User talk:Stephenswindells

Hello, Stephenswindells, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I notice that one of the first articles you created appears to be an article about yourself. This is a common mistake made by new Wikipedians—as this is an encyclopedia, we wouldn't expect to have an article about every contributor. Your user page, however, is a great place to write about yourself, making sure to stay within user page guidelines. Just click your user name at the top of the screen when you are logged in, and edit it normally.

The page you created about yourself has been or will shortly be speedily deleted from Wikipedia, but if you want to use the content from it, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page.

If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type   on your user page, 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 Where to ask a question or ask me on. Again, welcome! &mdash; Rod talk 18:55, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
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 * Actually the article isn't going to be speedily deleted as some of us do realise that you meet our WP:Notability criteria and may even have have bought Fresh Blood when it was out on vinyl. However, please be aware that Wikipedia is not intended as a promotional site and many Wikipedians react badly to entries being turned into hagiographies. The project has a WP:Conflict of Interest policy. In general, it's better to mention important facts that are missing on the talk page and have someone add them. For example, both Kris Tait's This is Hawkwind and M.C's Strong The Great Rock Discography describe you as ex-String Driven Thing. It would be useful to have details of when you were with them and any recordings or tours you played on. Thanks. --Peter cohen (talk) 23:47, 4 November 2009 (UTC)