User talk:Michaellauren

Welcome

Welcome!

Hello, Michaellauren, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question and then place {{helpme}} after the question on your talk page. Again, welcome! -- John Broughton (♫♫) 21:19, 3 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Google search

Please be patient. I just did a Google search on "Joe Gruttola"; the Wikipedia article was the fourth result. I would guess that the AFALI article will show up within three or four days. Google does not automatically update its database every time an article changes (or appears); it's perfectly normal for the process to take a week or so.

Instead of worrying about Google, I really suggest that you work on improving the articles. As they are now, they are quite susceptible to being deleted, as I mentioned in my response at the Village pump. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 21:19, 3 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Problem with text

The blue stitch box around some text in the American Freestyle Association Long Island article means that there is one or more blank spaces at the beginning of the line of text. Sometimes this is intentional, for example on a "how to" page for Wikipedia editors. In this case it's obviously an error. Why don't you fix it yourself? -- John Broughton (♫♫) 20:59, 19 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Removal of talk page item

Was there some particular reason why you deleted a posting by another editor, on my talk page? I ask because this normally is considered an absolute violation of policy (see WP:TP and WP:TPG). -- John Broughton (♫♫) 19:47, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Spam in AMERICAN FREESTYLE ASSOCIATION OF LONG ISLAND

Hello, this is a message from an automated bot. A tag has been placed on AMERICAN FREESTYLE ASSOCIATION OF LONG ISLAND, by another Wikipedia user, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. The tag claims that it should be speedily deleted because AMERICAN FREESTYLE ASSOCIATION OF LONG ISLAND is blatant advertising for a company, product, group, service or person that would require a substantial rewrite in order to become an encyclopedia article.

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Speedy deletion of American freestlye association of long island

A tag has been placed on American freestlye association of long island requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a club, 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, as well as our subject-specific notability guidelines for people and for organizations.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the article (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 would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. — Wenli ^{(reply here)} 01:53, 14 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion of AMERICAN FREESTLYE ASSOCIATION LONG ISLAND

A tag has been placed on AMERICAN FREESTLYE ASSOCIATION LONG ISLAND requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a club, 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, as well as our subject-specific notability guidelines for people and for organizations.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the article (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 would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. — Wenli ^{(reply here)} 01:58, 14 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion of AMERICAN FREESTYLE ASSCOCIATION OF LONG ISLAND

A tag has been placed on AMERICAN FREESTYLE ASSCOCIATION OF LONG ISLAND requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an article with no content whatsoever, or whose contents consist only of external links, "See also" section, book reference, category tag, template tag, interwiki link, rephrasing of the title, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article. 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, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the article (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 would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Skomorokh ^incite 02:01, 14 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

December 2007

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, please do not add promotional material to articles, as you did to AMERICAN FREESTLYE ASSOCIATION LONG ISLAND. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" is strongly discouraged. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Tijuana Brass (talk) 02:16, 14 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding american freestlye association of long island.

The articles that you created were deleted because they did not indicate why the subject was notable; therefore, it was presumed to be non-notable and deleted. I did a quick Google search and found virtually no results. Cheers, — Wenli ^{(reply here)} 02:31, 14 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Unreferenced BLPs

Hello Michaellauren! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 1 of the articles that you created is tagged as an Unreferenced Biography of a Living Person. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to ensure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. If you were to bring this article up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current 834 article backlog. Once the article is adequately referenced, please remove the {{unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the article:

Joe Gruttola - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 15:31, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Jim Johnson (cyclist)

The article Jim Johnson (cyclist) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Don't think that the AFA Masters is a significant enough competition to prove notability, especially without any references able to be found to verify the (mainly junior) accomplishments.

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Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} 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. The-Pope (talk) 14:33, 28 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of American Freestyle Association

The article American Freestyle Association has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

unsourced since 2007

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