User talk:Steekmoer

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Hello, Steekmoer, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as David Frank (Cardboard Engineer), may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.

There's a page about creating articles you may want to read called Your first article. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the Teahouse, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type help me on this page, followed by your question, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Here are a few other good links for newcomers: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Questions or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! —S MALL JIM   12:09, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
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Speedy deletion nomination of David Frank (Cardboard Engineer)


A tag has been placed on David Frank (Cardboard Engineer) 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.

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. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, you can place a request here. —S MALL JIM   12:09, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

An explanation and a question

 * Hi, David. Thanks for the comments that you added to the article's talk page. You seem to misunderstand what Wikipedia is about: it is an encyclopedia, and as such it only covers topics that have already been considered to be notable to the world at large – we have a guideline that explains this: Notability. As you'll see if you scan through that guide, we use the word "notable" to mean that the topic must have "received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject". In other words we expect to find more than passing mentions of the topic in reputable third-party sources (such as books, quality newspapers, journals, websites produced by reputable publishers, etc). I've done a quick Google search, and I can't find anything that suggests that you would pass this rather stringent test for inclusion.
 * Since we get a lot of people trying to include articles about themselves and their companies in Wikipedia, no doubt through some misunderstanding, can I ask you a question that I would genuinely appreciate an honest answer to? From where did you get the idea to write about yourself here? —S MALL  JIM   13:08, 23 May 2014 (UTC)