User talk:Dmlongstreth

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Hello, Dmlongstreth, 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!  Them From  Space  20:37, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
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Dave Longstreth
Hi, I've restored the redirect on this page that you edited. The subject that you wrote about doesn't appear to meet our general notability guideline and our notability guidelines for musicians. If the article would have remained it would likely have been deleted outright.  Them From  Space  20:38, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

April 2010
You should wait for others to write an article about subjects in which you are personally involved, instead of writing it yourself, as you did at Dave Longstreth. This applies to articles about you, your achievements, your band, your business, your publications, your website, your relatives, and any other possible conflict of interest.

Creating an article about yourself is strongly discouraged. If you create such an article, it might be listed on articles for deletion. Deletion is not certain, but many feel strongly that you should not start articles about yourself. This is because independent creation encourages independent validation of both significance and verifiability. All edits to articles must conform to No original research, Neutral point of view, and Verifiability.

If you are not "notable" under Wikipedia guidelines, creating an article about yourself may violate the policy that Wikipedia is not a personal webspace provider and would thus qualify for speedy deletion. If your achievements, etc., are verifiable and genuinely notable, and thus suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later. (See Wikipedians with articles.) Thank you. -- Rrburke (talk) 18:18, 26 April 2010 (UTC)