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You may wish to give your comments regarding the deletion of Damh the bard here: Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2008 September 1#Damh the bard. Pegasus  «C¦ T» 08:52, 1 September 2008 (UTC) reply

Hello, Mhardy63 ... I have taken the liberty of creating a sandbox version of your deleted article, Damh the bard (  | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) ... it is located at User:Mhardy63/Damh the bard.

Work on that copy, and ask other editors for feedback before you try to post it again.

Happy Editing! — 72.75.117.122 ( talk · contribs) _{18:26, 3 September 2008 (UTC)} reply

• Just curious ... you haven't made any improvements to this article ... have you lost interest, or given up all hope? — _{72.75.117.122 ( talk) 18:28, 5 September 2008 (UTC)} reply

Hi ... I've not given up hope, but I do think I need to go back to square one and start fresh, and spend more time in research than I'm able to do right now. I also need to master the link and reference tagging. So if the article is deleted, I may try a fresh take on it at some point in the near future, but I am not going to be able to right away. Sorry about all that.

Mhardy63 ( talk) 23:28, 6 September 2008 (UTC) reply

Hello again, Mhardy63 ...

Please format the external links that you are providing for Damh the bard (  | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) by using the {{ cite web}} template ... you can use some of the other articles as examples ... whenever possible, use the <title> from the HTML file for the Web page (assuming you're an HTML newbie):

1. from your Web browser's menu, View | Page source
2. search for the HTML <title> tag
3. copy the text up to the </title> end tag

Using http://www.waterholes.com/~dennette/1996/hopper/bug.htm for an example, we examine the HTML source file, and can make:

{{cite web 
 |url= http://www.waterholes.com/~dennette/1996/hopper/bug.htm 
 |title= The First Computer Bug! 
 |work= WaterHoles.com 
 |accessdate= 2008-09-05
 }}

That produces:

"The First Computer Bug!". WaterHoles.com. Retrieved 2008-09-05.

Note: by using ISO 8601 date format (YYYY-MM-DD), the MediaWiki software can automagically create links to the year and date articles ... it also avoids 02/04/08 confusion. :-)

Note: the |work= will add the italics, and if the source publication has an article (e.g.. The New York Times for nytimes.com), then place it in [[]] so that it will be linked ... you'll have to research whether or not a Spanish language publication like El Nuevo Herald has an article.

Even though I don't read Spanish, I can take "by Jose Padilla" and make:

|first= Jose |last= Padilla

This will get displayed as Padilla, Jose in the appropriate position in the citation.

Just read the Template:Cite web and Template:Cite news documentation (for published articles/reviews without Web versions), and you'll figure out what else you can use ... BTW, I've never used it myself, but there's a {{ Cite press release}} template.

See also: Wikipedia:Citation templates

Happy Editing! — 72.75.117.122 ( talk · contribs) _{04:57, 6 September 2008 (UTC)} reply

Hello, Mhardy63 … I recently encountered the article about Damh the bard and in my opinion, it either does not verifiably satisfy the Notability criteria for Music, or it may violate the Conflict of interest guideline, or perhaps it violates a copyright.

I am considering tagging Damh the bard (  | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) for deletion according to the Deletion policy … I do not have time to examine the article in depth at the moment, and it may improve over time, in which case this warning was premature.

I have created this initial entry on your Talk page because you are either the original author of the article, or else a recent contributor to it; I will leave more detailed information regarding my specific concerns about the article on its Discussion page … please respond either there or on this Talk page, instead of on my Talk page, in order to avoid fragmenting the conversation.

Be sure to read Ownership of articles, and remember that Some Other Editors (including at least one administrator) may not share your opinion about the notability of the article's subject.

I do not mean to imply that your contribution is unappreciated … perhaps you should read Starting an article … and remember, there was a time when I knew less about how Wikipedia works than you know right now, and I am always available to help you become a more proactive contributor.

To better understand why I have used this template, please read Flag templates for deletion warnings ... I realize that some of the expressed possible concerns may not be appropriate in this case. — 72.75.117.122 ( talk) 05:05, 6 September 2008 (UTC) reply

An article that you have been involved in editing, Damh the bard, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Damh the bard. Thank you. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? 72.75.117.122 ( talk) 18:02, 6 September 2008 (UTC) reply

thanks for the clarifications Petey05 ( talk) 18:45, 11 September 2009 (UTC) reply