User talk:Jazmyn95

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Hello, Jazmyn95, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as Grandmaster Darryl Khalid, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may soon be deleted.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Grandmaster Darryl Khalid


A tag has been placed on Grandmaster Darryl Khalid 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 see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think that the page was nominated in error, contest the nomination by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion" in the speedy deletion tag. Doing so will take you to the talk page where you can explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but 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 yourself, but do not hesitate to add information that is consistent with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. Electric Catfish 14:45, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for your recent contributions. Getting started creating new articles on Wikipedia can be tricky, and you might like to try creating a draft version first, which you can then ask for feedback on if necessary, with less risk of deletion. Do make sure you also read help available to you, including Your First Article and the Tutorial. You might also like to try the Article Wizard, which has an option to create a draft version. Thank you. Electric Catfish 14:46, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

The Grandmaster
Hi,

First, thank you for wanting to contribute to Wikipedia. While I've had to delete the draft article you created (and I'll explain more about that in a minute), it may be that Wikipedia can have an article on him.

The primary reason that I had to delete the article was that it looks like you copied the article from his website. Because that website is copyrighted, we can't use the material, and in fact, we can't even have it in our edit history. If there's going to be an article about the Grandmaster, it'll have to be written from the start.

The other thing we'd need to have an article (and you'll have to let me know if these exist)... we really need two (or more) newspaper articles, books, magazine articles, about Darryl....  a few on-line only sources are okay but only if they've got a whole editorial staff--no press releases, not most blogs, etc... the sources need to be someone independent and reliable, writing about Darryl. Maybe martial arts magazines? I would be happy to help give you feedback on any ideas you have.

Leave a note at my talk page if those kinds of articles exist, and I'll show you how you can make a draft so that you can work on an article before it's completely ready as a draft, and have a little more room to work before it gets deleted. But we'll need to find those sources first, thanks. If the sources are available on-line ( a lot of newspapers have their content on-line, for example, Google Books can search through a lot of printed books, etc.), just point me at it, if they're just things you have printed versions of, let me know that too -- just waht the source, like, "martial arts magazine, "The Grandmaster" by Steve Smith, May 2010, page 38, y'know, something like that. Don't worry about formatting at all, it's just a matter of knowing if we can have an article about him in the first place--if we can, I'll be *glad* to help you get the article up and going.  --j⚛e deckertalk 19:13, 24 July 2012 (UTC)