User talk:Asdt2ewt

June 2008
Welcome to Wikipedia. The recent edit you made to Émile Lemoine has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive. Use the sandbox for testing; if you believe the edit was constructive, ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing. Thanks. Thingg &#8853; &#8855; 15:11, 5 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Please don't remove the Articles for Deletion notices from pages that have been submitted for this process; it doesn't do anything to prevent the page from being deleted, and it's considered vandalism. If you want to express your opinion on the possible deletion of the page, the instructions are contained within the tag that I have now returned.  Accounting4Taste: talk 20:11, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I see that I neglected to alert you to the possible deletion, for which my belated apologies; the notification is below, for your consideration. Accounting4Taste: talk 20:13, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Cookie Cutter Series
An article that you have been involved in editing, Cookie Cutter Series, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Articles for deletion/Cookie Cutter Series. Thank you. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? Accounting4Taste: talk 20:13, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your note. Indeed, I don't "deny it" -- although I'm not familiar with the series in question, I'm willing to accept that this is a valid description.  The problem is not accuracy but verifiability.  In simple terms, it doesn't matter what you or I think is the case -- it matters what experts think is the case, and we're only allowed to quote experts here.  Wikipedia is not the place for original research.  If you can point to a couple of expert sources that call this sort of fiction "cookie cutter", in those precise words, I'll not only close the AfD, I'll help you work on the article to add those sources.  Accounting4Taste: talk 22:04, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your note. I think I can answer your question -- which I'm going to assume is "What's the process that Wikipedia uses to get new articles?"  Essentially, you're in it, and you did what most people do -- they see something about Wikipedia that they perceive to be a "gap" or a mistake, and they pitch in and fill it or fix it.  The trouble is that many people don't know as much about Wikipedia before they start as they might need to in order to be sure that they're filling a gap that needs to be filled, or fixing a "mistake" that needs to be fixed.  I'm not saying that out of blame -- it's just the way it seems to go.  Because it's very easy to edit Wikipedia, people do it without looking up the rules first.  More than half of the new articles in Wikipedia come from people who have been editors here for less than a week.  It's up to people like me -- we're called "admins" -- who have been volunteers around here for a while and have been granted a toolkit to deal with common problems -- to work with folks like you and guide them into how to contribute and stay within the rules.
 * Now, I suspect that you have something of the same interests as me -- judging by your contribution, you're interested in Media franchises (like Animorphs, or Nancy Drew, or Batman) and how they work. If you click on my name at the end of this message, you'll go to a page that talks about me and what my interests are -- there's a box there that says that I'm interested in and part of a project concerning Media franchises.  Click on that box and you may find something in Wikipedia that interests you -- and you might learn a place where it will be really useful to have the kind of information that you have, and a place to contribute it where it will be valued.
 * I hope this helps you -- if I've screwed this up, or if I've made a wrong assessment, let me know and I'll see if I can help you some more. If you want to contribute, and I think you do, I'm sure there's a place where you can do some interesting work while staying within the rules.  Accounting4Taste: talk 19:52, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
 * The exact link I mentioned is at WikiProject Media franchises -- use this link, not the one about media franchises above. Accounting4Taste: talk 19:53, 6 June 2008 (UTC)