User talk:Halleyscomet

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August 2007

Thanks for experimenting with the page Visual FoxPro on Wikipedia. Your recent edit appears to have added incorrect information, and has been reverted or removed. All information in the encyclopedia must be verifiable in a reliable published source. If you believe the information you added was correct, please cite references or sources or discuss the changes on the article's talk page before making them. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. -- Your specific comments were incorrect. Microsoft is about to release SP2 and Sedna (currently in Beta). Please discuss your comments in the article's Talk Page before posting inaccurate information -- Alexf(t/c) 18:01, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Security Through Obsolescence

A {{prod}} template has been added to the article Security Through Obsolescence, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice explains why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. If you endorse deletion of the article, and you are the only person who has made substantial edits to the page, please tag it with {{db-author}}. SarekOfVulcan 18:19, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Notability of Chessex

A tag has been placed on Chessex requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article appears to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not assert the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article 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 article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Bfigura ^(talk) 04:10, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Spam tag & notices for speedy deletions

Hi. I've been seeing your work around this afternoon. I wanted to let you know that the spam tag you've been placing, {{Spam}}, is placed on user pages, not article space. Also, it refers specifically to placing links. The tag that you seem to want is {{Advert}}, which indicates that a page has been written like an advertisement. I'd also like to ask you to please place warnings on the talk pages of users whose pages you mark for speedy deletion. Most speedy deletion templates include text you can simply cut and paste--for example, from Thesethreethings, "{{subst:nn-warn-reason|Thesethreethings|glorified advert}} ~~~~". While not required, this can be very helpful when authors come back trying to find out where their pages have gone. It also gives them a chance to contest the deletion or improve the article if necessary before it is deleted. Thanks. :) --Moonriddengirl 18:37, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]