User:Wwwwolf/Boilerplate

Boilerplate comments from yours truly.

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CSD'd
Hello. I've deleted the article you wrote,. This was due to it met one or more criteria for speedy deletion.

(Specific explanation on what criteria the article met)

As a general advice, I'd recommend that when you create a new article, at least provide some basic information that explains concisely the background. (Consider answering "who, what, when, where, why?", for example.) The most important question about any subject, in my opinion, is this: What's so important about this subject? Why has this subject left a mark in history?

It is often better to just go a stroll on Wikipedia: Try hitting the "Random article" link on the navigation box a few times, and see how most articles are laid out. Try reading about your other favorite subjects; see how these articles are laid out and what kind of information is needed. Try reading about related subjects.

In closing, happy editing and don't let small disappointments get you down. =) --~

NN person
(Or just )

The specific reason this particular article was deleted was that it was about a non-notable person/group/club/non-notable band - or, at least, the article didn't make it any way clear that the subject was at all notable. This is the Speedy deletion criterion A7. Regrettably, the bar for inclusion in Wikipedia is quite high; while we don't have the size limitations of paper encyclopaedias, we still need to hold some notability criteria to make the information accessible, easy to categorise and easy to find.

If the article subject does meet the notability criteria, feel free to recreate the article, but please make sure the article has these claims of fame.

Context
The specific reason was that it didn't have any context. This is the speedy deletion criterion A1. The article needs to somehow establish not only what it's about, but how it's related to other things. For example, (Example of questions the article raises)

If you want good examples, just look at the lead sections (first few paragraphs) of just about any article in Wikipedia. Most have relevant ties to other concepts mentioned right away.

Empty / in preparation
The specific reason was that the article was devoid of any real content. This is the speedy deletion criterion A3. (Specific explanation on what isn't "real" in this case) If you have no real content whatsoever to start the article with, it is better to keep the article completely un-created until someone does have some basic information.

Note that if you wish to prepare an article yourself before you consider it worthy putting to the article space, you can prepare it on your user space - see that page for instructions. You can create a subpage of your user page, prepare an article there, then use the Move command to move it to article space. You can also use your user page and its subpages for your personal Wikipedia-related to-do lists, notes, and like.

Busted image
Hello. I just deleted image Image:..., since it appeared to be corrupt - it failed to display on my web browser. Please make sure the file works properly and then try reuploading it. --~

Strange hangon use
Also note that hangon is only meant to notify the admin that you are writing the comment, and you should remove it after you're done writing an explanation. It should be placed on article itself (preferrably after the speedy deletion tag), not on the talk page.