User talk:Davidausten

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Your submission at Articles for creation: David Lloyd Austen (October 1)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.


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Origamiteⓣⓒ 11:51, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Your draft article, User:Davidausten/David Lloyd Austen


Hello, Davidausten. It has been over six months since you last edited your WP:AFC draft article submission, entitled "David Lloyd Austen".

The page will shortly be deleted. If you plan on editing the page to address the issues raised when it was declined and resubmit it, simply and remove the  or  code. Please note that Articles for Creation is not for indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you want to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by one of two methods (don't do both): 1) follow the instructions at WP:REFUND/G13, or 2) copy this code:, paste it in the edit box at this link , and click "Save page". An administrator will in most cases undelete the submission.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. JMHamo (talk) 15:53, 26 April 2015 (UTC)

Please do not write or add to an article about yourself. Creating an autobiography is strongly discouraged – see our guideline on writing autobiographies. If you create such an article, it may be deleted. If what you have done in life is genuinely notable and can be verified according to our policy for articles about living people, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later (see Wikipedians with articles). If you wish to add to an existing article about yourself, please propose the changes on its talk page. Please understand that this is an encyclopedia and not a personal web space or social networking site. If your article has already been deleted, please see: Why was my page deleted?, and if you feel the deletion was an error, please discuss it with the deleting administrator. Thank you. -- 70.51.46.11 (talk) 06:44, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Draft:David Lloyd Austen
Draft:David Lloyd Austen, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:David Lloyd Austen and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of Draft:David Lloyd Austen during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. BDD (talk) 16:06, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

Your autobio page
I have closed Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:David Lloyd Austen, because the page has been moved back into your user space at your request; but this is not a permanent solution, and you must expect it to be nominated for deletion again, because Wikipedia is a project to build an encyclopedia and that is all it is. It is not a social-networking site for people to write about themselves, and the guideline on WP:User pages includes WP:UP: "Userspace is not a free web host... Private copies of pages that are being used solely for long-term archival purposes may be subject to deletion."

This page is (in my judgement) not a potential encyclopedia article; you have had an interesting career, but not one that comes anywhere near Wikipedia's inclusion criterion of WP:Notability, which is not a matter of opinion but has to be demonstrated by references showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." The test is, have people not connected with the subject thought it significant enough to write substantial comment about? See also Notability (people) and WP:Notability (summary). That's only my opinion, and if you wish you may submit it again, but read those guidelines and WP:Your first article first.

Nor would it be suitable as a main user page at User:Davidausten. Their use is explained at WP:NOTWEBHOST: "'Wikipedians have their own user pages, but they should be used primarily to present information relevant to working on the encyclopedia. Limited biographical information is allowed, but user pages should not function as personal webpages or be repositories for large amounts of material that is irrelevant to collaborating on Wikipedia. If you are looking to make a personal webpage or blog or to post your résumé, please make use of one of the many free providers on the Internet or any hosting included with your Internet account.'"

Mr Austen, I feel I should apologise because Wikipedia does not make clear at sign-up time what it is and what it is not for. The general view is that new users should not be discouraged by being given guidelines to read; but the result is embarrassment and wasted effort when people join who are looking for something that Wikipedia is not.

If you want to avoid another deletion discussion, you can request deletion of the page by putting  at the top. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 21:15, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of User:Davidausten/David Lloyd Austen


A tag has been placed on your user page, User:Davidausten/David Lloyd Austen, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be advertising which only promotes or publicises someone or something. Promotional editing of any kind is not permitted, whether it be promotion of a person, company, product, group, service, belief, or anything else. This is a violation of our policies regarding acceptable use of user pages — user pages are intended for active editors of Wikipedia to communicate with one another as part of the process of creating encyclopedic content, and should not be mistaken for free webhosting resources or advertising space. Please read the guidelines on spam, the guidelines on user pages, and, especially, our FAQ for Organizations.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, 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 deleted 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. MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 18:28, 17 October 2021 (UTC)