User talk:Mr Wacko Oz

Welcome!
Hello, Mr Wacko Oz, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as Pestatarian, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.

There's a page about creating articles you may want to read called Your first article. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the Teahouse, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type help me on this page, followed by your question, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Here are a few other good links for newcomers: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Questions or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! —Largo Plazo (talk) 23:56, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
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Speedy deletion nomination of Pestatarian


Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, introducing inappropriate pages, such as Pestatarian, is not in accordance with our policies. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. The page has been nominated for deletion, in accordance with Wikipedia's criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, 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 from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. —Largo Plazo (talk) 23:56, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

A bit more explanation of that deletion message
Hi Mr Wacko Oz, and welcome to Wikipedia! I saw you added a new article at Pestatarian - unfortunately, it's likely to get deleted soon. The problem is that even though the article sounds reasonable, Wikipedia has a standard called Verifiability, explained by that page - in other words, information on Wikipedia needs to be "verifiable" in external sources. An article about a term or phrase needs to be backed up by references to news articles and other reliable sources (Identifying reliable sources) that verify that people use this term, and that they use it in this way. If this is a term that hasn't been documented in any formal sources, we can't have a Wikipedia article about it. I hope this doesn't discourage you though from continuing to contribute to Wikipedia! There is a lot of interesting work to do here. Dreamyshade (talk) 23:59, 14 March 2015 (UTC)