User talk:MysteMyst

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Hello,, and welcome to Wikipedia! 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 for page creation, and may soon be deleted.

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 New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type   on this page, 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 Where to ask a question or ask me on. Again, welcome! Abce2 | Free Lemonade  Only 25 cents!  14:03, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
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Speedy deletion nomination of Misste Rivera
A tag has been placed on Misste Rivera requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, 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. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for biographies.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Abce2 | Free Lemonade  Only 25 cents!  14:03, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Your arbitration request
Hello, MysteMyst, welcome to Wikipedia! I'm contacting you because I'm one of the clerks for the Arbitration Committee and I wanted to let you know I've cleaned up the request you posted earlier. Stepping out of that role, though, I also wanted to let you know that there is a very small chance your request will be reviewed by the Arbitration Committee. Arbitration is intended to serve as the absolute last resort for severe and ongoing problems on our project, and they don't usually review content-related matters, focusing instead on user conduct issues.

If you'd like, though, I can try to explain what happened for you. You are correct in that Wikipedia is a project that regular people are free to edit; that's what makes it such an interesting site to be involved in. Unfortunately, because we are an encyclopedia, the information we cover is restricted to encyclopedic information only. When it comes to biographies, we require that the subjects covered meet a certain standard of "notability" (which roughly means importance) before they can have articles written about them. Most generally, this is demonstrated when there are multiple reliable sources that cover the subject in significant detail. For this reason (and others including neutrality and conflicts of interest), we ask editors not to write articles about themselves; generally, if someone is notable enough to be included in an article, another editor will take the initiative to write that article.

As for why the matter won't be sent to Arbitration, Wikipedia has a series of steps in dispute resolution that we ask editors to follow before going to the Arbitration Committee, the first and easiest of which is simply talking it over with the other person. Wikipedia works on consensus, the discussion of problems until a general agreement has been reached. We don't pursue other steps in dispute resolution until it becomes clear that attempting to form that consensus isn't working. If you still have questions or concerns about why your article was deleted, I'd encourage you to contact Abce2, Tnxman307, or myself about the issue on our talk pages; we can help you figure out the problem and sort things out for you.

I know this was a really long post, and I probably just made Wikipedia seem ten times more confusing than it already did, but I do hope this helps you out some. If you ever run into any other problems, feel free to let me know. Welcome to Wikipedia, and happy editing! Hers fold  (t/a/c) 18:28, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
 * And as far as your edit to the June 24 page to add your name (I'm guessing you were the anonymous editor and that's your name): actually, it does say somewhere what the minimum criterion is, that the person must have a Wikipedia article (Days_of_the_year). You did try to create an article about Misste Rivera, but since it's been deleted as not notable, the same applies to the "day" page. Dozens of people try to add their own names (or their friends or kids) every day, so many that there is a special automatic process called PseudoBot that removes "redlinked" entries within minutes. Have a look at this list to see how busy PseudoBot is. That's what happened to your entry on June 24.
 * Wikipedia works by consensus and all the various rules and procedures get worked out by discussion and agreement between editors. If you think that "regular" folks should have their birthdays listed on the day pages, you could certainly try to change the current consensus. The best place to start would be at Wikipedia talk:Days_of_the_year, which is the proposed guideline page I mentioned. Next would probably be at the village pump where you could get lots of comment. I'd warn you though, it's not likely you'll get much support for listing anyone and everyone's birthday. Imagine how long that list would be! Franamax (talk) 08:17, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

ArbCom
Hello, MysteMyst. A recent Arbitration request in which you were named as a party, "Edit deletion appeal", has been declined by the Arbitration Committee. You can review the reasons why the Arbitrators felt this case was not appropriate for arbitration at the archived version ; most probably, the declination would have been because the dispute appeared to be primarily a content issue only or because there was not enough effort to address this problem through other forms of dispute resolution prior to the filing of the request. If this issue is still in need of resolution, please consider pursuing other forms of dispute resolution (such as a request for comment or informal or formal mediation). Should you have any questions, feel free to contact me or another clerk.

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