User:Vgranucci/sandbox

Do's and Don't for new articles


 * Don't write an article about yourself, your best friend, your girlfriend, your worst enemy, your favorite garage band, your favorite teacher, or that great little restaurant down the street. None of these are notable and you probably will have difficulty maintaining a NPOV. Please also remember that notable "someday soon" is not notable now.
 * Do use some standard version of English. Hip-hop slang and leetspeak are not appropriate for an encyclopedia.
 * Do assert the importance or significance of your subject in the article.
 * Don't copy-and-paste text from another webpage. This is a copyright violation and is not permitted on Wikipedia.
 * Don't write advertising for a company, product, or person. Spam will be deleted.
 * Do remember that you are writing for people who may not know anything about the subject of your article. State the obvious and state it early. Don't wait until the third or fouth (or fifth or sixth) paragraph to tell us that someone is a musician, or a politician, or a scientist. Put it in the first or second sentence.
 * Don't write an article to convince the world of your viewpoint. Wikipedia is not a soapbox!