Bamford
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Laurence bamford
The article Laurence bamford has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This was done because the article seemed to be about a real person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, but it did not indicate how or why the subject is notable, that is, why an article about that subject should be included in Wikipedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the notability of the subject may be deleted at any time. If you can indicate why the subject is really notable, you are free to re-create the article, making sure to cite any verifiable sources.

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Rodney franklin
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Speedy deletion of Dorothy black
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Speedy deletion of Laurie bamford
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Laurie Bamford
Hi there. I can believe that this person might be a significant figure among numismatists; however per the verifiability policy and notability guidelines, this needs to be demonstrated with reference to reliable sources. Are there books or magazine articles which discuss his contribution in detail? If so, could you cite them; otherwise it's quite likely that the article will end up being deleted again. Iain99Balderdash and piffle 00:31, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Your edits to Eddie Henderson (musician)
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File copyright problem with File:1898_Victoria_'Veiled_Head'_Bronze_Penny_(obverse_image).JPG
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Kate Garraway
Although Abingdon is now in Oxfordshire, before the 1974 boundary changes it was part of Berkshire. Therefore, it is crrect to refer to it as Abingdon, Berkshire. There are actually lots of places where this sort of thing applies. For example, Liverpool, which used to be in Lacashire. Please read the hidden text in future and don't remove or change things like this without first discussing the matter on the talk page. Usually these things have been argued to death and a consensus has been reached, but you're welcome to contribute. TheRetroGuy (talk) 14:49, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

Dartmouth fire
Please see the discussion at Talk:Dartmouth, Devon regarding the recent town centre fire. There are reasons why it might not be appropriate to give the fire its own section. Thanks. --Ibn (talk) 07:33, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of DJ Froggy
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July 2010
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Have now re-edited the article to make it look more impartial and have removed any potential wording which may appear to promote the person in question Mandtplatt (talk) 15:00, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

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Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute to the encyclopedia, but when you add or change content, as you did to the article Sugar Minott, please cite a reliable source for the content of your edit. This helps maintain our policy of verifiability. Take a look at Citing sources for information about how to cite sources and the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you.--Michig (talk) 13:17, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

Please do not add unsourced or original content, as you did to Sugar Minott. Doing so violates Wikipedia's verifiability policy. If you continue to do so, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. --Michig (talk) 17:49, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

Material added was sourced from verifiable sources. We are confused as you appear to be hell bent on deleting our edits to this musician who died yesterday. Perhaps you could elaborate on verifiable sources as we offered two sources to the edit. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mandtplatt (talk • contribs)
 * They're not reliable sources. One's a blog and the other isn't a recognized reliable source. See WP:RS.--Michig (talk) 18:08, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

Yes, you have a point. However, Sugar Minott was a relatively unknown reggae singer. It is therefore unlikely that 'reliable sources' will report on this as many in the reggae community are already aware of his death. BBC news (which is a reliable source), for example, may never report on his death. You have perhaps become a little zealous with 'sources'. Sometimes, main TV/News/Broadcasters do not report on everything. Your comments on this would be appreciated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mandtplatt (talk • contribs)
 * I would disagree about Sugar Minott being relatively unknown. The Jamaica Gleaner and Jamaica Observer will certainly report his death, and I would expect several British newspapers to also report it. We had the same situation with both Alton Ellis and Byron Lee with 'reports' of their deaths on the internet days before they actually died. This is why we need to wait for reliable sources, and not just assume that blogs, gossip sites, etc. are checking their facts properly.--Michig (talk) 18:25, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

I am a little confused with your interpretation of Sugar Minott's death. You mention the two Jamaican newspapers although, strangely, you seem to imply that he is still alive i.e. "when it happens" and to suggest that such artistes are only 'officially dead' once such newspapers report on the news. I would argue the point that you make in that more closely related Jamaican-based websites (not necessarily 'blogs') would be more prolific about such an artiste's death rather than the official NBC/BBC etc. news. And, I am afraid you are wrong about 'relatively unknown' as he clearly is otherwise the larger news organisations would have reported his death far sooner. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mandtplatt (talk • contribs)
 * unless he's still alive or his death has yet to be formally announced. See WP:RS - it would be useful if you could read this. We don't treat blogs and gossip sites as reliable, particularly not for details such as this. Please also sign your posts.--Michig (talk) 19:45, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

It's always interesting to continue to discuss issues such as these and I am sure you have your opinion. However, in order to offer an un-biased view I believe you should be less aggressive in your responses. I was not happy with your note telling me to sign my post. I also note that Yahoo News have now reported on Sugar Minott's death and the article has now been correctly amended. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mandtplatt (talk • contribs)
 * You should read and try to understand WP:RS. Then you might understand why we can't have articles stating that people have died until we have reliable sources. You've been asked before to sign your posts, maybe you should start doing it, if you're not happy with people reminding you about it. If you don't, nobody can tell where your comments end and other people's begin. Yes we now have a decent source. Shame people couldn't have waited until it existed.--Michig (talk) 20:55, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

One other point. Sugar Minott was British. There would be no reason to report such a singer's death in the Jamaican publications that you mention and upon checking the two publications, there is NO mention of the singer's death whatsoever. May I suggest you get your facts right before commenting on this issue. Your statement regarding the premature reporting of the singer's death was not only inappropriate, it also offended many followers of the singer who clearly knew he was dead on the appropriate 'reggae-based' sites. Please don't get worked up over 'decent sources'. You clearly have an issue with wikipedia's reporting. We have been writing articles on the site now for many years and don't need someone to remind us what to do. All our articles/amendments are properly sourced before editing.
 * Surely you're joking? Unbelievable.--Michig (talk) 06:07, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

The write up has now become confused with foreign language input - not sure what has happened here - any ideas?
 * This seems to have been sorted out - looks like someone did a cut and paste from a foreign-language site and it was later reverted. I've added refs from the Jamaica Observer and the BBC, by the way, both of whom reported his death today, despite your doubts. I'm sure they would have reported it sooner if they had thought the rumours could be trusted.--Michig (talk) 16:05, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

Yes, you are right on all three counts. However, the BBC article is quite minor and one has to search for the news item in the search bar. I was surprised, as we all were, that his death was not 'officially' reported sooner.

I was confused over Minott's birthplace. According to my Guinness Book of British hit singles, it states that Minott was a UK singer. Clearly, according to most articles, he appears to be from Jamaica. Therefore, your refs would be justified. Why does it state that he was a 'UK Male Vocalist'? - page 186 British Hit Singles 8th edition. It cites two recordings, one called, "Good thing going (we've got a good thing going)" which was his biggest hit released 28 March 1981 (RCA 58) and made number 4 in the BBC Top 75 singles chart. His second recording was entitled, "Never My Love" released 17 October 1981 and reached number 52 (RCA 138).
 * He was Jamaican but spent a lot of time in the UK in the 80s, becoming hugely popular among reggae audiences, hence his status as a major reggae star in both Jamaica and the UK.--Michig (talk) 17:05, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

Yes, thanks for that, although for a major reggae star his write up seems very short?

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 * None of the other admins that dealt with the page are still on Wikipedia, but in any case I'm willing to userfy the article if you want. However my request is that you run this via WP:AfC since there is a huge issue with notability as far as Wikipedia's guidelines go. I did a search and while it does look like he is known within the coin collecting world, this didn't really translate into coverage that Wikipedia would consider usable. I also have to ask that you not try to get around AfD deletions like this again, as it looks like this was your second time trying to get around the article's deletion. DO NOT do this again. If you disagree with an article's deletion the proper way to handle things is to talk to the deleting admin and if they decline, to go through deletion review. AfC is also an option, although ideally you would have made some different changes to the page other than linking to the places you did. (Offhand the sources are unusable since this is just a fan site, as is this one, this is an auction site, and this is a club website. None of them would be considered a WP:RS as they have no editorial oversight and in the case of the auction site, it's a merchant website.) Just restoring the page "as is" is not only seen as disruptive and even a bit deceitful, but it can also lead to you getting blocked from editing - and if you do this again and I catch wind of it, you will receive at least a temporary block from editing. The reason I'm being this strict is because it looks like you did this at least once before, but it was more quickly detected. You've also been back to the page to edit it as recently as July 1, so you should at least be passing familiar with the various notability and sourcing issues posed on the page. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  10:16, 12 July 2015 (UTC)

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 * Ok thank you. I worked as a trader there in the 1980s.  Cannot find citations re flea market. Mandtplatt (talk) 12:07, 4 May 2024 (UTC)