User talk:Gtcity

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Re:Email sent to me

 * Hey, you sent an email expressing concern about creating new articles. First of all, from the tone of your articles, you seemed to be under the impression that I could block you or something.  Nope, I am a regular editor, just like you.  I have no power to do so.  Also, you can't be blocked for making a mistake.  If you screw up, and make an honest mistake, no one is going to block you.  If you maliciously and willfully ignore policies and guidelines, that is another story.
 * Now, back to creating an article. The main reason that an article gets deleted is that it is about a topic that is not notable.  Wikipedia can be edited by anyone, but many new users seem to mistakenly think that means that anything at all can be written here.  That isn't true.  Wikipedia has some exacting standards as to what topics are allowed to have an article, and what topics are not.  Please read the notability guidelines located at WP:N for more specific information.  Basically, an article must demonstrate that the topic it discusses has itself been the subject of multiple, indepenant, and extensive writing in reliable sources (see WP:RS).
 * The key to creating a good Wikipedia article is research. Do your research first, write second.  First, find information about the topic you are looking for.  Get books from the library.  Find newspaper articles.  Google it.  Do something to find what OTHERS have written.  Then, write about what they have written.  If a newspaper article about John Doe says that he was born in 1979 in Anywhere, USA, then write that in the article, and include a link to the article that says that.  If ESPN.com says that John Doe is considered to be the best beach volleyball player on the pro circuit today, then you can say that, provided you say something like "ESPN.com considers John Doe the best beach volleyball player on the pro circuit today" and then include a link to the article that backs that up.  If an article is being deleted, that almost certainly means that it lacks any independant verification (by independant, that means that someone that has NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TOPIC has written about it) for anything that could be written in the article.

I hope that clears some information up. If you have any other questions, or want me to check something out, please feel free to drop me a line at my talk page. Later, and happy editing! --Jayron32| talk | contribs 23:17, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Smarthumb.gif)
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