User talk:MATTN101
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Walter Görlitz (talk) 03:48, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
May 2021
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Please do not introduce incorrect information into articles, as you did to 2021 French Open – Women's Singles. Your edits could be interpreted as vandalism and have been reverted. If you believe the information you added was correct, please cite references or sources or discuss the changes on the article's talk page before making them again. If you would like to experiment, use your sandbox. Thank you. CycloneYoris talk! 09:56, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
Ways to improve 2021 Hall of Fame Open – Singles
[edit]Hello, MATTN101,
Thank you for creating 2021 Hall of Fame Open – Singles.
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Whiteguru (talk) 13:03, 16 July 2021 (UTC)
2021 Winston-Salem Open moved to draftspace
[edit]An article you recently created, 2021 Winston-Salem Open, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. ... discospinster talk 14:12, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
Edits based on rumours
[edit]Hi MATTN101,
I've seen you make a few edits already on A-League pages which are based of information which is not official or confirmed, but rather rumours and/or ongoing negotiations. For example this recent edit where you removed Stensness, I assume was based off the rumours and ongoing talks that he may be joining Viking. But until this is officially confirmed, we don't change the information we display, as Wikipedia is built based off verifiable reliable sources. Thank you --SuperJew (talk) 11:42, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
- Again, like in this recent edit adding Sardinero to Glory, this is based off of rumours with OFI "set to accept an offer" - nothing is confirmed yet. Please wait until information is officially confirmed. --SuperJew (talk) 07:35, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
- Here you can see why not to edit based off rumours and unconfirmed news. --SuperJew (talk) 11:26, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
- Once more you are adding information based on rumours instead of official and confirmed information. Please stop doing this. This isn't the first time I'm writing to you about this. --SuperJew (talk) 07:51, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
Nomination of 2021 Winston-Salem Open for deletion
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The article 2020 Open d'Orléans has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
non-notable tennis tournament which fails WP:NTENNIS and WP:GNG. Tournament never took place due to COVID pandemic and info about planned tournament isn't covered by any independent sources
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