User talk:Wendy Romage

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Hello, Wendy Romage, 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 Bill Sohonage, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may soon be deleted.

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 New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type helpme on this 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 Questions or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome!  ttonyb (talk) 18:10, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
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Speedy deletion nomination of Bill Sohonage
A tag has been placed on Bill Sohonage 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 see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for biographies. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles – see the Article Wizard.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag - if no such tag exists then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hangon tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page 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 page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you.  ttonyb (talk) 18:10, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Re: Article help
Unfortunately, writing a Wikipedia article is very different from writing a book; Wikipedia articles need to be neutral, reliably sourced, and assert that the subject is notable. The deleted article, while it mentioned a few newspaper sources, it didn't provide information about where that information could be found in the source; ideally we need a link or at least a full citation noting where to look to verify the information. It was also not written in a completely neutral manner, with the block of quotes and words like "beloved" and "legendary" casting him in a more positive light than is necessary. Finally, you need to demonstrate that this person is notable; generally this is done by providing enough references (he should be significantly mentioned in multiple reliable sources), although there are a number of other criteria that, if reliably sourced, can suffice. Please read through these links, and that should help. Hers fold  (t/a/c) 15:21, 22 September 2010 (UTC)