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Jeff, please take into account our policies on conflict of interest and spam. Thank you. DS 15:51, 1 June 2007 (UTC)Reply

Notability of BD Performing Arts

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A tag has been placed on BD Performing Arts, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article appears to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, 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.

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For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Od Mishehu 13:12, 13 June 2007 (UTC)Reply

re:BD Performing Arts

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Hi, firstly thanks for asking (quite often people just hurl abuse). Unfortunately the article met the criteria for speedy deletion: A7. This means it was an article that did not give any evidence of being notable. A google search gives 7 results and all articles are supposed to be verifiable with reliable sources. A user tagged the article to say that it met the criterion A7 and I agreed. You can recreate the article, however if there are no sources (bear in mind that they should be independant of the subject so something like a newspaper article) it is likely that it will be deleted again by someone else. Thanks, James086Talk | Email 02:34, 16 June 2007 (UTC)Reply

Orphaned non-free image (Image:Avp logo.gif)

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Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps

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The Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps article as rewritten is about BD's "A" corps. It is not about BD Preforming Arts (which I admit to erring in not naming as the sponsoring organization). Moving information directly, as written, from the BD website, to my understanding, is not acceptable for a Wikipedia article. If things have been omitted from the article that should have been included, then new work should be added, not previously published, copyrighted material.

As a note, as soon as I had finished the rewrite on BDA and the posting of the new articles on BDB & BDC, I sent an Email to Dave Gibbs, asking that they be reviewed for errors or omissions. I am working my way through the Wikipedia articles on active D&B corps, and I am trying to present them in a similar style and in compliance with Wikipedia policies. Those that have already been done have also been reviewed and approved by the corps directors or someone acting for the director. GWFrog (talk) 17:23, 21 March 2012 (UTC)Reply

More Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps

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I have written and am about to add to the Wikipedia a new article--- BD Performing Arts ---which should have no notability problems. This piece contains the information that I had previously removed from the Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps article and more. However, it most definitely needs more work. Most noticeable is the lack of history on the Twirling Corps and the Winter Guards as well as dates of the twirlers' championships. Once the new piece is uploaded, I will revert the BD piece to a corrected version of what I had previously rewritten. I hope this meets with your approval and with Dave's.

Among the changes you made in my rewrite, I noted that you removed the info on the Blue Devils Music School. If I made this reference in error, it is because it was taken from the BD webpage History section. If it no longer exists, then mention should be made of its termination.

I also hope you were not overly upset with my earlier work, as the tone of the note on your reversion indicated. I am only trying to give the activity an accurate and acceptable presentation in the Wikipedia. I try very hard to be accurate, which is why I asked that my rewrite be reviewed in the first place. GWFrog (talk) 16:56, 22 March 2012 (UTC)Reply

September 2013

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Proposed deletion of John M. Meehan

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Nomination of John M. Meehan for deletion

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