User talk:Michialwood

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Hello, Michialwood, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Dorothy Hopkins


A tag has been placed on Dorothy Hopkins, requesting that it be deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which articles can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly-defined criteria, then it may be soon be deleted by an administrator. The reasons it has been tagged are:
 * It seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. (See section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Business for more information.
 * It appears to be about a person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), individual animal, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. (See section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think that the page was nominated in error, contest the nomination by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion" in the speedy deletion tag. Doing so will take you to the talk page where you can explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but do not hesitate to add information that is consistent with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. TBr and  ley  04:14, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

Need help?
Hey, sorry but I did go ahead and delete this, the problem is that all articles (but especially articles about living persons, which can get us in the most trouble, as you can imagine) need to have references. Every article needs citations from reliable sources (e.g. magazines, news sites, books, newspapers) that talk about the subject. The sources need to be independent of the subject, so for example the company's or person's own website wouldn't work. Every fact in the article needs to be referenced to a reliable source: that's super important because it ensures that articles are verifiable and don't contain false information.. If you want you could work on the article in your userspace (that is, any page beginning with User:/... such as User:/Sandbox) and add references. Then when it was ready, you could move it back where it was. Don't hesitate to leave me a message on my talk page if you have any questions or need anything, I'm always glad to help. Peace, delldot   &nabla;.  05:06, 21 December 2012 (UTC)