User talk:Hilaryduffnintendogs

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Hi, about Oliver Cromwell, it's nice if you're related, but unfortunately not suitable for mention in the encyclopedia. Thanks for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks. ! Kaisershatner 21:50, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Weston-super-Mare
Hi Hilaryduffnintendogs. I've reverted your edit to the Weston-super-Mare article, because it's not the kind of thing that belongs in an encyclopdia article. But please don't be put off! Please do take a look through the links in my "welcome" message above - there are lots of handy hints about how to contribute to Wikipedia. And if you have any questions, just ask! Regards, CLW 21:51, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Hints
Thanks for your message. My top hint would be this: look at an article as if it were an encyclopedia article - after all, that's what Wikipedia is. If you want to add something, think about whether or not what you want to add is the kind of thing you would find in an encyclopdia. If not, it probably isn't the kind of thing that should be added here. But if you can improve an article, then go ahead. If someone reverts or deletes it, that probably suggests it's not the kind of edit that should be made here, but the more you edit the more you'll learn! CLW 22:22, 20 January 2006 (UTC)


 * I saw your request for hints. I started dozens of articles, perhaps one hundred, before anyone nominated any of them for deletion.  Then I got six nominated for deletion in a single day when I started writing about a controversial topic, guantanamo detainees.


 * There are wikipedia guides to consult, including some devoted to hints on how to write articles that won't be deleted... The perfect article, The perfect stub.


 * Oh, you can sign and datestamp your contributions by appending four tildes -- ~ It is a good idea, people like to know who they are talking with.  --  Geo Swan 09:02, 22 January 2006 (UTC)