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Proposed deletion of Donald MacDonald (British officer)


The article Donald MacDonald (British officer) has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * Sourcing is currently insufficient to indicate notability per WP:SOLDIER

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles 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 article 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. Zujua (talk) 12:37, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Donald MacDonald (British officer)


A tag has been placed on Donald MacDonald (British officer) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think that the page was nominated in error, contest the nomination by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion" in the speedy deletion tag. Doing so will take you to the talk page where you can explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but do not hesitate to add information that is consistent with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. GILO  A& E&uArr;  12:37, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

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The article as written did not appear to meet WP:SOLDIER; you made some strong claims on the talk page, but first, those claims refer to the battle, not to the person, and second, that battle doesn't even have an article. If you want to keep working on this article to improve sourcing, or want to use it as a source to make an article on the battle, let me know and I can put a copy of the article in your sandbox (a place where you can work on in it over time before putting it back into the main encyclopedia). Qwyrxian (talk) 01:07, 27 September 2012 (UTC)