User talk:Rfaith09

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Speedy deletion nomination of Beartooth (band)


A tag has been placed on Beartooth (band) 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 band or musician, 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 read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, 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 from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, you can place a request here. red dog six (talk) 02:20, 27 November 2013 (UTC)

January 2014
Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. Regarding your edits to Catoosa High School, it is recommended that you use the preview button before you save; this helps you find any errors you have made, reduces edit conflicts, and prevents clogging up recent changes and the page history. Thank you. ''There is no need to make all the separate edits you just made to the above named page. Just use the preview button!'' John from Idegon (talk) 22:47, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use File:Catoosa Activity Center.jpg
Thanks for uploading File:Catoosa Activity Center.jpg. I noticed that this file is being used under a claim of fair use. However, I think that the way it is being used fails the first non-free content criterion. This criterion states that files used under claims of fair use may have no free equivalent; in other words, if the file could be adequately covered by a freely-licensed file or by text alone, then it may not be used on Wikipedia. If you believe this file is not replaceable, please:


 * 1) Go to the file description page and add the text   below the original replaceable fair use template, replacing   with a short explanation of why the file is not replaceable.
 * 2) On the file discussion page, write a full explanation of why you believe the file is not replaceable.

Alternatively, you can also choose to replace this non-free media item by finding freely licensed media of the same subject, requesting that the copyright holder release this (or similar) media under a free license, or by creating new media yourself (for example, by taking your own photograph of the subject).

If you have uploaded other non-free media, consider checking that you have specified how these media fully satisfy our non-free content criteria. You can find a list of description pages you have edited by clicking on [ this link]. Note that even if you follow steps 1 and 2 above, non-free media which could be replaced by freely licensed alternatives will be deleted 2 days after this notification (7 days if uploaded before 13 July 2006), per the non-free content policy. If you have any questions, please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Fut.Perf. ☼ 21:27, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Don Smolenski


A tag has been placed on Don Smolenski requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article or image appears to be a clear copyright infringement. This article or image appears to be a direct copy from http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/team/staff/don-smolenski/16990165-b3ab-4689-99e0-2028cbf10a20. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

If the external website or image belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text or image — which means allowing other people to modify it — then you must verify that externally by one of the processes explained at Donating copyrighted materials. If you are not the owner of the external website or image but have permission from that owner, see Requesting copyright permission. You might want to look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines for more details, or ask a question here.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, 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 from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 12:41, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

Copyright problem: Mike Coccia
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We welcome and appreciate your contributions, such as Mike Coccia, but we regretfully cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material. This article appears to contain material copied from http://issuu.com/unhathletics/docs/2011_unh_fb_media_guide_complete/23, and therefore to constitute a violation of Wikipedia's copyright policies. The copyrighted text has been or will soon be deleted. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with our copyright policy. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators are liable to be blocked from editing.

If you believe that the article is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under license allowed by Wikipedia, then you should do one of the following:


 * If you have permission from the author to release the text under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (CC-BY-SA), leave a message explaining the details at Talk:Mike Coccia and send an email with confirmation of permission to "permissions-en (at) wikimedia (dot) org". Make sure you quote the exact page name, Mike Coccia, in your email. See Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
 * If you own the copyright to the material: send an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en(at)wikimedia(dot)org or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License and GNU Free Documentation License, and note that you have done so on Talk:Mike Coccia. See Donating copyrighted materials for instructions.
 * If a note on the original website states that re-use is permitted "under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (CC-BY-SA), version 3.0", or that the material is released into the public domain, or if you have strong reason to believe it is, leave a note at Talk:Mike Coccia with a link to where we can find that note or your explanation of why you believe the content is free for reuse.

It may also be necessary for the text be modified to have an encyclopedic tone and to follow Wikipedia article layout. For more information on Wikipedia's policies, see Wikipedia's policies and guidelines.

If you would like to begin working on a new version of the article you may do so at [ this temporary page]. Leave a note at Talk:Mike Coccia saying you have done so and an administrator will move the new article into place once the issue is resolved.

Thank you, and please feel welcome to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Happy editing! Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 12:52, 14 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi! You seem not to understand that you cannot simply copy stuff into Wikipedia for other places on the internet, as our copyright policy does not allow that. Please read WP:COPYOTHERS. If you have questions and ask them here, I will try to answer them; or you could visit the Teahouse (please see the invitation below). Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 12:52, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

Copyright problem: Chris Conley (American football)
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We welcome and appreciate your contributions, such as Chris Conley (American football), but we regretfully cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material. This article appears to contain material copied from http://www.georgiadogs.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/chris_conley_742368.html, and therefore to constitute a violation of Wikipedia's copyright policies. The copyrighted text has been or will soon be deleted. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with our copyright policy. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators are liable to be blocked from editing.

If you believe that the article is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under license allowed by Wikipedia, then you should do one of the following:


 * If you have permission from the author to release the text under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (CC-BY-SA), leave a message explaining the details at Talk:Chris Conley (American football) and send an email with confirmation of permission to "permissions-en (at) wikimedia (dot) org". Make sure you quote the exact page name, Chris Conley (American football), in your email. See Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
 * If you own the copyright to the material: send an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en(at)wikimedia(dot)org or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License and GNU Free Documentation License, and note that you have done so on Talk:Chris Conley (American football). See Donating copyrighted materials for instructions.
 * If a note on the original website states that re-use is permitted "under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (CC-BY-SA), version 3.0", or that the material is released into the public domain, or if you have strong reason to believe it is, leave a note at Talk:Chris Conley (American football) with a link to where we can find that note or your explanation of why you believe the content is free for reuse.

It may also be necessary for the text be modified to have an encyclopedic tone and to follow Wikipedia article layout. For more information on Wikipedia's policies, see Wikipedia's policies and guidelines.

If you would like to begin working on a new version of the article you may do so at [ this temporary page]. Leave a note at Talk:Chris Conley (American football) saying you have done so and an administrator will move the new article into place once the issue is resolved.

Thank you, and please feel welcome to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Happy editing! Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 13:46, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

Copyright block
I have indefinitely blocked your account pending some indication that you understand and will comply with our copyright policies. You have been notified of these policies in the past and cautioned that a block would follow if you persisted. However, on June 5th you copied the text of this source into the new article you created on Straight, Oklahoma, and on June 27th you copy-pasted wide swathes of content from into Daniel Smith (wide receiver). For a couple of examples:

I've added bolding to the article text to highlight the issue - what we see is the content from the source copied in wide swathes with connector words added. While facts are not copyrightable, creative elements of presentation – including both structure and language – are. As a website that is widely read and reused, Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously to protect the interests of the holders of copyright as well as those of the Wikimedia Foundation and our reusers. Wikipedia's copyright policies require that the content we take from non-free sources, aside from brief and clearly marked quotations, be rewritten from scratch. The essay Close paraphrasing contains some suggestions for rewriting that may help avoid these issues. The article Wikipedia Signpost/2009-04-13/Dispatches, while about plagiarism rather than copyright concerns, also contains some suggestions for reusing material from sources that may be helpful, beginning under "Avoiding plagiarism".

As this has evidently been a pattern for you, I am opening a community copyright investigation to facilitate cleanup of articles where problems may still exist. If you have interest in contributing further to Wikipedia, please review Copy-paste and indicate your understanding of our policies and confirm that you are willing to comply, using the following template, curly brackets and all:

You may also use this code to request unblock if you feel that your block is in error, but remember to explain why in the "reason" field, replacing the text [place your text here].

If you have any questions, you can ask them here. I will be watchlisting your page, but you can attract people by placing the code  next to your note. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:59, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

Nomination of Justin Tukes for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Justin Tukes 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/Justin Tukes until a consensus is reached, and anyone 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. Joeykai (talk) 18:08, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

Nomination of Gridiron Developmental Football League for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Gridiron Developmental Football League 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/Gridiron Developmental Football League until a consensus is reached, and anyone 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. Niteshift36 (talk) 13:35, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

Unblocking Request
You still haven't done what I asked. For example, you haven't addressed your attempt to mislead us, or your violations of WP:SOCK. At the moment, it looks like you are just wasting our time. You are likely to lose access to your talk page if you are unable or unwilling to address these. --Yamla (talk) 11:13, 26 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Talk page access revoked. Enough time has been wasted here. This leaves you with WP:UTRS if your current unblock request is declined. You'll need to address your attempt to mislead us and your violations of WP:SOCK. --Yamla (talk) 15:22, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Nomination of Lehigh Valley Storm for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Lehigh Valley Storm 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/Lehigh Valley Storm 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. Paul McDonald (talk) 18:43, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

Nomination of Devante Davis for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Devante Davis 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/Devante Davis 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.  Eagles   24/7  (C)  22:35, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

Nomination of Kip Smith for deletion
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The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Kip Smith& 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.  Eagles   24/7  (C)  23:08, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

Nomination of Jordan DeWalt-Ondijo for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Jordan DeWalt-Ondijo 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/Jordan DeWalt-Ondijo 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.  Eagles   24/7  (C)  23:13, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

Nomination of Mike Coccia for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Mike Coccia 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/Mike Coccia 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.  Eagles   24/7  (C)  23:15, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:SilceVarities.jpg
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Orphaned non-free image File:Backyard Bowl.jpg
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Orphaned non-free image File:Union Redskins Logo.jpg
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Proposed deletion of Center of the Universe Festival


The article Center of the Universe Festival has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern: "Defunct festival that does not meet general notability guidelines"

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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. TulsaPoliticsFan (talk) 03:58, 15 July 2024 (UTC)