User talk:Lclairem

Welcome!

Hello, Lclairem, 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 Learn at Home 8-12, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, 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 Questions or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! jsfouche &#9789;&#9790; Talk 05:54, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
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Please sign talk page discussions so they're easier to follow
Hello. In case you didn't know, when you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion, such as on Talk:Learn at Home 8-12, you must sign your posts by typing four tildes ( &#126;&#126;&#126;&#126; ) at the end of your comment. You may also click on the signature button located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your username or IP address and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when. Thank you. —C.Fred (talk) 06:53, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you again for your help Lclairem (talk) 07:02, 9 December 2010 (UTC)lclairem

Nomination of Learn at Home 8-12 for deletion
A discussion has begun about whether the article Learn at Home 8-12, which you created or to which you contributed, should be deleted. While contributions are welcome, an article may be deleted if it is inconsistent with Wikipedia policies and guidelines for inclusion, explained in the deletion policy.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Learn at Home 8-12 until a consensus is reached, and you are welcome to contribute to the discussion.

You may edit the article during the discussion, including to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Wuh Wuz  Dat  07:15, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

Notability on Wikipedia
Hi Lclairem. "Notability" on Wikipedia has a specific meaning, and is one of our most important concepts. The topic of every article must be notable. (In practice, many aren't, and they are just as subject to being nominated for deletion as yours has been, they just haven't been caught yet.) Notability is defined at Wikipedia:Notability, which is our policy on notability. In short, a topic is notable where it has received "significant discussion in reliable independent sources". "Significant discussion" means mentions that are more than merely trivial, and contain enough depth with which to write a substantial encyclopaedic article. "Reliable" means having a public reputation for reliability and/or subject to responsible and identifiable editorial control. (Blogs, fansites, and private communication are typically not reliable.) "Independent" means not affiliated with the topic and with no obvious self-interest in promoting the topic. There's a lot of room for debate as to which sources are reliable or independent or significant, but typically finding three different instances of significant discussion in reliable independent sources and integrating them into the article will be enough to demonstrate notability. If you do that correctly, and then comment at the AfD, there is a very strong chance the article will not be deleted. Please feel free to ask me if you have other questions about notability on Wikipedia, or seek out another editor for a second opinion if you want to confirm I've represented the situation correctly. - DustFormsWords (talk) 08:34, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

Also - for teachers
By the way, in case you were thinking of using Wikipedia in the course of your work as a teacher, you may find the following page of benefit -
 * School_and_university_projects

It's a Wikipedia-prepared page talking about how to teach about, and with, Wikipedia. If you have questions about it let me know and I'll either answer them or find someone who can. - DustFormsWords (talk) 08:46, 9 December 2010 (UTC)