User talk:Luciferfan

Welcome!

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Obviously, you've already created your first article. I've cleaned up a little of the debris in your user space, and that's OK, you're encouraged to be bold and you have been, and the remaining debris I can see there isn't hurting anyone. Good luck in resolving the remaining issues with the Lucifer article, and there are many of us ready to help if you need it. Andrewa (talk) 19:26, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

Lucifer article
Hi Luciferfan,

I'm a friend of the guy you spoke to on myspace, ashtraynavigations. He told me you were creating this page, so I checked it out. I think it's a really great idea to make a page about Lucifer, and I'd like to help you improve the article. I've written a list of suggestions over at the discussion page here:Talk:Lucifer_(rock_band) I hope you find this useful, and if you need any help or advice on doing the coding on the page, just ask. All the best, Kaleeyed (talk) 18:53, 10 October 2011 (UTC)


 * And they've done an excellent job there in my opinion. I look forward to this becoming a really excellent article. Andrewa (talk) 19:35, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

Some tips to help you out!
Hi, I thought I'd drop a few notes on your talk page with some help on writing articles :o)

First of all, it may be best for you to do a bit of reading, starting with the Wikipedia manual of style, which will give you a lot of information about how Wikipedia prefers its articles to be written. It's not as hard to follow as it might look; quite a bit of the information there probably won't be vital for you at first.

Second, I recommend you make a user sandbox - which is just an area you can use to practise in, and to make notes in, and to get things ready in. If you click this red link: user:/Sandbox, that will let you create that page (it gives you an edit window to start work in). Anything, anywhere, on the help and information pages which gives you an example, try it out in your sandbox until you're familiar with it.

For your article, the next thing you want to do is start collecting as much information as you can about it. Google searches (particularly in Books and Scholar) will be your best friend for this! Once you've found the information, the next most important thing is to start writing up each fact in your own words (very important, this), and make a note at the same time of exactly where that information came from. Build in the references as you go along; I'm going to copy in, down below this, a whole heap of help on doing references, which was produced by one of our best teachers (Chzz).

Here's another place that you'll find incredibly useful - citation templates which you can copy and paste into your sandbox, between tags; you just fill in the blanks from your sources into the template, and you'll end up with nicely formatted inline citations :o) It all helps.  Remember to add a references section to your sandbox (make a new line, and put ==References== on it, and type  on the next line, so that you can see how your citations look as you do them. Remember to save your page often! You don't want to lose your work.

Hopefully this will give you a good start and make life easier for you.

One last thing to keep as a motto: "It's better to write one good, well-referenced, nicely-presented article than it is to create fifty unreferenced one-line stubs!" Pesky ( talk  …stalk!) 06:47, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

Simple references
These require two parts;


 * a)

Chzz is 98 years old.

He likes tea.


 * b) A section called "References" with the special code " ";

Named references
Chzz was born in 1837.

Chzz lives in Footown.

Note that the second usage has a / (and no closing ref tag). This needs a reference section as above; please see user:chzz/demo/namedref to see the result.

Citation templates
You can put anything you like between, but using citation templates makes for a neat, consistent look;

Chzz has 37 Olympic medals.

Please see user:chzz/demo/citeref to see the result.

For more help and tips on that subject, see user:chzz/help/refs.

Something to make your life easier!
Hi there ! I've just come across one of your articles, and noticed that you might appreciate some help with references.

You might want to consider using this tool - it makes your life a whole heap easier, by filling in complete citation templates for your links. All you do is install the script on Special:MyPage/common.js, or or Special:MyPage/vector.js, then paste the bare url (without [...] brackets) between your tabs, and you'll find a clickable link called Reflinks in your toolbox section of the page (probably in the left hand column). Then click that tool. It does all the rest of the work (provided that you remember to save the page! It doesn't work for everything (particularly often not for pdf documents), but for pretty much anything ending in "htm" or "html" (and with a title) it will do really, really well. Happy editing!  Pesky  ( talk  …stalk!) 06:47, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Simon Rackham


The article Simon Rackham has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, all newly created biographies of living persons must have at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the prod blp tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within ten days, the article may be deleted, but you can when you are ready to add one. The Determinator p  t  c  19:49, 11 June 2012 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
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Nomination of Brian R. Banks for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Brian R. Banks 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/Brian R. Banks 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 high-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 notice from the top of the article. smileguy91talk - contribs 19:26, 3 December 2015 (UTC)

November 2016
Hello, I'm Wgolf. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Tony Cox have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think a mistake was made, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Please if you want to create a page create it instead of editing a disambiguation/redirect page! Wgolf (talk) 21:59, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

Nomination of Dennis Johnson (composer) for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Dennis Johnson (composer) 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/Dennis Johnson (composer) 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 high-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 notice from the top of the article. GeoffreyT2000 ( talk,  contribs ) 05:32, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
 * The list of references indicates several sources were used to develop the article. However there is not enough information in the references to allow the reader to locate the material for verification or to evaluate the notability of the subject. Gab4gab (talk) 13:56, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Please upgrade the references to show us where you found your information - I've done a couple already. Even if you can't handle the whole business of formatting references properly, at least give us the exact URL, not just the website, and other editors or bots can then upgrade the references. I notice that you've commented on the talk page of the person who proposed the article for deletion: please also comment in the AfD discussion, because that's where you'll be heard. This composer looks notable, to me - the article just needs a bit of improvement to demonstrate this more clearly. Pam  D  18:23, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of User:Luciferfan/Enter your new article name here


A tag has been placed on your user page, User:Luciferfan/Enter your new article name here, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be blatant advertising which only promotes or publicises a company, product, group or service. This is a violation of our policies regarding acceptable use of user pages — user pages are intended for active editors of Wikipedia to communicate with one another as part of the process of creating encyclopedic content, and should not be mistaken for free webhosting resources or advertising space. Please read the guidelines on spam, the guidelines on user pages, and, especially, our FAQ for Organizations.

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. Legacypac (talk) 00:57, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

You have replies
Hi, Luciferfan. You have replies on Legacypac's page. Bishonen &#124; talk 19:12, 30 May 2017 (UTC).