User talk:Pippathecat

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Nomination of Joshua Ferdinand for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Joshua Ferdinand is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joshua Ferdinand until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Theroadislong (talk) 19:24, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

Hi

Hi, Pippathecat. I've noticed that you're new and seem to be having some issues with your article being put up for deletion. I've dealt with the same thing, several times, and you have a full 7 days to address the concerns raised by the other editors. This means that everything in the article must be cited and sourced, and any pictures must be free of any kind of copyright. All Wikipedia articles have to meet the following criteria:

1. They must be referenced using reputable sources; i.e., the New York Times is reliable, the National Enquirer is not.
2. They must be neutral in tone. They can't promote the individual or their work.
3. They must be comprehensible; you shouldn't have to have a PhD to read them.
4. They must make it clear why the subject needs an article.
5. They must answer questions a reader might have about the subject, such as when were they born, but can't go into trivial listings of every tiny detail about the subject.

I hope this doesn't come across in the wrong way, I'm glad to see a new user who's actually trying to help improve Wikipedia. I'm on the Welcoming Committee and nearly half of the new users who register are out to vandalize, so it's a relief to see a user doing needed work. I hope your article is kept.☺ White Arabian mare (Neigh) 21:43, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

ADD: if your article does get deleted, please don't let it discourage you from editing. Deletes happen to everybody who creates content. One way to really improve Wikipedia is go to Wikipedia:WikiProject Directory, join a project, and work on improving the stubs within that project that interest you. (I do/intend to do a lot of work in the equine stubs, see Wing Commander (horse), which I started working on yesterday). There are stubs in every area and category. White Arabian mare (Neigh) 23:42, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Pippathecat. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Joshua Ferdinand, you may have a conflict of interest. People with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, see the conflict of interest guideline and frequently asked questions for organizations. In particular, please:

• avoid editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, its competitors, or projects and products you or they are involved with;
• instead, propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (see the {{request edit}} template);
• avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
• exercise great caution so that you do not violate Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use require disclosure of your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing, and autobiographies. Thank you. Theroadislong (talk) 22:04, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

Cut and paste moves

I noticed that when you moved Draft:Joshua Ferdinand into mainspace you did it by cut-and-paste of the text. This is a bad thing and causes a number of problems. Please don't do it again, the correct procedure is to use the move button. Howevre, I recommend that you don't move the article yourself at all. You are clearly not experienced enough to be able to judge when an article is fit for mainspace. Instead, when you think that it is ready, request a review (the "submit" button in the template at the top) and if the reviewer thinks that it is ready, he/she will move it for you. SpinningSpark 16:05, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

October 2015

Thank you for your contributions. Please mark your edits as "minor" only if they are minor edits. In accordance with Help:Minor edit, a minor edit is one that the editor believes requires no review and could never be the subject of a dispute. Minor edits consist of things such as typographical corrections, formatting changes or rearrangement of text without modification of content. Additionally, the reversion of clear-cut vandalism and test edits may be labeled "minor". Thank you. Theroadislong (talk) 18:47, 23 October 2015 (UTC)