User talk:Carlyjayne

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Hello, Carlyjayne, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as The skimmity hitchers, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, 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 Questions or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! Carl Sixsmith (talk) 20:12, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
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Speedy deletion nomination of The skimmity hitchers


A tag has been placed on The skimmity hitchers requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a band or musician, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion, or "db", tag; if no such tag exists, then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hang-on tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. Carl Sixsmith (talk) 20:12, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Apologies: I put this "talkback" tag in place, but must have omitted to to click "Save page" on the actual reply on my talk page, so you must have been puzzled. No matter: what it said was, enable email on your account and I will email the text. I see you have, so I have.

WP:BAND explains what a band need to have achieved before they can have a Wikipedia article, and WP:Your first article has good general advice. When they get there, if you write another article, it needs to be less rambling and chatty, and not use the first person - "you will find us singing our songs, with a smile on our face" etc. This isn't Myspace, and what you write should not be the band's manifesto, it should be an encyclopedia article about the band, and have a neutral, encyclopedic tone. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 22:13, 20 February 2011 (UTC)