User talk:Neve.chen

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Proposed deletion of David Kekich


The article David Kekich has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * The only reference provided doesn't mention the subject; I was unable to find anything reliable in a brief search, although his name is mentioned in various media -- in one instance as "pill peddling life extension charlatan David Kekich". The book is self-published and thereby accrues no notability. There are also copyvio problems when this page is compared to his Amazon biography.

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You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Ubelowme U Me  13:05, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Hi!
Hey, Neve.chen, and welcome to Wikipedia! I saw your note on the talk page of your article David Kekich. Since it looks like you didn't mean to make it a "real" article yet, I've moved the page into your userspace, where you can work on it. The article can be found at: User:Neve.chen/David Kekich. I've also taken the liberty of removing the deletion tag, but you should take the things it talks about seriously! You can see what the tag said in the notice above; take special note of the copyright violation concerns, which is something we take pretty seriously. The simplest way to avoid copyright problems is to always use your own words, and never just copy and paste the words from somewhere else.

Now, I think you're having some difficulty with editing Wikipedia, which happens a lot! You don't actually have to *create* a new page every time you want to make a change; you can instead just edit the page that's already there. So, if you go to a page that already exists, you'll see a tab in the upper-right corner that says "Edit". If you click on this tab, it'll take you to a new page with the text of the existing article already preloaded; you can then just make the changes you want to make and hit save, and the article will change without having to recreate it. This way, you can keep working on the same page without having to create a new one.

I hope this helped! If you have any more questions, you can ask me at my talk page, or you can ask at the Teahouse, which is a great place for new users to get answers in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere. Thanks! Writ Keeper &#9863;&#9812; 13:27, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Hello
thanks for the advice! indeed, i am a newbie, however, in the past I was capable of editing articles. The problem is, that right now I am starting an article from scratch. I accidentally clicked the save button, TFSM forbid.

can you please tell me whether draft in the sandbox are saved for substantial period of time (i.e. more than a couple days)?

though a huge admirer of Wikipedia's and not a complete idiot when it comes to technology, I have to admit that Wikipedia's editing interfaces leave a lot to be desired.


 * Yeah, it certainly takes some getting used to, to say the least. Anyway, draft articles in your personal sandbox will stay as long as you need them to, as long as it's a reasonable draft.  By that I mean it has to be a legitimate draft that's being actively worked on, even if it is slow or sporadic, and not just some promotional puff piece, blatant copyright violation, attack page, etc. etc. (Not that I think that your draft is any of those things!  To be honest, I haven't even looked at it all that closely.) The point is that, while userspaces are intended to be a place to work on drafts, they're not free web hosting, and userspaces still "belong" to the community and Wikipedia at large, not anyone in particular.  If it's work with the end goal of improving Wikipedia, then it can stay as long as it needs. Writ Keeper &#9863;&#9812; 14:11, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

In response to your feedback
Try Tutorial.

Torreslfchero (talk) 16:57, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

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