User talk:Kristianapl

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Speedy deletion nomination of Kristianapl/userspace


Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a notice that the page you created, Kristianapl/userspace, was tagged as a test page under section G2 of the criteria for speedy deletion and has been or soon may 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.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Wikipedia:Kristianapl/sandbox


Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a notice that the page you created, Wikipedia:Kristianapl/sandbox, was tagged as a test page under section G2 of the criteria for speedy deletion and has been or soon may 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.

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You've screwed things up a bit.
When you moved User:Kristianapl/sandbox to Kristianapl/sandbox, that was your first mistake. When you then tried to correct the matter by moving Kristianapl/sandbox to Kristianapl/userspace, that was your second mistake. When you then moved Kristianapl/userspace to Kristianapl/sandbox, that was your third mistake. I suspect what you're trying to do is create Almagul Menlibayeva, however, since you have the AFC template on the page, you are probably still working on this as a draft, so I've moved it to Draft:Almagul Menlibayeva. Finish working on it there. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 21:33, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Almagul Menlibayeva


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 * I don't know what you did here, but whatever it was, it completely screwed up all of your citations. I've marked the page for deletion as a test. When that deletion is complete, if you insist on publishing your draft without review, then move the page at Draft:Almagul Menlibayeva to Almagul Menlibayeva. If you need help, please ask. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 21:36, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

HAHA yes .. I'm aware I made one - or maybe two - too many mistakes :" . Sorry, I'm not familiar with Wikipedia yet. Thankyou Dan61!

Almagul Menlibayeva
I'm sorry, but you are going quite the wrong way about this. I have had to delete the article because of copyright violations. Practically every passage I checked was copied from sites such as this, this or this. You  must not copy material into Wikipedia: it could cause serious legal problems. Please read Copying text from other sources. You must write in your own words. Any quotations must be brief and properly attributed.

In any case, copying extensive slabs of text from sources like that, which are the artist talking about her work, or are concerned to sell it, is not the way to make a satisfactory encyclopedia article; nor is it necessary or useful to list every single exhibition or award. That level of detail may be appropriate for her own website, which can be linked to from the article. It is good advice to think, not of what you want to tell, but of what the encyclopedia reader might want to know. An encyclopedia article should not be the subject's story about herself, but a summary of outside views.

Read WP:Your first article and WP:Writing better articles for advice, and look at some existing articles. Articles which have passed a certain level of quality check are known as "Good articles"; those about artists are listed at WP:Good articles/Art and architecture, and I suggest you look at some of those, such as Peggy Rockman Napaljarri or Mary Brewster Hazelton, to get an idea of the sort of level of detail that is appropriate.

Referencing is important, and it seems you have had trouble with it: how to do it is explained at WP:Referencing for beginners.

Menlibayeva is clearly an interesting artist and Wikipedia should have an article about her. Start again with a clean sheet. I strongly suggest that you make a draft at Draft:Almagul Menlibayeva, using WP:Articles for creation, and wait for it to be reviewed; that way, if it is declined you will get advice and be able to improve the article and re-submit it, whereas if you post it directly but it is unsatisfactory, it is liable to be deleted again.

I am sorry if this is all more difficult than you expected, but if Wikipedia is a more useful work of reference than sites like Facebook, it is because we have fairly demanding inclusion standards. There is advice and help available at the Teahouse.

Regards, JohnCD (talk) 09:28, 21 October 2016 (UTC)