User talk:Abstractpainting

July 2007
Please do not delete content from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special). Your edits do not appear to be constructive and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use Sandbox for test edits. Thank you. Trusilver 00:06, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Please stop. If you continue to blank out (or delete portions of) page content, templates or other materials from Wikipedia, as you did to Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special), you will be blocked from editing. Trusilver 00:06, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

This is your last warning. The next time you create an inappropriate page, such as Joyce Hobby, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Trusilver 00:21, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

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Wikipedia has certain guidelines for inclusion. Everything needs to be notable, verifiable (i.e. sourced), and from a neutral point of view. For individuals, we have Notability (people). Since you are the subject of the article, this could pose as a conflict of interest, so I'll also ask you to read Conflict of interest. Because there is a lot of crap uploaded to wikipedia daily, we have tools and processes to help us clear up the mess. Often, if articles are not uploaded in a relatively OK shape, they will get deleted. (you have to keep in mind, as soon as something is uploaded, it is live and part of the "encyclopedia"). The best thing to do is to make a more complete version of the article, maybe in a word document, or in a WP:sandbox (i.e. User:Abstractpainting/Joyce Hobby), and make sure the article is in good shape and meets out criteria for inclusion BEFORE moving it live in the main article namespace. Hope this helps.-Andrew c [talk] 00:36, 13 July 2007 (UTC)


 * One more comment. Unfortunately, if you are an "ebay artist", and you are not the subject of multiple independent, non-trivial media reports (i.e. if we don't have any notable sources that mention you), you most likely don't "deserve" a wikipedia article. Don't take it too hard. I don't "deserve" one either :)-Andrew c [talk] 00:38, 13 July 2007 (UTC)