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I've noticed several of your recent edit summaries do not correspond at all to the content of the edit. This edit did not involve references at all; this edit, while constructive, did not involve "Spelling/grammar/punctuation/typographical corrections", and neither this edit nor this edit qualify as a minor edits as they involve adding material or claims. Collaboration among editors is fundamental to Wikipedia - going forward, please ensure your edit summaries are accurate. Summaries save time for other editors and reduce the chances that your edit will be misunderstood. For some edits, an adequate summary may be quite brief.

Thank you - 4300streetcar (talk) 23:34, 27 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your contributions to Union Pacific paint schemes. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because it has no sources. I have converted your article to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.

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I had significantly improved article GE Dash 8-44CW, grade (stub) did not change, is it enough text and that it is qualified as a start-class article?

BilltheBison (talk) 22:40, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi,

This matter requires no administrative action, so next time you can just request general (non-admin) help, or even just post a message on that article's talk page.

The rater tool is saying the article is probably now at 'C' grade. Although that said, it is almost entirely unreferenced, citing just a single source, once, which isn't enough to either support the article contents or to establish the subject's notability. -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 06:28, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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A tag has been placed on File:CSX 9028, a C44-8W.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F9 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a copyright violation of https://www.flickr.com/photos/99142371@N02/20589439839/in/photostream/ states all rights reserved and has no credible claim of non-free use or permission. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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Thanks for your contributions to GE Dash 8-36B. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because it has no sources. I have converted your article to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.

Please see more information at Help:Unreviewed new page. When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit the draft for review!" button at the top of the page OR move the page back. Wikishovel (talk) 19:13, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your contributions to GE Dash 8-36C. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because it has no sources. I have converted your article to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.

Please see more information at Help:Unreviewed new page. When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit the draft for review!" button at the top of the page OR move the page back. Z E T A³ 19:36, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your contributions to 3,600 HP Ge Dash-8 locomotives. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because it has no sources and it is a list of articles which have been draftified.. I have converted your article to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.

Please see more information at Help:Unreviewed new page. When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit the draft for review!" button at the top of the page OR move the page back. Z E T A³ 19:40, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for uploading File:CSX 9031 leads a train.jpg. I noticed that this file is being used under a claim of non-free use. However, I think that the way it is being used fails the first non-free content criterion. This criterion states that files used under claims of non-free use may have no free equivalent; in other words, if the file could be adequately covered by a freely-licensed file or by text alone, then it may not be used on Wikipedia. If you believe this file is not replaceable, please:

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Hi, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you tried to change the title of a page by cutting its content and pasting either the same content, or an edited version of it, into General Electric Dash 8-44CW. This is known as a "cut-and-paste move", and it is undesirable because it splits the page history, which is legally required for attribution. Instead, the software used by Wikipedia has a feature that allows pages to be moved to a new title together with their edit history.

In most cases for registered users, once your account is four days old and has ten edits, you should be able to move an article yourself using the "Move" tab at the top of the page (the tab may be hidden in a dropdown menu for you). This both preserves the page history intact and automatically creates a redirect from the old title to the new. If you cannot perform a particular page move yourself this way (e.g. because a page already exists at the target title), please follow the instructions at requested moves to have it moved by someone else. Also, if there are any other pages that you moved by copying and pasting, even if it was a long time ago, please list them at Wikipedia:Requests for history merge. Thank you. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 03:03, 12 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I'm Trainsandotherthings. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, GE Dash 8-44CW, but you didn't provide a reliable source. On Wikipedia, it's important that article content be verifiable. If you'd like to resubmit your change with a citation, your edit is archived in the page history. If you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 23:57, 12 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Where do i find the sources? BilltheBison (talk) 20:24, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for your contributions to GE ES line. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because it has no sources and it needs more sources to establish notability. I have converted your article to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.

Please see more information at Help:Unreviewed new page. When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit the draft for review!" button at the top of the page OR move the page back. aesurias (talk) 23:39, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It is preferable that you do not create an article with no sources and immediately tag it as such yourself. In the time it took to do that, could you not have just copied out the sources you used to write the article into inline citations? aesurias (talk) 23:40, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

In addition, this article ends up duplicating GE Evolution Series 4300streetcar (talk) 05:52, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Recently, you've made a significant amount of edits to the article GE Dash 8-44CW, and yet none of them seems to be reasonably constructive. These include addition of information without citing sources, attempted WP:CFORK copy-paste move, and improperly adding a merge template without starting the merge discussion on the article's talk page. These edits aren't really helpful and sometimes even be disruptive. See that guideline for details. EditorGirlAL07 (talk) 09:57, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your contributions to Goodman CK/CKL. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because it needs more sources to establish notability. I have converted your article to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.

Please see more information at Help:Unreviewed new page. When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit the draft for review!" button at the top of the page OR move the page back. Children Will Listen (🐄 talk, 🫘 contribs) 06:40, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@BilltheBison: As aesurias mentions above, if you aren't able to find sources, create your article in draftspace and submit it for review when you find enough reliable sources independent of the subject (which means no wikis and no instruction manuals.) Children Will Listen (🐄 talk, 🫘 contribs) 06:44, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I noticed that you recently created a new page, Users "make a page" generator. First, thank you for your contribution; Wikipedia relies solely on the efforts of volunteers such as you. Unfortunately, the page you created covers a topic on which we already have a page – [[:{{{article}}}]]. Because of the duplication, your article has been tagged for speedy deletion. Please note that this is not a comment on you personally and we hope you will continue helping to improve Wikipedia. If the topic of the article you created is one that interests you, then perhaps you would like to help out at [[:{{{article}}}]]. If you have new information to add, you might want to discuss it at [[Talk:{{{article}}}|the article's talk page]].

If you think the article you created should remain separate, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. Additionally if you would like to have someone review articles you create before they go live so they are not nominated for deletion shortly after you post them, allow me to suggest the article creation process and using our search feature to find related information we already have in the encyclopedia. Try not to be discouraged. Wikipedia looks forward to your future contributions. Tbhotch^™ (CC BY-SA 4.0) 02:26, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello BilltheBison,

I'm MPGuy2824, and I patrol new pages here on Wikipedia.

I wanted to let you know that I have tagged a page that you created (Goodman CK (disambiguation)) for deletion because it is an unnecessary disambiguation page per one of the criteria at WP:G14.

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-MPGuy2824 (talk) 07:12, 26 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

tried to change it to a redirect without speedy deletion tag but the automatic filter would not let me BilltheBison (talk) 07:18, 26 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I've deleted your userpage out of concerns that it showed identifying personal info. You can make a new user page, but please do not put personal details about yourself on it. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 22:56, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by AlphaCore were:

This draft's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article. In summary, the draft needs multiple published sources that are:

• in-depth (not just brief mentions about the subject or routine announcements)
• reliable
• secondary
• strictly independent of the subject
  

Make sure you add references that meet all four of these criteria before resubmitting. Learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue. If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

This submission appears to read more like an advertisement than an entry in an encyclopedia. Encyclopedia articles need to be written from a neutral point of view, and should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources, not just to materials produced by the creator of the subject being discussed. This is important so that the article can meet Wikipedia's verifiability policy and the notability of the subject can be established. If you still feel that this subject is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, please rewrite your submission to comply with these policies.

 The comment the reviewer left was:

Primary sources cannot establish notability.

The content is more like an Advert or a brochure. See WP:NPOV.

Please do not resubmit without considerable improvements

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.

• If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Goodman CK/CKL and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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AlphaCore talk 23:05, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, BilltheBison! Having an article draft declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! AlphaCore talk 23:05, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Reduce to stub has been nominated for discussion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Gonnym (talk) 10:04, 17 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The redirect MRL LAULAU has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 December 17 § MRL LAULAU until a consensus is reached. Gonnym (talk) 12:59, 17 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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A tag has been placed on Electro-Motive Corporation General Motors Electro-Motive Corporation requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section R3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a recently created redirect from an implausible typo or misnomer, or other unlikely search term.

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