User talk:Paleojack

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Proposed deletion of Michigan fossil hunting


The article Michigan fossil hunting has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * UHow to do it article, not encyclopedic

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

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.  DGG ( talk ) 03:51, 19 February 2012 (UTC)


 * that's the necessary formal notice. Less formally, I do not really see how the article fits into an encyclopedia . It's written in too personal a tone -- we do not use the second person "you". It contains very little that;s specific to Michigan.


 * The article Animals of Devonian Michigan has similar problems, but it can possibly be improved into a Wikipedia article if it is rewritten in a more formal way. It shouldn't include general information about the fossils, but describe those major groups that are found in the state, giving the significant locations. As it, I doubt it will be really suitable.


 * I do not want to discourage you, but to urge you to help us by improving our coverage on topics in your area. For example, we could use articles on specific sites, with reference to published papers describing what's been collected there.  It is usually easier to work on small articles on narrowly defined topics first--after experience, you can move on to more general articles. You might want to look at see  our guide to writing Wikipedia articles. For more detailed information, there's  the free online version of Wikipedia: The Missing Manual by John Broughton (also available in print)


 * If I can help you further, let me know on my user talk page.  DGG ( talk ) 04:01, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

Michigan fossil hunting
Hello Paleojack and thanks very much for your enthusiastic efforts in adding articles to Wikipedia! I did a lot of fossil hunting when I was in my teens and twenties and I loved it. I quickly went through this one of your articles just now, and tried to fix it up a bit to make it more suitable, because it would be nice to rescue it from the possibility of deletion. I put blue links in so it was no longer a dead end, and I also took out all the mentions of stuff like "you can do this" and "I did this". Wikipedia articles must not be written from the personal point of view. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and so a piece that might be just great for a rockhound or fossil-hunter club newsletter is actually not appropriate here. Also DGG is right that we just don't include "how to" articles, they are not suitable for an encyclopedia.

I wanted to say that we have a very useful thing here called the Article Wizard, that if you starting an article, it takes you step by step through the process and makes sure you come out at the end with something that is likely to be kept and valued here. I would very much recommend it.

Please feel free to contact me and ask me any questions on my talk page. I hope you do not get discouraged, I am sure you can have a good time here on Wikipedia once you get the hang of it. All good wishes, Invertzoo (talk) 14:52, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

If you look at some of the ways I have fixed up your articles, that will give you some idea of how to put together any additional new ones you might come up with. Still I would very much recommend the Article Wizard, as it is very easy to use, and very helpful. Just two other things: every time you do an edit please jot something down in the edit summary slot before you hit Save, and every time you leave a note on a talk page, please at the end put four of these wiggly things ~ because that will automatically produce your name and the date. Thanks again and all good wishes, Invertzoo (talk) 16:01, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

Nomination of Michigan fossil hunting for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Michigan fossil hunting is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Michigan fossil hunting until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.  Velella  Velella Talk 05:00, 30 January 2020 (UTC)