User talk:MA90

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Hello, MA90, 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 Cloning - Process and Controversy, 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! Rorshacma (talk) 23:05, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
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Your contributed article, Cloning - Process and Controversy


Hello, I notice that you recently created a new page, Cloning - Process and Controversy. First, thank you for your contribution; Wikipedia relies solely on the efforts of volunteers such as yourself. Unfortunately, the page you created covers a topic on which we already have a page - Cloning. Because of the duplication, your article has been tagged for speedy deletion. Please note that this is not a comment on you personally and we hope you will continue helping to improve Wikipedia. If the topic of the article you created is one that interests you, then perhaps you would like to help out at Cloning - you might like to discuss new information at the article's talk page.

If you think that the article you created should remain separate, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to 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 tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance 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. Additionally if you would like to have someone review articles you create before they go live so they are not nominated for deletion shortly after you post them, allow me to suggest the article creation process and using our search feature to find related information we already have in the encyclopedia. Try not to be discouraged. Wikipedia looks forward to your future contributions. Rorshacma (talk) 23:05, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

Using citations
I notice you are trying to cite works in the article Cloning - Process and Controversy. You may want to see WP:CITE for more information on how to do it, there are also tools that help automate the process for you. --Ifnord (talk) 23:45, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

January 2012
Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but you removed a speedy deletion tag from a page you have created yourself. If you believe the page should not be deleted, you may contest the deletion by clicking on the button that says: Click here to contest this speedy deletion and appears inside the speedy deletion notice. This will allow you to make your case on the page's discussion. Administrators will consider your reasoning before deciding what to do with the page. Thank you.Rorshacma (talk) 00:07, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

Deletion
I've deleted the cloning for students article, as Wikipedia policy requires a single article (ignoring daughter articles) for a given topic. I've copied the material to User:MA90/sandbox, but please remember that userspace isn't an alternate host for deleted material; it's only there so you can save the material locally. Please do not repost the article. For more guidance on class projects, please refer to WP:SUP.  Acroterion   (talk)   23:07, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

A further note: we appreciate your interest in learning about and contributing to the encyclopedia. You've done a good job, but you've chosen a tough assignment: cloning is an existing, well-developed topic. Wikipedia doesn't allow several versions of a single topic, as it can quickly degenerate into preferred versions of varying points of view or accuracy. You've chosen a tough assignment in trying to create an article on an existing topic: it's hard to find new article topics these days, as the core subjects already have articles. It's better (and more valuable to the encyclopedia) to find a poorly-described existing topic and improve the existing article, than to create a new article from scratch. For what it's worth, there is a companion project called the Simple English Wikipedia that aims to discuss subjects using a simplified vocabulary, primarily meant for non-native English speakers. The Simple English article on Clone is fairly short, and might be expanded, but you will need to be careful to observe Simple WP's rules.  Acroterion   (talk)   23:57, 22 January 2012 (UTC)