User talk:Purplewolfnik

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The Wikipedia tutorial is a good place to start learning about Wikipedia. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my talk page. By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and discussion pages using four tildes, like this: &#126;&#126;&#126;&#126; (the software will replace them with your signature and the date). Again, welcome! Dougweller (talk) 17:48, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Your edit
I've reverted it - and I know if I hadn't, someone else would have. A lot of new editors come to Wikipedia not really understanding what it is. Our articles reflect what 'reliable sources' say about a subject. See WP:VERIFY. Our definition of 'reliable sources' is probably very different from yours, see WP:RS. For Quetzalcoatl we would expect academic sources. You might find some explaining why this isn't an alien, but it's unlikely you'll find any saying it is. Dougweller (talk) 17:51, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Creating an article
If by Wiki page you mean an article, start by reading Your first article. Several key things are mentioned there - notability by our criteria being very important. I've already mentioned sources but should add sources should be about the article - it's not like writing an essay, you can't combine sources to make an argument. We call that 'original research' - see WP:NOR - Wikipedia isn't an appropriate place for new ideas. I'd advise submitting it through Articles for creation as you are likely to get feedback that way, although it takes a while. New articles that don't meet our criteria are often deleted quickly by what we call 'new page patrollers'. Use my talk page please, not email. Thanks. Dougweller (talk) 18:07, 11 September 2013 (UTC)