User talk:Stephen John Yates

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Hello, Stephen John Yates, 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 User:Stephen John Yates, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.

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Speedy deletion nomination of User:Stephen John Yates


A tag has been placed on User:Stephen John Yates, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done for the following reason:

out of scope

Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not meet basic Wikipedia criteria may be deleted at any time.

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. Glaisher  [talk]  08:29, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

Your user page
Stephen,

While I unfortunately can't see your deleted user page, since I'm not an administrator, I can maybe help you out. The purpose of user pages is to support your contributions to the encyclopedia. From your contributions history, all I see is your request for help at the speedy deletion page. I would suggest that you make contributions to articles first, and then create a user page based on what you've done. Ego White Tray (talk) 02:32, 25 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I did see the page. The answer is: this is an encyclopedia not Facebook. There is no evidence that you intend to contribute to the encyclopedia so you are not even allowed a user page, still less one which merely shows your CV. &mdash; RHaworth (talk · contribs) 10:33, 25 July 2013 (UTC)