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::::The rangers writing about the park they work for are NOT A THIRD PARTY SOURCE. Some reliable third party source and preferably more than one has to have published some material about each article topic in Wikipedia [[WP:N|"if no reliable third-party sources can be found on a topic, then it should not have a separate article."]] [[Special:Contributions/Active_Banana|''Active'']] [[User:Active Banana|<font color="orange">'''Banana</font>''']] [[User talk:Active Banana|<font color="orange">(<sup>''bananaphone''</sup></font>]] 01:36, 23 December 2010 (UTC) |
::::The rangers writing about the park they work for are NOT A THIRD PARTY SOURCE. Some reliable third party source and preferably more than one has to have published some material about each article topic in Wikipedia [[WP:N|"if no reliable third-party sources can be found on a topic, then it should not have a separate article."]] [[Special:Contributions/Active_Banana|''Active'']] [[User:Active Banana|<font color="orange">'''Banana</font>''']] [[User talk:Active Banana|<font color="orange">(<sup>''bananaphone''</sup></font>]] 01:36, 23 December 2010 (UTC) |
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:::::They can be moved to your user space as drafts for you to look to find appropriate sourcing. Or you can nominate them for speedy deletion by putting {{:db-author}} on the page (without the colon. [[Special:Contributions/Active_Banana|''Active'']] [[User:Active Banana|<font color="orange">'''Banana</font>''']] [[User talk:Active Banana|<font color="orange">(<sup>''bananaphone''</sup></font>]] 01:54, 23 December 2010 (UTC) |
:::::They can be moved to your user space as drafts for you to look to find appropriate sourcing. Or you can nominate them for speedy deletion by putting {{:db-author}} on the page (without the colon. [[Special:Contributions/Active_Banana|''Active'']] [[User:Active Banana|<font color="orange">'''Banana</font>''']] [[User talk:Active Banana|<font color="orange">(<sup>''bananaphone''</sup></font>]] 01:54, 23 December 2010 (UTC) |
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==Your recent edits== |
==Your recent edits== |
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Then your lead sentence is completely inaccurate
"Otaki Forks is the main western entrance to the Tararua Forest Park"
- I dont have to have been there to know that the article is inappropriate in tone not properly sourced and currently doesnt meet the threshold of being a stand alone article. Active Banana (bananaphone 01:17, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
- Did you read the links? In order to be a stand alone article the topic must have been covered WP:N by reliable third party sources WP:RS. The government park services website for their parks is not a third party source. Active Banana (bananaphone 01:24, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
- The rangers writing about the park they work for are NOT A THIRD PARTY SOURCE. Some reliable third party source and preferably more than one has to have published some material about each article topic in Wikipedia "if no reliable third-party sources can be found on a topic, then it should not have a separate article." Active Banana (bananaphone 01:36, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
- They can be moved to your user space as drafts for you to look to find appropriate sourcing. Or you can nominate them for speedy deletion by putting Db-author on the page (without the colon. Active Banana (bananaphone 01:54, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
- sorry it should be two left braces { and two right braces} around: db-author
- The rangers writing about the park they work for are NOT A THIRD PARTY SOURCE. Some reliable third party source and preferably more than one has to have published some material about each article topic in Wikipedia "if no reliable third-party sources can be found on a topic, then it should not have a separate article." Active Banana (bananaphone 01:36, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
- Did you read the links? In order to be a stand alone article the topic must have been covered WP:N by reliable third party sources WP:RS. The government park services website for their parks is not a third party source. Active Banana (bananaphone 01:24, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
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December 2010
The recent edit you made to Otaki Forks has been reverted, as it removed all content from the page without explanation. Please do not do this, as it is considered vandalism; use the sandbox for testing. If you think the page should be deleted, see here for what to do. Thank you. Usb10 Connected? 01:47, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Otaki Forks, you may be blocked from editing. The reverted edit can be found here. Thank you. →♠Gƒoley↔Four♣← 01:51, 23 December 2010 (UTC)