User talk:Deaves26

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Hello, Deaves26, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! JohnCD (talk) 08:23, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
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Some more advice to add to what was said on the Help desk: your question sounds as though what you want to do is to make an article about a friend. You should understand that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a social-networking site; if someone is to have an article they must be of enough general interest and importance to have an encyclopedia article: the Wikipedia term for that is notability, and it is not a matter of opinion but needs to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." More detail in Notability (people).

Articles that don't give a clear indication of the subject's importance are likely to be speedily deleted; that might be embarrassing for you or your friend, so think carefully before you go ahead. You may find that a site like Myspace or Facebook is more suitable for what you want. There is good advice about writing articles in Your first article, which is worth reading carefully. Autobiography gives reasons for not writing about yourself, and many of them apply to writing about a close friend or relative. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 08:35, 8 June 2010 (UTC)