User talk:Swamp water

Welcome to Wikipedia
Hello Swamp water and welcome to Wikipedia. Please don't make experimental edits to articles, such as you did to Vancouver. Feel free to experiment in the sandbox, or create your own - click here: User:Swamp water/Sandbox and play to your heart's content.

Also, please don't add information about yourself to articles, as you did to Paul Woods. Read the information provided above to find how you can best contribute to the encyclopedia. Cheers! Franamax (talk) 19:44, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Paul J. Woods


A tag has been placed on Paul J. Woods requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article, which appears to be about a real person, individual animal(s), an organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable. If this is the first page that you have created, then you should read the guide to writing your first article.

If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the article (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Ian.thomson (talk) 23:03, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

December 2009
You should wait for others to write an article about subjects in which you are personally involved. This applies to articles about you, your achievements, your band, your business, your publications, your website, your relatives, and any other possible conflict of interest.

Creating an article about yourself is strongly discouraged. If you create such an article, it might be listed on articles for deletion. Deletion is not certain, but many feel strongly that you should not start articles about yourself. This is because independent creation encourages independent validation of both significance and verifiability. All edits to articles must conform to No original research, Neutral point of view, and Verifiability.

If you are not "notable" under Wikipedia guidelines, creating an article about yourself may violate the policy that Wikipedia is not a personal webspace provider and would thus qualify for speedy deletion. If your achievements, etc., are verifiable and genuinely notable, and thus suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later. (See Wikipedians with articles.) If you wish to create a page for your account, try using the user page that is given to you instead of creating an article. Ian.thomson (talk) 23:07, 16 December 2009 (UTC)


 * I note with respect to the above-captioned article that you believe you have the right to create a "profile page" about yourself in Wikipedia. That is true, in a limited sense -- the only place where it is appropriate is at User:Swamp water and I have copied the existing material there where you may work on it at your leisure.  You tried to place the material in what we call "article space" -- material in article space is subject to many requirements, not the least of which is that the subjects of articles have to meet our notability requirements.  I've moved the information to "user space" for you.  However, you should also be aware that Wikipedia is not a social network medium like, say, MySpace or Facebook; in general, personal information is only maintained by active contributors to Wikipedia, not as the only element of their participation. If you have any questions about Wikipedia policy, feel free to leave me a note by clicking on the word "talk" after my signature. Accounting4Taste: talk 23:41, 16 December 2009 (UTC)