User talk:EdwardPMAC
Welcome!
Hello, EdwardPMAC, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as Heather schmid, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may soon be deleted.
There's a page about creating articles you may want to read called Your first article. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{helpme}} on this page, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Here are a few other good links for newcomers:
- Starting an article
- Your first article
- Biographies of living persons
- How to write a great article
- The five pillars of Wikipedia
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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Wikipedia:Questions or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! —KuyaBriBriTalk 19:14, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
The article Heather schmid has been proposed for deletion because, under Wikipedia policy, all newly created biographies of living persons must have at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.
If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the {{prod blp}} tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within ten days, the article may be deleted, but you can request that it be undeleted when you are ready to add one. —KuyaBriBriTalk 19:14, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Heather schmid
A tag has been placed on Heather schmid, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia for multiple reasons. Please see the page to see the reasons. If the page has since been deleted, you can ask me the reasons by leaving a message on my user talk page.
If you think that this notice was placed here in error, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. Hairhorn (talk) 20:00, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
Message added 15:18, 8 February 2012 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.
Advice
...as promised. I suggest you start by making a draft in your user space - see Help:Userspace draft for how to do that.
- First, read WP:Your first article
- Although to avoid speedy deletion it is enough to make a credible claim of importance or significance, if an article is to be kept it needs to show notability which is not a matter of opinion but has to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Significant means more than just listing-type mentions; reliable excludes Myspace, Facebook, blogs, places where anyone can post anything; independent excludes the subject's own website, affiliated ones and anything based on press releases. The test is, have people independent of the subject thought it significant enough to write substantial comment about? For a musical performer, specific criteria are set out at WP:MUSICBIO
- The WP:Verifiability policy requires that "all quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable, published source."
- Don't copy any substantial amount of text from elsewhere - see Wikipedia:Copy-paste. Short quotations are OK but must be in quotes and clearly attributed.
- Take care not to be promotional. Wikipedia requires a WP:Neutral point of view. An encyclopedia article is quite a different thing from a Myspace page or a press release. Don't think of yourself as writing for your subject - you are writing for Wikipedia, about your subject. Before writing any glowing adjective, or indeed any claim, imagine a hostile critic looking over your shoulder saying "Who says? Can you prove that?" See WP:PEACOCK.
When you've done, click "Submit" in the box at the top of the userspace draft, and your article will go to WP:Articles for creation, where either it will be accepted or you will be given feedback. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 23:34, 9 February 2012 (UTC)