User talk:Pdqbuilders

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Hello, Pdqbuilders, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as Milton W Cline Civil War Scout, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may soon be deleted.

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Speedy deletion of "Milton W Cline Civil War Scout"
A page you created, Milton W Cline Civil War Scout, has been tagged for deletion, as it meets one or more of the criteria for speedy deletion; specifically, it is about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how they are important or significant, and thus why they should be included in an encyclopedia. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, and the guidelines for biographies in particular.

You are welcome to contribute content which complies with our content policies and any applicable inclusion guidelines. However, please do not simply re-create the page with the same content. You may also wish to read our introduction to editing and guide to writing your first article.

Thank you. Paolo Napolitano  20:05, 21 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Actually, Cline may well be a notable Civil War figure, but your article on him is merely a collection of texts copied from other places, which constitutes a copyright violation. The sections you copied directly from Wikipedia are not a violation, just not really very useful.  The sections you copied from other sources are a problem, and must be deleted.  Unfortunately, when all that deleting is done, there's nothing left of the article.  WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 20:17, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Please take a look at the revised Milton W. Cline article. In this one, the sources have been cited, but not copied verbatim.  This is how Wikipedia articles are written.  WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 21:21, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

Citation
The following text was added to the Milton W. Cline article (I'm presuming by you, although you were not logged in at the time):
 * Citation:
 * Excerpt from ships registry
 * “The South Carolina” in 1846- here is a copy of the actual ships registry:
 * MILTON WILLIAM CLINE	 SEAMAN 	1/130 (Share)
 * Ship Name: SOUTH CAROLINA
 * Rigging: SHIP
 * Port of Registry: NEW BEDFORD
 * Whaling Ground: INDIAN Ocean
 * Departure Date: 07/02/1844
 * Return Date: 05/10/1848
 * Remarks: ON AT SYDNEY 02/12/1846

If you'll look at the rest of the article, you'll see that's not the way we do citations here at Wikipedia. The primary problem is that I have no idea where you got that ship's registry information. Presumably, you are not in possession of the actual ship's registry; that this information has been published somewhere. I citation to that published source would be better, so that other editors can go to that source to verify the information. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 13:35, 24 February 2012 (UTC)