User talk:Halcyon0612

Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure!

 * Hi !  We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission.  I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.
 * The Wikipedia Adventure Start Page
 * The Wikipedia Adventure Lounge
 * The Teahouse new editor help space
 * Wikipedia Help pages

--

Welcome!
Hello, halcyon0612, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful: Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing 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 and a volunteer will visit you here shortly. Again, welcome! --David Biddulph (talk) 16:55, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Introduction and Getting started
 * Contributing to Wikipedia
 * The five pillars of Wikipedia
 * How to edit a page and How to develop articles
 * How to create your first article
 * Simplified Manual of Style

Your user page, and draft new article
Your user page is not the place for a draft article. I see that you have a draft anyway at Draft:Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres, so anything relevant from your user page can be added to that (but see my comment in the next paragraph). The purpose of a user page is outlined at WP:user pages. If you do want, in future, to develop a draft in your user space, you can do that as a user subpage.

As extra confusion, I see that you have also been editing the existing article Sisters of Charity of St. Paul and it looks at first glance as if this is about the same subject. You have reworded the lede, but not yet suggested moving the article to the new title. If they are all about the same subject, it would seem sensible to work on improving the existing article, because a new draft won't be approved if an article on that subject already exists. --David Biddulph (talk) 16:55, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure!

 * Hi !  We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission.  I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.
 * The Wikipedia Adventure Start Page
 * The Wikipedia Adventure Lounge
 * The Teahouse new editor help space
 * Wikipedia Help pages

--

January 2015
Hello, I'm Theroadislong. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Sisters of Charity of St. Paul, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Theroadislong (talk) 13:48, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

Renaming articles
Hi, Halcyon0612

I saw your question at the Teahouse about renaming our "Sisters of Charity of St. Paul" to the official name, "Sisters of Saint Paul of Chartres". This is possible, but it's going to be a little complicated. I'll try to explain.

We already have a page named "Sisters of Saint Paul of Chartres". It is what we call a "Redirect" page. It sends the reader to another article, in this case the article Paulists, which has a section named "Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres". So the situation is that we actually have two articles about the order:
 * 1) Sisters of Charity of St. Paul
 * 2) Paulists

I think the best thing to do in this situation is (1) rename the "Sisters of Charity of St. Paul" article to "Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres", as you want to do. This will become our main article. Then (2) copy most of the content from the Paulists article to the main article, and (3) put a link there so that readers will be able to find the main article. Finally (4) we can improve the main article by adding some of the material from your draft.

As I said, it's complicated. It might take some time, say a week or a longer. Do you have time? I would be happy to work with you to get this accomplished and write it so that other editors don't object to the style. I see that you have already had a few contributions reverted. Really sorry about that, some of our editors are very picky about style and this often happens with new users. But we could talk about that later. We wouldn't have to do the steps in any particular order -- for example, we could start with (2) and (4) and save (1) for last. Anyway, if there is anything I can do, I would happy to help, so please just leave a comment here or on my talk page. Thanks. – Margin1522 (talk) 06:19, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

How to alert other editors
Here is a short guide on "how to use the phone" on the Wikipedia:

When someone is posting on your talk page you get an automatic notification. That notification is a red square followed by a long yellow box (for most browsers and settings). In all other cases you have to alert the other editor in some way, either by "ping" or by mentioning them in a link. This will result in a just the red box notification on that users pages. So even if you respond on your talk page you still have to alert the editor you are addressing. If you want to get hold of me you write resulting in  or W.carter resulting in W.carter and sign with the four "squiggles" ~ at the end and hit "Save". There are some more, but these are the basics. And when you ask something on someone's talk page, you also create a new section so your question don't get entangled in some other conversation. If you are having a conversation with another user on some page, it is also customary to add that page to your Watchlist in case someone in the discussion forgets to alert.

The policy is to leave an answer on the same page as the question, keep the conversation intact unless there is some reason for moving it elsewhere. Like complicated questions at the Teahouse can be continued on the appropriate talk page. Best, w.carter -Talk  13:04, 30 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Hello W.carter, thanks so much for the enlightenment. I will pick up your suggestions and do the necessary changes next week. God bless you.

Halcyon0612 (talk) 19:09, 30 January 2015 (UTC)halcyon0612

Userpage
As stated above your user page is not for creating articles, that is what your sandbox or draft space is for. Here are some tips for your page: For making your user page look nice, see: User page design center. You can also "clone/borrow/steal" the code from someone else's user page. Just ensure that you change it enough that it does not look like you are trying to impersonate the other user. User pages is a good guide as to what kind of things are appropriate in user space. And when you use the work someone else has created, in the edit summary please attribute the work to them by naming the user you copied the content from. If you want to add userboxes you can start here: Userboxes. There are also many, many customized userboxes floating around on user pages in the Wikipedia, if you find one you fancy just copy the code from the page. If you are further interested in defining yourself and your style there is also the WikiFauna. Cheers, w.carter -Talk  13:04, 30 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks so much W.carter, I appreciate so much your kindness for taking the time to help me with my article. I will be free to do the editing next week. Thanks so much again.

Halcyon0612 (talk) 19:12, 30 January 2015 (UTC)halcyon0612

Speedy deletion nomination of User:Halcyon0612


A tag has been placed on User:Halcyon0612 requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section U5 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to consist of writings, information, discussions, and/or activities not closely related to Wikipedia's goals. Please note that Wikipedia is not a free Web hosting service. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such pages may be deleted at any time.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, 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 from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. Theroadislong (talk) 13:42, 30 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Thank you Theroadislong for your help. I will take note of your advise.

Halcyon0612 (talk) 19:15, 30 January 2015 (UTC)halcyon0612


 * Hello, I am new in Wikipedia. Shouldn't you help first the new ones coming in, before you nominate for deletion?

Halcyon0612 (talk) 15:04, 30 January 2015 (UTC) halcyon0612


 * We've been trying to help you. You were told more than a week ago that your user page isn't the place to develop a draft, particularly when you were developing a draft elsewhere and working on an existing article on the same subject.  The possibility of using a subpage was also mentioned.  Do you want the content from your user page moving to a subpage (if it hasn't been deleted)? David Biddulph (talk) 15:13, 30 January 2015 (UTC)


 * I have been away and when I visited my page, I had no time to learn how to answer my messages much more understanding the language of wikipedia just yet. Thank you for your help.  Can you please assist me how to do it?  You see, I just happened to come across an article of our congregation in wikipedia which is totally erroneous, that is why, I attempted to write an article to correct it. But in the process I was not able to read the rules and wrote it first at the talk page then found my mistake and rewrite it again at sandbox.

I appreciate it if you could assist me. Halcyon0612 (talk) 15:24, 30 January 2015 (UTC)halcyon0612


 * Hello. How do I move the content of my user page to subpage?
 * I visited the help desk, but I did not understand it when I read it. Thanks a lot.

Halcyon0612 (talk) 16:02, 30 January 2015 (UTC)halcyon0612


 * The process is at WP:Move, but I've done it for you. There's a link from your user page to the subpage. David Biddulph (talk) 16:19, 30 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Thank you very much David Biddulph. There are so many good people at Wikipedia. I will visit the page now. God bless you.

Halcyon0612 (talk) 19:19, 30 January 2015 (UTC)halcyon0612

Contested deletion
This page should not be speedily deleted because... The user appears to be a sister of the order Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres. This is her draft of an article about her order. As it happens, we already have an article about the order. I would like to work with her so that we can improve our article by adding material from her draft. Instead of deleting the draft, would it be possible to move it to her sandbox or another subpage of her user page? Thanks. – Margin1522 (talk) 14:21, 30 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Hello Margin1522. Thank you very much for defending my page. I have been away for awhile and just ask the teahouse how to reply back the messages I received. Yes, I am a sister of this congregation.  I just happened to discover that the name of our congregation is not correct as well as its content.  That is why, I tried to write an article to correct it.  But I was not able to read all the rules in wikipedia. I appreciate very much the many helps offered to help me. I would appreciate it very much if you could assist me how to improve my article.  Thanks so much Margin1522.

Halcyon0612 (talk) 15:10, 30 January 2015 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres (January 30)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by LukeSurl was:

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.


 * If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
 * If you need any assistance, you can ask for help at the [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Articles_for_creation/Help_desk&action=edit&section=new&nosummary=1&preload=Template:Afc_decline/HD_preload&preloadparams%5B%5D=User_talk:Sr._Ma._Lourdes_Casas,_SPC Articles for creation help desk] or on the [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:LukeSurl&action=edit&section=new&nosummary=1&preload=Template:Afc_decline/HD_preload&preloadparams%5B%5D=User_talk:Sr._Ma._Lourdes_Casas,_SPC reviewer's talk page].
 * You can also get real-time chat help from experienced editors.

LukeSurlt c 16:08, 30 January 2015 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres


Hello, Halcyon0612. It has been over six months since you last edited your WP:AFC draft article submission, entitled "Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres".

The page will shortly be deleted. If you plan on editing the page to address the issues raised when it was declined and resubmit it, simply and remove the  or  code. Please note that Articles for Creation is not for indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you want to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at WP:REFUND/G13. An administrator will in most cases undelete the submission.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. JMHamo (talk) 01:37, 6 September 2015 (UTC)