User talk:Richard Cane

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Sam [Spade] 02:23, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Need your help with List of U.S. foreign interventions since 1945
Hello, I noticed that you have made some contributions to List of U.S. foreign interventions since 1945, since your contributions, there has been over 5 pages of deletions by apologists. Your additions were probably deleted too. I listed most of  the 5 pages of deletions here, in the entry on the talk page, "The memory hole". This page has been vandilized so much, I can't possibly do this alone. I was hoping that you, and others who contributed can help rebuild the page, adding back the information that has been deleted, but this time citing the information that you put back to avoid future apologist's attacks. Thanks in advance for your time.Travb 06:58, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for info
Thanks for your info and help, thats all we need is freepers here.Travb 19:20, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Philanthropist
I've added the "prod" template to the article Philanthropist, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree with the notice, discuss the issues at Talk:Philanthropist. You may remove the deletion notice, and the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached, or if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria. &mdash; Sebastian (talk) 03:41, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Calm down
In case you hadn't realised, your style at deletion review is likely to have the precise opposite of the effect you desire, and get you into trouble in the process. Hopefully you've been around long enough that you can take a deep breath and chill.

As to sourcing etc., lists of Google hits don't amount to a hill of beans. What we need is evidence that this has been the primary focus of multiple non-trivial coverage in reliable sources independent of the subject. Articles in the tech press describing the site, stories in the newspapers about it, books which cover it in detail, that kind of thing. Otherwise there's always Wikinfo. You may also want to talk to Jeff Raymond, who has some experience in sourcing "crap off the internets" in a way that meets current guidelines. Guy (Help!) 11:09, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

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