User talk:Hayleythompson2810

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 * Hi Hayleythompson2810! 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.
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Hello
Hello. I am a designated Wikipedia online volunteer for the Choosing Wisely Canada (summer 2015) ‎class in which you have enrolled. Please feel free to ask me any questions you might have about how to use or edit Wikipedia. I can be reached by posting at User talk:DESiegel. You could also post any questions at the Teahouse, which is a page for anyone with a question about how to edit Wikipedia. DES (talk) 04:25, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia from the Medicine Wikiproject!


Welcome to Wikipedia from Wikiproject Medicine (also known as WPMED). We're a group of editors who strive to improve the quality of medical articles here on Wikipedia. One of our members has noticed that you are interested in editing medical articles; it's great to have a new interested editor on board. In your wiki-voyages, a few things that may be relevant to editing Wikipedia articles are:


 * Thanks for coming aboard! We always appreciate a new editor. Feel free to leave us a message at any time on our talk page. If you are interested in joining the project yourself, there is a participant list where you can sign up. Please leave a message on the WPMED talk page if you have any problems, suggestions, would like review of an article, need suggestions for articles to edit, or would like some collaboration when editing!
 * Sourcing of medical and health-related content on Wikipedia is guided by our medical sourcing guidelines, commonly referred to as MEDRS. These guidelines typically requires recent secondary sources to support information; its application is further explained here. Primary sources (case studies, case reports, research studies) are rarely used, especially if the primary sources are produced by the organisation or individual who is promoting a claim.
 * Wikipedia is a kingdom full of a wide variety of editors with different interests, skills, and knowledge. We all manage to get along through a lot of discussion that happens under the scenes and through the bold, edit, discuss editing cycle. If you encounter any problems, you can discuss it on an article's talk page or post a message on the WPMED talk page.

Feel free to drop a note on my talk page if you have any problems. I wish you all the best on your wiki voyages!

 Blue Rasberry  (talk)  15:02, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

Welcome!
Hi Hayleythompson2810. I work with the Wiki Education Foundation, and help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment. If there's anything I can do to help with your assignment (or, for that matter, any other aspect of Wikipedia) please feel free to drop me a note. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:08, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Vitality Source Fitness


A tag has been placed on Vitality Source Fitness requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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. —Largo Plazo (talk) 18:03, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

Hi —Largo Plazo, I was trying to create a Wikipedia page for my mother's business. I thought she would like it and it could be a reference to her clients. I did not know I had to include why it was important or significant. Hayleythompson2810 (talk) 16:15, 29 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Hi. Yeah, Wikipedia's an encyclopedia, so its articles are reference pieces about topics of some notability, as that term is defined for Wikipedia's purposes. Also, an article here isn't meant to serve the purposes, for a business, that the business's own website, or Facebook page, Twitter feed, LinkedIn listing, blog, etc., are meant to serve. That is, it isn't supposed to be written to benefit to the article's subject. (See the guidelines on writing about topics with which you have a conflict of interest.) In fact, if someone creates an article with publicity in mind, it's a risk because if an editor comes across information of note that's negative about the article's subject, that can go in the article too. I came across a case like that just the other day. The creator of that article was unhappy about the addition, but it was a legitimate one. —Largo Plazo (talk) 16:32, 29 July 2015 (UTC)

Your next task...
I'd advise reading WP:CORP about notability for companies (and WP:BIO while you're at it), and in the case of any article, WP:RS about the reliable independent sources needed to prove the notability. Blogs don't count, except for a few like The Huffington Post and one or two other really reliable ones. Own sites, wordpress and blogspot pages, YouTube etc, Facebook etc and even Wikipedia and other wikis don't count for notability either. Good luck. Peridon (talk) 20:04, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

Dear Peridon thanks for you advice, I am not well versed in this issue of nobility. I will read the articles you've suggested. Hayleythompson2810 (talk) 16:17, 29 July 2015 (UTC)