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Speedy deletion nomination of International Brain Tumor Alliance

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A tag has been placed on International Brain Tumor Alliance requesting that it be speedily deleted from Misplaced Pages. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about an organization or company, 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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WP:MEDMOS

Recommends against see also sections. Also not sure why you removed the reference? All those timelines could either go in a navbox or simply on the article in question. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 22:38, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

That sounds like a fine idea, to make a navbox? Let me know if you want to start a special page and we can work on it together. Twillisjr (talk) 22:40, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

Template:Cancer timeline developed (beta), please visit your talk page for update. Twillisjr (talk) 16:43, 14 October 2016 (UTC)

November 2016

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Thanks Zackmann08, I appreciate the edit/repair! Twillisjr (talk) 18:23, 18 November 2016 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Template:Infobox International debate

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Nomination of List of Donald Trump news and television appearances for deletion

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Proposed deletion of List of internet service providers in Paraguay

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Speedy deletion nomination of Portal:Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant/Things you can do

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MfD nomination of Portal:Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant/Things you can do

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Review

Can you please take a look at my article about Bryan Seely? I would appericate your input ;)

https://en.wikipedia.org/User:FIGHTER_KD/sandbox

FIGHTER KD 18:28, 22 July 2017 (UTC) FIGHTER KD 18:28, 22 July 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by FIGHTER KD (talk • contribs)

Well now, there certainly is a lot of information there! Thanks for sharing! Twillisjr (talk) 20:03, 22 July 2017 (UTC)

Category:Catholic politicians has been nominated for discussion

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Expansions were expected (or suggested), perhaps bad timing. I certainly hope for a merger. Twillisjr (talk) 03:11, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

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Terror related articles

Hi Twillisjr, thanks for considering me for Misplaced Pages:Requested articles/Social sciences/Military and military history. I noticed a few famous rebel groups that've bunch of contents present on web. I'd soon get to it. Thanks Amirk94391 (talk) 05:40, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

Amirk94391, I am really looking forward to your contributions! Twillisjr (talk) 19:10, 24 July 2018 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Cesare Balbo (disambiguation)

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Catholicism

We3ll I may have done one or two amendments to some pages, but Catholicism is not one of my main areas (eg railways, New Zealand politicians, sport by year or war). (talk) 22:16, 4 October 2018 (UTC)

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Nomination of Mario Testa for deletion

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Could you please explain...

You changed the article on Mathew_L._Golsteyn so it described the man he killed as an enemy combatant.

Isn't he merely someone Golsteyn suspected was an enemy? He wasn't captured on the battlefield. He was named by an informant. Golsteyn trusted his informant. Is that sufficient to call him an enemy?

Further, what is an "enemy combatant"? Doesn't our article on the term say it was used by the Bush administration, and retired by the Obama administration? Geo Swan (talk) 01:28, 18 May 2019 (UTC)

The reader must be able to distinguish a combat zone from Guantanamo bay. The article should demonstrate a US troop deployed in a theatre environment acted upon the named with deadly force. Twillisjr (talk) 01:42, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

Nomination of Rosemary Disney for deletion

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I am not being paid for my edits. Twillisjr (talk) 15:38, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

Thank you. Do you have any other conflict of interest with Steven Hassan or any other subject? The "own credit" photo is something that could be considered a strong indication of such a COI. Also, per WP:PAID, it does not apply strictly being "paid for your edits" any compensation which can in any way be associated with your editing counts. For instance if one is in public relations and has a general image management contract and one independently decided a bio needs work. That is still something which would be considered paid editing for Misplaced Pages purposes. (this is an example not an accusation) Thank you for your understanding. Jbh 06:44, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

The most recent edit was factual and had an organization website to support the remark. You once reverted the remark and I added the source for you. Please revert. Twillisjr (talk) 17:13, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

That is not relevant to the question I asked. Matters relating to articles should be discussed on the article's talk page to keep discussion in one place. The various notice boards are also appropriate so long as a neutrally worded link is left on the talk page. Jbh 19:11, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

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