User talk:Danni Yang

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Hello, Danni Yang, 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 Kristine French, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Kristine French


A tag has been placed on Kristine French 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 or group of people, but it does not credibly 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 read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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Nomination of Kristine French for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Kristine French is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Kristine French until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. DavidLeighEllis (talk) 21:00, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

Kristine French article
Hello Danni. Thanks for writing this article! I've been just looking at the articles created recently and what happened to them. As a science graduate myself, I'm always keen to see new articles on this kind of topic.

Unfortunately, whoever ran the event you were at didn't do a very good job of mentoring you. Writing new articles is one of the tougher things to do on Wikipedia - this is the best guide, but to summarise it's best to draft these things and save the text until you've got it to a finished state, or run it through the articles for creation project rather than trying to publish at once. (If the event you attended had been well-run, you would have had a text put up on your user page to explain that you're new and might need some help.) Hence the wall of text above as people were confused about who was posting these articles and if it was someone posting spam or using multiple accounts. Anyway, some thoughts on what to move onto next.

If you're creating an article for the first time, it's best to look at featured articles - supposed to be Wikipedia's best - on similar topics to give you some ideas on what to aim for, also look at the notability guideline - Wikipedia's guideline on good subjects for articles. Few suggestions on what to aim for next time: Otherwise best wishes, let me know if any questions or thoughts. Blythwood (talk) 00:43, 18 August 2016 (UTC)
 * 1) Like I said, don't post the article to the "mainspace" of Wikipedia articles before it's finished.
 * 2) If you're writing an article and you're not that experienced, keep it short. Six sentences in your own words is probably a good maximum.
 * 3) It's best at the start of the article to explain why they're notable in the very first sentence. The fact that Dr. French is a professor makes her very notable and a good candidate for a Wikipedia article, so that should be mentioned in the first sentence so the article can be verified as fast as posssible.
 * 4) Don't copy text. As in other areas of academic writing, Wikipedia doesn't allow copying and it has to be removed.
 * 5) Don't bother with a publications list. We're not a CV and it will be out of date tomorrow. Link to a lab group page (if there is one) or her faculty page and let her tell people what papers by her people should read.
 * 6) Add a references section and reflist set to 30em. An article should have about five to seven (non-identical) citations.
 * 7) Link to relevant topics like species that are the subject of research.
 * 8) Aim for at least six categories.