User talk:Dbevis

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Hello, Dbevis, 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 John Pollak, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may soon be deleted.

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Speedy deletion nomination of John Pollak


A tag has been placed on John Pollak 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 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. Wildthing61476 (talk) 14:57, 17 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi. Welcome, again. It will save you some time if you read WP:Your first article and the important policy on WP:Biographies of living persons. You need to understand in particular that this is an encyclopedia, not a gossip magazine: the WP:Verifiability policy "requires that all quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged be attributed to a reliable, published source," and the notability requirement means showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Also, the tone required is dry and factual, not "Sorry ladies; John is marrying the lovely Rachel" and "John would like a milanese please, toasted, no sauce.". Look at some biographies from the list of WP:Featured articles for examples. JohnCD (talk) 15:50, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of John Pollak


A tag has been placed on John Pollak 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 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. Wildthing61476 (talk) 13:59, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

March 2011
Welcome to Wikipedia. A page you recently created may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines for new pages, so it will shortly be removed (if it hasn't been already). Please use the sandbox for any tests, and consider using the Article Wizard. For more information about creating articles, you may want to read Your first article. You may also want to read our introduction page to learn more about contributing. Thank you. Excirial ( Contact me, Contribs ) 14:05, 18 March 2011 (UTC)