User talk:MaryD2011

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Hello, MaryD2011, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! JohnCD (talk) 20:58, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
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Greg Prato
You are welcome to try writing an article about Greg Prato, but you face a problem in that the previous one was deleted after a deletion debate at WP:Articles for deletion/Greg Prato and, because the article had been posted repeatedly and was excessively promotional, the title has been salted - protected against creation. What you will have to do is make a draft article in your userspace - see Help:Userspace draft for how to do that - and when it is ready apply at WP:Deletion review, giving a link to your draft, for permission to post it. Before doing that, you can ask for comments on your draft at WP:Requests for feedback.

First, read WP:Your first article and WP:Writing better articles for general advice. You also need to understand Wikipedia's criterion for admission, which is called notability, and is not a matter of opinion but has to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Significant means more than just listing-type mentions; reliable excludes Myspace, Facebook, blogs, places where anyone can post anything; independent excludes the subject's own website, affiliated ones like publishers' websites, and anything based on press releases. The test is, have people unconnected with the subject found him important and significant enough to write substantial comment about? More detail at WP:Notability (people), particularly the section WP:AUTHOR.

In viw of the history, take particular care not to make your article in any way promotional. Avoid "peacock terms" and do not try to sell your subject - just plain facts, neutrally stated and backed up by reliable sources.

Regards, JohnCD (talk) 20:58, 13 September 2011 (UTC)