User talk:Millicent Mignon

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December 2015
Hello, I'm Allthefoxes. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Abigail Kelly, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. --allthefoxes (Talk) 18:35, 1 December 2015 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Black British opera singers
Hello Millicent Mignon,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Black British opera singers for deletion, because it appears to duplicate an existing Wikipedia article, Abigail Kelly.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Joel.Miles925 (talk) 13:18, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

Your edits to Abigail Kelly and Black British opera singers
Really, you cannot add the kind of blatantly promotional material to Abigail Kelly that you have been repeatedly trying to add. And you cannot use another title, i.e. Black British opera singers, to get around that. If you have any connection whatsoever with Ms. Kelly (personal or professional), I strongly suggest you read the guidance at WP:Conflict of interest and follow it scrupulously.

If you really are interested in writing about black British opera singers in general, instead of simply promoting Ms. Kelly, then I suggest you start an article in draft space Draft:Black British opera singers and work on it properly. Note that defining the terms for inclusion will prove tricky. Singers of African or Afro-Caribbean descent who were born in Britain, e.g. Abigail Kelly, Byron Jackson, Gweneth-Ann Jeffers? Singers of African or Afro-Caribbean descent, born in the Commonwealth and migrated to Britain, e.g. Willard White, Edric Connor, Ronald Samm? Singers of African or Afro-Caribbean descent born elsewhere who spent some their careers or were trained in Britain but weren't/aren't considered British, e.g. Paul Robeson, Pumeza Matshikiza? You also need to research the article carefully in books like Black in the British Frame: The Black Experience in British Film and Television, The Oxford Companion to Black British History, Opera in a Multicultural World: Coloniality, Culture, Performance, etc. And most importantly, you don't re-paste the articles of each of these singers into the new summary article.

April 2016
Hello, I'm Karst. I wanted to let you know that I undid one or more of your recent contributions because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Karst (talk) 15:09, 6 April 2016 (UTC)