User talk:Deaconcupcakes

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Speedy deletion nomination of The East Pole
A tag has been placed on The East Pole, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to have no meaningful content or history, and the text is unsalvageably incoherent. If the page you created was a test, please use the sandbox for any other experiments you would like to do. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard. Feel free to leave a message on my talk page if you have any questions about this.

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Due East!
Dear Deacon. Don't do that again. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 22:42, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

so if there is no true east pole i cannot write about a place called the east pole? Deaconcupcakes (talk) 22:53, 17 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks for responding. If there is something called "The east pole" that meets the criteria for inclusion (see WP:NOT) and the general notability guidelines (WP:N) then yeah, sure you can write about it. But if it doesn't, well, then you can write about it too, but it's not going to be on Wikipedia. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 22:57, 17 November 2009 (UTC)


 * OK I appreciate the clarification but in all honesty this page was not created as vandalism, as stated on the deleted page. I will read the guidelines in detail, thanks Deaconcupcakes (talk) 23:00, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
 * No, whatever you do, don't read all of them in detail! We've got millions of them! Best thing to do is first read over WP:1ST. That's a pretty long page already. Trial and error is usually the best way to go. And don't get discouraged when things go wrong, there is always someone around to give you a hand. (Tip: If you get stuck, use a helpme template on this page. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 23:09, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
 * So should i just try creating the page in the "sandbox" as a start? Deaconcupcakes (talk) 23:15, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
 * The sandbox is great for trying to figure out how wikisyntax works (the way you make layout and links and the such). If you want to know how to start your first article, then give WP:1ST a good read (yeah, you really need independent reliable secondary sources, like it says there), if you just want to edit stuff, just edit stuff, it's the first principle of Wikipedia. And take heed of what people write on your talkpage (it's not always friendly, even if it should, but they mean it well ;) ). Long story short, it's pretty hard to "break" wikipedia, and there are plenty people with mops about, that fix things when you spilled apple juice all over the floor. Just don't intentionally rub it in the sofa. People get annoyed when you do that. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 23:27, 17 November 2009 (UTC)