User talk:Cardell205

Welcome!

Hello,, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines for page creation, and may soon be deleted.

There's a page about creating articles you may want to read called Your first article. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type helpme on this page, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Here are a few other good links for newcomers: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Where to ask a question or ask me on. Again, welcome! JohnCD (talk) 22:27, 22 March 2010 (UTC) JohnCD (talk) 22:27, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
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Why your article was deleted
The reason your article was deleted is that Wikipedia isn't a notice-board sort of site like Myspace where anyone can post about themselves; it's an encyclopedia, and has strict rules about what subjects are allowed. The word we use is notability, which is not a matter of opinion but needs to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Significant means more than just listing-type mentions; reliable excludes Myspace, blogs, places where anyone can post anything; independent excludes the subject's own website, affiliated ones and press releases. There's more detail at WP:Notability (people) and, for musical performers, WP:MUSICBIO, and general good advice about writing Wikipedia articles at WP:Your first article.

Also, even if you meet the notability standard, writing about yourself is strongly discouraged, for reasons explained at WP:Autobiography.

Regards, JohnCD (talk) 22:27, 22 March 2010 (UTC)