User talk:Tom baird

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Newfoundland banking crash of 1894
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Speedy deletion nomination of Newfoundland banking crash of 1894


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Not seeing a problem
Hi Tom. Thanks for creating this article. I'm not seeing the obvious "copyvio" problem on Newfoundland banking crash of 1894 and am trying to get a sense of what needs to be done to fix and retain it. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 20:01, 17 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Ah, okay. I see that it's now been changed to a "close paraphrase" tag, which means that it's in no danger of being immediately deleted. Tom, if you wish, please do continue to add other reliable sources (try a Google Book search?) and revise the article where it may paraphrase that Memorial University website a bit too closely. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 20:04, 17 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Actually, Tom, an article on this topic has existed for years as Black Monday (1894). I've redirected and merged your article into this pre-existing one. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 20:27, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Sharon Bala (January 8)
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Bearcat (talk) 16:48, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Sharon Bala (January 13)
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Lacypaperclip (talk) 00:15, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

Sharon Bala
Just to let you know, given that The Boat People made the full Canada Reads shortlist this morning I replaced the sources that were still problematic and moved the article into mainspace. Bearcat (talk) 21:43, 30 January 2018 (UTC)