User talk:Markarian

Welcome to the Wikipedia
I pass on the list of links I got when I arrived. I particularly call your attention to:


 * Tutorial
 * Cite your sources
 * Verifiability
 * Brilliant prose
 * Neutral point of view

Other links of interest include:


 * Help desk
 * Foundation issues
 * Policy Library
 * Utilities
 * Wikiquette
 * Civility
 * Conflict resolution
 * Pages needing attention
 * Peer review
 * Bad jokes and other deleted nonsense
 * Village pump
 * Boilerplate text
 * IRC channel
 * Mailing lists
 * Current polls

My apologies for the bump on your first contribution: you ran afoul of at least three things:


 * 1) We have a constant fight against spam and puff articles on companies.
 * 2) We have a constant fight against vanity articles on non-notable people, companies and bands. Saying that the company had not made an impact was a red flag.
 * 3) Contributions by non-registered users (and even by users without a user page) are taken less seriously. This is based on experience, as most vanity/puffery tends to be done by such users.

Good luck, and feel free to ask questions of any of the users on their talk page. Nearly all of us are more than willing to help. Robert A West 22:29, 30 July 2005 (UTC)