User talk:DennisMbatha

Speedy deletion nomination of Alexander Charles Stothard
Hello DennisMbatha,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Alexander Charles Stothard for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly say why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Ita140188 (talk) 01:15, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

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Notability, and advice on starting to edit
Wikipedia does not have information on just anything: for a topic to be the subject of an article, it has to satisfy certain notability standards. which are described in Wikipedia's notability guidelines. From a quick reading of the article you created about Alexander Charles Stothard, it does not look to me that he is likely to come anywhere near to satisfying those standards. If a subject does not satisfy the notability guidelines, then any amount of work put into writing an article on that subject is likely to be wasted, as the article is likely to be deleted, no matter how well or badly it is written. Wikipedia has, in my opinion, far too many guidelines, and many of them are far too long, which makes it difficult for a new editor such as yourself to know what is acceptable, but the guidelines which are most relevant in this case are the general notability guideline, Notability (people), and Notability (sports). You may find it helpful to have a look at those. My advice to new editors is that it is best to start by making small improvements to existing articles, rather than creating new articles. That way any mistakes you make (which you will, because we all do) will be small ones, and you won't have the discouraging experience of repeatedly seeing hours of work deleted. Gradually, you will get to learn how Wikipedia works, and after a while you will know enough about what is acceptable to be able to write whole new articles without fear that they will be deleted. Over the years I have found that editors who start by making small changes to existing articles and work up from there have a far better chance of having a successful time here than those who jump right into creating new articles from the start. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 12:13, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

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Ita140188 (talk) 01:36, 5 October 2015 (UTC)