User talk:Nick&Niels

Speedy deletion nomination of American civil war South against North


Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a notice that American civil war South against North, a page that you created, has been tagged for deletion. 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:
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 * It covers a topic on which we already have an article - American Civil War. (See section A10 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Please note that this is not a comment on you personally and we hope you will continue helping to improve Wikipedia. If the topic of the article you created is one that interests you, then perhaps you would like to help out at American Civil War, or to discuss new information at the article's talk page.

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. Kolbasz (talk) 07:51, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Please do not create new pages on established subjects
First off, I have to say that your interest in the American Civil War makes me a happy camper. More people should be interested in history. However the problem is that we already have an article on this topic at American Civil War, so there is no need for any new versions of this topic. I notice that this is your second attempt to create a new article about the Civil War, so I'd like to politely ask that you stop trying to make new versions, especially since they seem to be a cut and paste of a PBS article. PBS is awesome, but we cannot accept copyright violations. A better solution would be to introduce yourself at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history and ask if there is anything you can do to help. You can also do this at Talk:American Civil War, but it isn't entirely guaranteed that someone will see it as quickly as they might at the WikiProject page. I'd recommend asking if there's anything you can do, as you're a newer user and this will be a good way to learn the various rules of Wikipedia while still editing about something you're interested in. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   08:13, 28 May 2014 (UTC)