User talk:Castleyu

Welcome!

Hello, Castleyu, 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 Minicards, 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! TreacherousWays (talk) 17:57, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
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Speedy deletion nomination of Minicards


A tag has been placed on Minicards 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 person, organization (band, club, company, etc.) or web content, 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, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, 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. TreacherousWays (talk) 17:57, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

A sincere welcome and a suggestion
Your statement on the minicards talk page sounds reasonable, and if you would like to contest the proposed speedy deletion of the article you should do so. I suspect that it won't withstand scrutiny, though (even though it must seem as if wikipedia publishes anything and everything). In order for an article to stay, there are a few criteria it must meet. First, the subject of the article must be notable, and second the subject must be verifiable. If this is your first wikipedia article, you should start out in your sandbox and get a basic article completely written there, including references, before moving it into the main space. There are many (many, many) articles to use as examples - you could choose one of those and use it as a basic template. Above all, please keep trying. The articles in this space are only any good because people care about the topics and take the time to write. TreacherousWays (talk) 18:13, 20 December 2011 (UTC)