User talk:RaketenMann

AfD nomination of Billy M. Sprague
I have nominated Billy M. Sprague, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Articles for deletion/Billy M. Sprague. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.  Ja Ga  talk 15:52, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

An article you created maybe deleted soon: Tools which can help you
The article you created: Billy M. Sprague  may be deleted from Wikipedia. There is an ongoing debate about whether your article should be deleted here: Articles for deletion/Billy M. Sprague . The faster you respond on this page, the better chance the article you created can be saved.

Finding sources which mention the topic of your article is the very best way to avoid an article being deleted Findsources3:
 * Find sources for Billy M. Sprague : google news recent, google news old, google books, google scholar, NYT recent, NYT old, a9, msbooks, msacademic ...You can then cite these results in the Article for deletion discussion.

Also, there are several tools and helpful editors on Wikipedia who can help you:
 * 1. If your page is encyclopedic, list the page on Article Rescue Squadron by adding:
 * below:
 * on the Billy M. Sprague page.
 * You can get help listing your page on the Article Rescue Squadron talk page.
 * 2. At any time, you can ask any administrator to move your article to a special page. (Called userfication)


 * 3. You can request a mentor to help you: Wikipedia:Adopt-a-User. But don't wait for a mentor to respond to you before responding on the article for deletion page.
 * 4. When trying to delete a page, veteran editors love to use a lot of rule acronyms. These acronyms don't need to intimidate you. Here is a list of acronyms you can use yourself: Deletion debate acronyms, which will help you argue that the article should be kept.

If your page is deleted, you also have many options available. Good luck! Ikip (talk) 21:10, 2 February 2009 (UTC)