User talk:Pastorfinch

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Hello, Pastorfinch, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful: Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! Graham 87 06:38, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
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Your edit to Willie Mae Ford Smith
Hello, I've undone your edit to Willie Mae Ford Smith because we generally mention honorific titles like that sparingly; see the guidance on that subject in the Manual of Style. That title would also need a reference; see Help:Referencing for beginners for information about how to add one. Graham 87 06:38, 28 June 2014 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Pastorfinch


A tag has been placed on Pastorfinch 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 read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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Wikipedia is not for writing about yourself
Welcome to Wikipedia, Mr Finch, but this is not a place like LinkedIn or Facebook for people to write about themselves or their own concerns. It is a quite different sort of site, a project to build an encyclopedia, so it is selective about subjects for articles, and writing about oneself is strongly discouraged, for reasons explained at Wikipedia is not about YOU and Autobiography.

Wikipedia user pages are not like those at social-networking sites. Their use is explained at WP:NOTWEBHOST: "'Wikipedians have their own user pages, but they should be used primarily to present information relevant to working on the encyclopedia. Limited biographical information is allowed, but user pages should not function as personal webpages or be repositories for large amounts of material that is irrelevant to collaborating on Wikipedia. If you are looking to make a personal webpage or blog or to post your résumé, please make use of one of the many free providers on the Internet or any hosting included with your Internet account.'"

The links in the Welcome message at the top of this page will tell you more about Wikipedia. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 20:52, 29 June 2014 (UTC)