User talk:OvermyerHistoricals

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[edit] Overmyer History & Genealogy

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Overmyer History & Genealogy, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. If you agree with the deletion of the article, and you are the only person who has made substantial edits to the page, please add {{db-author}} to the top of Overmyer History & Genealogy. FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 15:36, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

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Wikipedia simply isn't a genealogy site- it's an encyclopedia article. Overmyer History & Genealogy reads like a genealogy article. And article about the Overmyer name and its importance in history would be really different in tone; check out the existing article on Johnson or Zhang to see what I mean. I don't know if there's enough information out there to write an encyclopedia article, or if the name is notable enough for the encyclopedia to need, but I'm guessing you do- so take a look at those examples and see if you're interested in doing something similar. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 15:47, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

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