User talk:Ict bubba

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Hello,, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines for page creation, and may soon be deleted.

There's a page about creating articles you may want to read called Your first article. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type helpme on this page, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Here are a few other good links for newcomers: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Where to ask a question or ask me on. Again, welcome! andy (talk) 09:46, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
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Speedy deletion nomination of Ryan james lynch
Thank you for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and the page that you created has been or soon will be deleted. 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. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. andy (talk) 09:46, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

Your homework
Hi, Ryan. I'm afraid Wikipedia is not really for this sort of thing - it's a collaborative project to build an encyclopedia, not a web-space provider for people's homework.

As you see, your page was nominated for speedy deletion. Instead, I have moved it temporarily into your user space. You will find it at User:Ict bubba/Temp userpage. As far as I am concerned, it can stay there for a week, and you can work on it there, though I can't guarantee that someone else may not nominate it for deletion, as even in user space this is not what Wikipedia is for - see WP:NOTWEBHOST.

Some pages you might be interested in:
 * Five Pillars is the summary of what Wikipedia is.
 * Your first article tells you what a real Wikipedia article needs.
 * Guidance for younger editors is the advice we give younger editors - it might give you some ideas for your own project.

I hope your whole class aren't doing this, because most of them will probably find their pages speedily deleted. I'm doing this as a favour for you, and it's not something Wikipedia would normally allow, or be be willing to do for many people - what we're really here for is to build an encyclopedia, and only that. If you were told to do it by a teacher, please ask him or her to read these guidelines: Regards, JohnCD (talk) 15:19, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
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 * User:Jbmurray/Advice

Layout
A few tips to help with layout: JohnCD (talk) 16:39, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) Don't have leading spaces at the start of a line - it comes out funny
 * 2) If you have a list of items, put * at the start of each one, which will make it come out as a bullet-pointed list, like the lists of guidelines above
 * 3) Alternatively, start each item with #, which will produce a numbered list like this one
 * 4) Use the "Show preview" button a lot, to make sure you have the effect you want, before you click "Save page"
 * 5) WP:CHEAT is a quick guide