User talk:Knaveling

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Hello, Knaveling, 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 Solar energy use in rural africa, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may soon be deleted.

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Proposed deletion of Solar energy use in rural africa


The article Solar energy use in rural africa has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * WP:NOTESSAY

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. NativeForeigner Talk 19:37, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Nomination of Solar energy use in rural Africa for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Solar energy use in rural Africa is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Solar energy use in rural Africa until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. NativeForeigner Talk 05:22, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Hi, friend
Well, that wasn't much of a welcome, was it?!? "Welcome to Wikipedia and by the way it's been six minutes so it's time for me to kill your article..." My apologies for that, that is unduly harsh, at a bare minimum. I'm at your service to help you and your article get through this brief bout of wikiwackiness...

My name is Tim Davenport, I'm a veteran Wikipedian from Corvallis, Oregon, USA, and I write here under the User name "Carrite". Feel free to contact me either by clicking the TALK link that follows my name below and leaving a message for me on my "talk page" (these are read by many people) or you may email me directly if you prefer a frank exchange of views free of prying eyes: MutantPop@aol.com is my email address.

I don't think your article is in mortal danger of annihilation, but there will need to be some tweaks and changes made in fairly short order since it has been hauled to "Articles For Deletion." This is akin to a trial as to the "notability" of the subject matter and the suitability of the article for inclusion here. I want to emphasize that YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO MAKE YOURSELF HEARD ON THIS MATTER, one way or the other, by visiting the "Articles for Deletion" link in the warning box that has been placed above the article. Start your comment with the word Keep or Delete in bold type and then state your case. You have a week to do this and there is no extreme rush — it would be better to work on the piece a little bit first before you get too involved with that nonsense. If you do pop in there, be sure NOT to attack individuals but to discuss ideas; I've already growled about as much as is permissible there and there is no cause for an encore...

Anyway, the basic issue with your piece is that it comes off as an "essay" rather than as an "encyclopedia subject." This is hard thing to define, its one of those, "I know it when I see it" situations... I suspect that the simple solution will be to split the piece into two or several more specialized and better documented pieces. Please do get in touch with me and I'll give you more specific information on that.

Even in the very worst case scenario, a "Delete" result at Articles for Deletion, will not result in the annihilation of your work. Nothing is destroyed at WP, only hidden from public view, and it will be possible to recover your work for further fixes. However, I don't anticipate this will be a huge problem after things are whipped into shape a little bit.

Again, and I mean this, welcome to Wikipedia. Please don't stress out and please do get in touch and we'll work though this, okay? Best regards, — Tim //// MutantPop@aol.com //// Carrite (talk) 05:58, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Apologies regarding the article. It at first seemed very much like an essay, and I was significantly too delete happy. I've withdrawn the nomination to give you some time to work it over. Again, sorry about the overzealousness to which I tried to delete your article. NativeForeigner Talk 00:36, 10 February 2012 (UTC)