User talk:CourtneyGosselin

Welcome!
Hello, CourtneyGosselin, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as Glasses Versus Contacts, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.

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 Teahouse, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type help me on this page, followed by your question, 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! MereTechnicality (talk) 01:25, 10 February 2017 (UTC)
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Proposed deletion of Glasses Versus Contacts


The article Glasses Versus Contacts has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern:
 * Article is a pro-con list, not an encyclopedia entry

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. MereTechnicality (talk) 01:25, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

Your contributed article, Mizyake


Hello, I noticed that you recently created a new page, Mizyake. First, thank you for your contribution; Wikipedia relies solely on the efforts of volunteers such as you. Unfortunately, the page you created covers a topic on which we already have a page – Glasses Versus Contacts. Because of the duplication, your article has been tagged for speedy deletion. Please note that this is not a comment on you personally and we hope you will continue helping to improve Wikipedia. If the topic of the article you created is one that interests you, then perhaps you would like to help out at Glasses Versus Contacts – you might like to discuss new information at the article's talk page.

If you think the article you created should remain separate, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. Additionally if you would like to have someone review articles you create before they go live so they are not nominated for deletion shortly after you post them, allow me to suggest the article creation process and using our search feature to find related information we already have in the encyclopedia. Try not to be discouraged. Wikipedia looks forward to your future contributions. MereTechnicality (talk) 01:28, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

Welcome
Hi Courtney -

I just wanted to reach out and welcome you to Wikipedia. It looks like you've put some good work into the project already, and I know it can be frustrating or off-putting when a couple of your new articles are deleted or nominated for deletion. It looks like the biggest issue with your first article was that it was really a list of pros and cons, not something that's especially suited for an encyclopedia where we try to cover broad topics. I hope that you'll stick around. When I started editing, I found it was helpful to just edit existing articles rather than creating new ones at first. There are a lot of unique guidelines and rules behind new article creation, and health-related articles are guided by standards that are even more stringent in many ways (like our requirement for reliable sourcing at WP:MEDRS).

I think you'll find that there are a lot of ways to "get your feet wet" within WP other than article creation. If you like fixing spelling, punctuation or wording, those are great ways to get involved and begin learning more about Wikipedia. Anyway, I hope we see you around! Feel free to reach out if you have questions. EricEnfermero (Talk) 03:07, 10 February 2017 (UTC)