User talk:HNeemann

June 2019
Hello, and welcome to editing Wikipedia. I have seen the draft you have created in your sandbox. The software looks very interesting, and if it lives up to your description then it is certainly likely to be useful. However, there are a couple of things about Wikipedia that you should be aware of before you put any more work into the draft. 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 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. Of course you are unlikely to find that advice very helpful if you have no interest in doing any editing other than creating an article about your simulator, but you may like to consider contributing in other ways. JamesBWatson (talk) 17:16, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
 * 1) If you not already done so, you should look at the notability guidelines. It looks to me as though your simulator almost certainly does not satisfy those guidelines, and if it doesn't then any work you put into the draft is likely to be wasted, as it is unlikely to be suitable as a Wikipedia article, no matter how well it may be written. You need to provide citations to substantial coverage in reliable published sources independent of you and of anyone or any organisation connected to the subject, such as web sites offering it to download, or any other kind of connection. My searches failed to find suitable coverage, and while I can't be certain that you don't know of some that I haven't found, it is unlikely that I would not have found anything at all if suitable coverage exists.
 * 2) Since you appear to be personally connected to the subject you are writing about, you should look at Wikipedia's conflict of interest guideline. I don't see any problem in that respect with your editing so far, but you should be aware of the issues to avoid any future problems.