User talk:ShamanSommerfeld

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Hello, ShamanSommerfeld, 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 Texas A&amp;M quail, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may soon be deleted.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Texas A&M quail


A tag has been placed on Texas A&M quail requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance 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. andy (talk) 16:36, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

Status and Advice
As reviewing administrator, I  didn't delete the article, for it did indicate what the subject was: a breed of quail. But the article needs considerable expansion. In particular, it needs references providing substantial coverage from 3rd party independent published reliable sources, print or online, but not blogs or press releases, or material derived from press releases. And then it needs some reasonable description of the history of the breed and its significance. I advise you to fix the problem, and do this very quickly, before the article gets nominated for deletion by a regular deletion process.

I urge you to write a proper article if it is possible; if it is not yet possible, for example if the only findable sources are press releases, please help us by improving our other articles on related topics.  DGG ( talk ) 16:56, 17 August 2011 (UTC)