User talk:SilentSpectreANG

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Speedy deletion nomination of Portal:The Spectre Republic


Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, introducing inappropriate pages, such as Portal:The Spectre Republic, is not in accordance with our policies. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. The page has been nominated for deletion, in accordance with Wikipedia's criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. John of Reading (talk) 15:34, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Spectre Republic Air Force
Hello SilentSpectreANG,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Spectre Republic Air Force for deletion, because it seems to be vandalism or a hoax.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Jonathanarpith (talk) 17:20, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

Not free web space
Until the book is published AND achieves notability WP:NBOOK, there is not a place for an article about something in it. (I am saying AND because unpublished books are regarded as non-notable unless their author is already notable or highly significant. Examples would be the next Terry Pratchett Discworld novel or a book by Barack Obama.) Wikipedia is not free web space, and until the time I refer to, you will have to find somewhere else for your info. Wordpress and weebly seem to host things free of charge, and there's always Facebook. Please note that if the book is self-published (CreateSpace, lulu, AuthorHouse, Xlibris, etc) then it is very unlikely to reach a sufficient level of notability for inclusion here. On a technical note - it is better to put the info as an extract from a fictional textbook or report (as David and Leigh Eddings did in the Elenium and the Malloreon series) if you can't hint at it in the course of the story. Robert Heinlein is a good example of how to sneak info into a story without having passages where a senior person explains the history of the planet to a junior. Pratchett manages to get everything relevant in without overt explanations, and the excellent maps and guides to Discworld came well after the stories. If you draw maps too soon, you restrict yourself - but do keep track of details. Only Pratchett manages to 'explain' discontinuities convincingly... Peridon (talk) 17:29, 22 November 2014 (UTC)