User talk:MaddogAfrica

Speedy deletion of Wayne Handzus
A tag has been placed on Wayne Handzus requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on |the article's talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article 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 article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. BlinkingBlimey (talk) 17:54, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Welcome
Welcome to Wikipedia. To find out more about how to make useful contributions, take a look at the welcome page. To stay in Wikipedia, an article has to be about something notable, that is, of general interest. Click on Notability for an explanation of what that means, and on Notability (people) for more detail. Also, it must give independently verifiable sources. Articles that don't meet these requirements are deleted. Follow the links below to learn more: JohnCD (talk) 17:55, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * To find out more about creating articles, read the Introduction, the Tutorial, and the Guide to creating your first article.
 * Do not write articles about yourself, your band, or your best friend - that's a conflict of interest.
 * For experiments, please use the sandbox.

Unfortunately, a great many short and nonsense articles are put into Wikipedia, and so incoming articles are looked at and unsuitable ones are "speedily deleted". That means that if you put an article in before you have got more than a few words, it will almost certainly get deleted within a few minutes. You would do better to prepare your article in a word-processor like Notepad, and maybe try it out in the sandbox, and wait to put it in till you have got a sensible article. That way it is less likely to be deleted. Another way to protect a partly-finished article is to put at the top;  but if the article is not edited within a few days, that tag may be automatically removed. You should also follow the links in the Welcome paragraph above, to understand what sort of articles are acceptable. Happy editing! JohnCD (talk) 18:00, 27 January 2008 (UTC)