User talk:IntegrityPen/Archive 1

IntegrityPen/Archive 1
Did you mean to move this into the user talk namespace?

Asparagusus  (interaction)  22:59, 2 April 2023 (UTC)


 * I'm trying to just archive some stuff off my own Talk page into a sub-page within my talk page. Did I do it incorrectly? Thanks in advance for your help. IntegrityPen (talk) 23:01, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes, you did it incorrectly. You created a mainspace page, where the articles are. —Alalch E. 23:03, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
 * OK. I will delete it and add it in the right place. Apologies. Still getting up to speed. IntegrityPen (talk) 23:04, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
 * You can't delete it, only an administrator can. —Alalch E. 23:04, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Ugh. Just realizing that. Is there a way to request deletion from an admin? Sorry for the trouble on this. Rookie move. IntegrityPen (talk) 23:07, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I had already requested it, you can see the red box at the top. It's the WP:G6 criterion for speedy deletion (a page someone obviously created in error). You, as an author, can request deletion of any page that you created provided that the only substantial content of the page was added by you—under the WP:G7 criterion. You can learn what speedy deletion is and how to tag articles here: WP:CSD. —Alalch E. 23:14, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Got it. Thanks, Alalch E. I just added a Talk sub-page and hopefully I got that right. Appreciate your help and the links to the speedy deletion resource. Lots to learn. IntegrityPen (talk) 23:17, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. You got it right. You can also set up a bot very easily to do archiving for you. See this page: Help:Archiving (plain and simple). —Alalch E. 23:20, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Will try that soon. Thanks! IntegrityPen (talk) 23:31, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

Feedback on My First Article
I have added my first article, Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/VREAM, and would appreciate any editor feedback and assistance. I studied the Wikipedia guidelines and did my best to get it right. I do see that many such articles, particularly those written by newbies, are deleted because they do not pass the notability threshold. To inoculate against that, I'd like to make the case that the company I wrote about is indeed notable. In the 1990's, there was a flurry of activity in the area of virtual reality (VR), a period of time that is not very well covered by the Wikipedia virtual reality page I might add. Many companies with significant funding and very smart technologists were focused on bringing VR to the mainstream. This particular company was really the first to bring accessible VR to the PC; previously it was only workable on high-end workstations. It was also one of the first companies to get venture capital funding for VR. Personally, I find the invention of a language to define reality notable, especially the fact that it was created by one person, the founder of this company. Moreover, this company ended up getting acquired by a high-profile tech company and then consolidated the VR industry, buying the two biggest players. As the Web boomed, interest in VR faltered. The closing of this company I have written about marked the closing of a significant chapter in the history of VR, a history that will one day be more important when VR does finally make it to the mainstream. Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer. This is a topic I knew a fair bit about, having been an industry insider at the time. There are other topics I would like to contribute to in the future, so, again, any feedback is appreciated. Thanks. IntegrityPen (talk) 04:08, 1 December 2014 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: VREAM has been accepted
 VREAM, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created. The article has been assessed as C-Class, which is recorded on the article's talk page. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article. You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. . Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia! Onel5969 (talk) 15:56, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
 * If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask 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_talk/HD_preload&preloadparams%5B%5D=User_talk:IntegrityPen help desk] .
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A belated welcome!
Here's wishing you a belated welcome to Wikipedia, IntegrityPen. I see that you've already been around a while and wanted to thank you for your contributions. Though you seem to have been successful in finding your way around, you may benefit from following some of the links below, which help editors get the most out of Wikipedia:
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Again, welcome! Dai Pritchard (talk) 18:16, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of NetSfere


A tag has been placed on NetSfere, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Organizations for more information.

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 "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. 3 of &diams; I gofirst 15:07, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Hello, I'm Deb. I wanted to let you know that I undid one or more of your recent contributions because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. You wrote: "This page is not unambiguously promotional, because... first of all, the page is in draft mode and it should not be judged so harshly at this very early stage, should it? Give me some time to react to your feedback please. Secondarily, this product is what remains of Motorola's messaging business. Motorola is a historically noteworthy company and its messaging business was exceptionally noteworthy. I believe people want to know what happened to this technology; this page will provide the answer. In addition, the firm that created this product is itself noteworthy in that they are arguably one of the largest back-end messaging companies in the world. Moreover, the encyclopedic documentation of the messaging phenomenon that is so central to global life now warrants extensive coverage of how the industry started, evolved, etc. and this page will contribute to that knowledge. Thirdly, Slack, TigerText and many others have Wikipedia pages; if you speedily delete this page, will you apply the same standard to the others? I'd like to understand why you think those software products are more noteworthy than one that stems from Motorola's core technology and that is built by a company with significantly more history and backing in messaging than others."
 * First of all, the answer to your question is "Yes". You are not supposed to create articles "in draft mode" in article space - you should create them in your sandbox or in draft mode or submit them through Articles for Creation.  Secondarily, the article has been deleted not because the subject was not considered noteworthy but because it was written in highly promotional language. Thirdly, STUFF EXISTS is not an argument for keeping an article.  If you think the others articles you name are also promotional, you should nominate them for deletion.Deb (talk) 15:57, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure if 3 of Diamonds will be able to recover the deleted text. I'll put it in your user space at User:IntegrityPen/NetSfere (when this link stops showing red, you will know it's there). Deb (talk) 18:48, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Tufts Hunger Strike 2015


Hello, IntegrityPen. It has been over six months since you last edited your Articles for Creation draft article submission, "Tufts Hunger Strike 2015".

In accordance with our policy that Articles for Creation is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the  or  code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. &mdash; O Fortuna!   Imperatrix mundi.  14:58, 5 March 2017 (UTC)