User talk:Smalltownnews
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[edit]Hello, Smalltownnews, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as Richard W. Newton, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.
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Speedy deletion nomination of Richard W. Newton
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A tag has been placed on Richard W. Newton 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 person or group of people, but it does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.
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Speedy deletion nomination of Bobby Wayne Lindamood Jr.
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Please do not create pages that attack, threaten, or disparage their subject. Attack pages and files are not tolerated by Wikipedia and are speedily deleted. Users who create or add such material may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Thank you. Julietdeltalima (talk) 17:54, 28 April 2016 (UTC)
- I have also deleted the copy in your sandbox. Please read the important policy Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons. JohnCD (talk) 18:06, 28 April 2016 (UTC)
Your two articles
[edit]Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a gossip sheet or a place to right great wrongs or pursue local feuds. What your two articles amount to is:
- A small-town mayor was accused of irregularity in his expense returns 13 years ago, and paid $100 penalty without admitting wrong-doing;
- Another citizen who ran unsuccessfully for city council but holds no public office has admitted "impropriety with several females while he was married".
You could find stories like that in just about any town. There is nothing there that comes anywhere near Wikipedia's inclusion standard of WP:Notability. If you want to publicise those matters, tell your local newspaper: if they are not interested, Wikipedia certainly isn't. JohnCD (talk) 20:06, 28 April 2016 (UTC)