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I tried to edit United States, but instead of the "edit" button, there was a "View source" button, and it said that the page was protected from editing. What is going on with that? Technical glitch or something else? USA 20:22, 11 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Have you ever used another account on Wikipedia? nableezy - 18:32, 12 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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I need suggestions on how to expand my new article Sports Zone USA 17:38, 13 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@The United States of America is the best: You previously pinged me in this message, but then removed it from your talk page. I'd like to address it nonetheless, because it is important that you understand one of Wikipedia's most critical policies. You wrote "I didn't get my information from a published source. I just knew it in my mind."
In that case, the content can not stay on Wikipedia. Wikipedia's verifiability policy is very important. It says that every fact on Wikipedia needs to be backed up by a reliable, published source. Your personal knowledge is not an acceptable source. Our readers, when reading your article, need to be able to follow up by reading the sources from which the content is based and verifying, for themselves, that all the facts are true.
At this stage, your article does not assert notability. Sources wholly independent of the of Sports Zone need to have written about Sports Zone in detail in order for an article on Sports Zone to exist. See WP:GNG and WP:CORP. In my opinion, the article could presently be speedily deleted under criterion A7 of the Criteria for Speedy Deletion. I'm going to give you an opportunity to improve the article before tagging it, but that doesn't mean someone else won't tag it for deletion. I would highly recommend that this article be moved to Draft space where you will have more time to work on improving it and where it wouldn't be subject to immediate deletion. If you're in agreement with that, let me know, and I'll perform the move. Cheers, Nick—Contact/Contribs 17:01, 14 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Done: I moved the content to my user subpage. USA 12:57, 15 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
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Please stop changing the redirects for these pages. Take it to the DC Talk page please - the proper targets for those redirects may be chosen not based on spelling but rather on the most likely target page being sought. Thanks. JohnInDC (talk) 02:30, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Here, you gave IP user 152.131.10.72 a template warning for removing a PROD tag you'd placed on an article. In fact, any editor may remove a PROD tag for any reason. While it is better to fix the problem that led to the proposed deletion tag, it's not mandatory. The IP editor acted correctly, and in fact your restoration of the template after its removal was improper. See WP:Contested. If you think the article still should be deleted, take it to AfD. Thanks. JohnInDC (talk) 02:42, 3 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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As people may have noticed, I'm interested in United States-related articles. However, I can't find much to improve in a major manner, so I'm stuck to things like copyediting, redirecting, and project namespace. Suggestions? USA 00:20, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Done I've looked and will continue to look at both. USA 17:37, 5 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
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Do you want me to merge Archive 2 into Archive and then delete Archive 2? --NeilN talk to me 16:36, 6 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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How do you make text turn a color like red, and how do you make text larger than its default size? Also, how do you create an editnotice for your user and/or user talk page? USA 02:29, 11 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
--NeilN talk to me 02:45, 11 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
{{red|text}} will do text. The template pages lists a lot of other colors as well. If you want to change it to something else please see H:Color. Please note that colors in articles need to comply with the accessibility standards for people with color blindness.To make font bigger you would use the <big></big> tags. So Text
To make an edit notice for your user pages see WP:EDN#Creating editnotices and click on the blue buttons. The red link NeilN mentions doesn't seem to be available to non-admins as I cannot see it on my own page. If you want more help, stop by the Teahouse, Wikipedia's live help channel, or the help desk to ask someone for assistance. Majora (talk) 02:48, 11 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Huon (talk) 02:52, 11 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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