User talk:Mburdess

Nomination of The God Tree (novel) for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article The God Tree (novel) 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/The God Tree (novel) 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. - MrX 13:55, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

April 2013
Hello, I'm Mcewan. Your recent edit to the page The God Tree (novel) appears to have added incorrect information, so I have removed it for now. If you believe the information was correct, please cite a reliable source or discuss your change on the article's talk page. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Specifically this is about the claim that the book was a Whitbread finalist in 2003 which does not appear to be the case. Mcewan (talk) 14:59, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not for writing about yourself
Welcome to Wikipedia, but (although this is not well explained at sign-up time) it is not a place like Myspace or Facebook for people to write about themselves. It is a different sort of site, a project to build an encyclopedia, so it is selective about subjects for articles (relevant notability standards are explained at WP:AUTHOR and WP:Notability (books)); and in order to maintain a neutral point of view, contributors are strongly discouraged from writing about themselves or their own concerns. Reasons are explained at Wikipedia is not about YOU, Autobiography and WP:Conflict of interest. You can find out more about Wikipedia at the WP:Welcome page and the WP:Introduction. JohnCD (talk) 17:42, 6 April 2013 (UTC)