User talk:Dr Harwin

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Hello, Dr Harwin, 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 Lumbar pain in pregnancy, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Lumbar pain in pregnancy


A tag has been placed on Lumbar pain in pregnancy, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Organizations for more information.

If you think that the page was nominated in error, contest the nomination by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion" in the speedy deletion tag. Doing so will take you to the talk page where you can explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but do not hesitate to add information that is consistent 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. ...William 14:31, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

January 2013
Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Infertility, Infertility in polycystic ovary syndrome and other articles. Wikipedia is not a collection of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include (but are not limited to) links to personal web sites, links to web sites with which you are affiliated, and links that attract visitors to a web site or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam guideline for further explanations. Because Wikipedia uses the nofollow attribute value, its external links are disregarded by most search engines. If you feel the link should be added to the page, please discuss it on the associated talk page rather than re-adding it. Thank you. Altered Walter (talk) 14:56, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not for advertising or promotion
This should have been explained to you last month when you started inserting spamlinks to your website, but let me now be clear: that is not what Wikipedia is for. This is your last warning. The next time you insert a spam link or promotional material, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Persistent spammers may have their websites blacklisted, preventing anyone from linking to them from all Wikimedia sites as well as potentially being penalized by search engines. JohnCD (talk) 17:34, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

Editing Wikipedia
Dr. Harwin, from this talk page it looks like you got off to a difficult start here. I notice you haven't edited in about three months. If you come back to read this, I hope you will give things a second chance. Wikipedia can be complicated in the beginning. It sounds so simple, everybody can edit so add what you know to the worlds free access knowledge bank. Not so simple. As Wikipedia had grown and developed, many guidelines have been developed. I spent a long while just wandering around the site reading before I made my first edit, but I am a detail person. Anyway, several things have been created to help new editors get started. The Teahouse is a place to meet other editors, new and experienced, and ask any question without worrying about it sounding dumb. At the other end of the spectrum the adoption program pairs new editors with those willing to teach them the ropes. Some adopters have a series of formal online classe, like User:Worm That Turned. There are of course help pages and the normal help notice boards. Use search or follow links from the main page that point to info for new editors. I would be glad to give you a general run down of things. I can help you avoid the pitfalls you have encountered so far. You may have had a particular purpose in mind when you first came here but Wikipedia can use your knowledge and help. If you believe in all people having access to information and the ability to educate themselves, then this is a great cause to support. Yes, it can be fun doing it.

One basic thing you should know. When you make a change to an article, you should always provide an edit summary. Otherwise we other editors have to perform a comparison of your version and the one before you edited to figure out what you changed. Why would we need to know? Often in improving an article you need to know where it started and how it developed so you don't backtrack. This is especially true if you haven't worked on it before and aren't a complete expert on the subject. Some common edit summaries: fix typo, correct spelling, remove unreferenced material, correct factual error, expand section with new material, add reference, copy edit. The first two cases would be considered minor because they wouldn't change any information in the article. To put it another way, the meaning of the sentences you edited did not change.

Hope to hear from you in the future. Probing Mind (talk) 23:09, 22 April 2013 (UTC)