User talk:Mcallisterdoug

April 2010
Please stop removing speedy deletion notices from pages that you have created yourself. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia.  L P  talk 04:33, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Your Request for Adminship
Hello mcallisterdoug. I closed your request for adminship, because frankly it had no chance of passing. Adminship is a set of extra user rights that are extended to the most prolific and knowledgeable contributors to Wikipedia; people who have been editing for months if not years, and who have thousands of edits. If you're truly interested in becoming more involved in Wikipedia, we're thrilled and will do whatever we can to help. However, applying to be an administrator will not make your article on yourself more likely to stay. Please respect our policies on this one; it's nothing personal against you, but rather the principles that we've developed towards what kinds of content we believe Wikipedia should include. If you'd like to make your resume and background experience more available, I recommend services like Linkedin very highly. Thank you, Sheeana  Talk 05:18, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Requests for adminship/mcallisterdouglas
Requests for adminship/mcallisterdouglas, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/mcallisterdouglas and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of Requests for adminship/mcallisterdouglas during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Sheeana Talk 05:40, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Welcome
Welcome!

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--SmokeyJoe (talk) 06:25, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Autobio
You should wait for others to write an article about subjects in which you are personally involved, instead of writing it yourself. This applies to articles about you, your achievements, your band, your business, your publications, your website, your relatives, and any other possible conflict of interest.

Creating an article about yourself is strongly discouraged. If you create such an article, it might be listed on articles for deletion. Deletion is not certain, but many feel strongly that you should not start articles about yourself. This is because independent creation encourages independent validation of both significance and verifiability. All edits to articles must conform to No original research, Neutral point of view, and Verifiability.

If you are not "notable" under Wikipedia guidelines, creating an article about yourself may violate the policy that Wikipedia is not a personal webspace provider and would thus qualify for speedy deletion. If your achievements, etc., are verifiable and genuinely notable, and thus suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later. (See Wikipedians with articles.) Thank you. [end of standard template]

Furthermore, the Douglas McAllister was written in a nauseatingly spammy tone with peacock phrases in every sentence. As the templates says: wait for someone else to write your bio. &mdash; RHaworth 18:53, 29 April 2010 (UTC)