User talk:Secmarilla

MfD nomination of User:Secmarilla/Secmarilla
User:Secmarilla/Secmarilla, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Secmarilla/Secmarilla and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of User:Secmarilla/Secmarilla during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. SPhilbrick T  21:29, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Hi, what are you doing here on Wikipedia, are you making up a work of fiction? Are you trying to mislead people with a made up country? Are you just practicing your editing skills? Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:07, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Welcome!

Hello, Secmarilla, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using 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! JohnCD (talk) 15:20, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
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Your imaginary republic
Sorry to delete your first attempt, but it is not the sort of thing that Wikipedia is for. "Anyone can edit" does not mean "anyone can post whatever they like." As an encyclopedia Wikipedia is interested only in verifiable facts about notable things. More about those two terms:
 * The Verifiability policy includes: "The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiability, not truth&mdash;whether readers can check that material added to Wikipedia has already been published by a reliable source, not whether editors think it is true."
 * Notability is a requirement to have a Wikipedia article, and is not a matter of opinion but needs to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Significant means more than just listing-type mentions; reliable excludes Myspace, Facebook, blogs, places where anyone can post anything; independent excludes the subject's own website, affiliated ones and press releases.

As well as the links above, please read Wikipedia is not for things made up one day. JohnCD (talk) 15:20, 23 May 2010 (UTC)