User talk:Shirleymacman

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Proposed deletion of 20th century terrorists and revolutionaries


The article 20th century terrorists and revolutionaries has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * Wikipedia is not a place for original thought and essays. See WP:NOTESSAY

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. Funnyfarmofdoom (talk to me) 02:05, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Your contributed article, 20th century terrorists and revolutionaries


Hello, I notice that you recently created a new page, 20th century terrorists and revolutionaries. First, thank you for your contribution; Wikipedia relies solely on the efforts of volunteers such as yourself. Unfortunately, the page you created covers a topic on which we already have a page - Terrorism. Because of the duplication, your article has been tagged for speedy deletion. Please note that this is not a comment on you personally and we hope you will continue helping to improve Wikipedia. If the topic of the article you created is one that interests you, then perhaps you would like to help out at Terrorism - you might like to discuss new information at the article's talk page.

If you think that the article you created should remain separate, 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 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. Additionally if you would like to have someone review articles you create before they go live so they are not nominated for deletion shortly after you post them, allow me to suggest the article creation process and using our search feature to find related information we already have in the encyclopedia. Try not to be discouraged. Wikipedia looks forward to your future contributions. NellieBly (talk) 02:05, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Your new article on terrorism
This appears to me to be an essay that you, perhaps, wrote for a class and are proud enough of to post to Wikipedia. There's no harm in being proud of your work but Wikipedia already has dozens upon dozens of articles on terrorism, all of which have been improved on by dozens of experienced editors and contain hundreds of references to reliable sources. Yours is simply an essay, and a rather short and non-inclusive one at that. Wikipedia isn't the place for essays, and it isn't a place for the type of original research and analysis that a school essay must contain. I've nominated this to be deleted not to attack you or hurt you but because it simply doesn't meet Wikipedia's needs. I'd invite you to read our article on Terrorism and its many, many sub-articles so you can see for yourself exactly what type of writing, and what type of sourcing, we do here. --NellieBly (talk) 02:10, 2 January 2012 (UTC)