User talk:ArniEin

Welcome!

Hello, ArniEin, 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 Sunstone in Iceland, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may soon be deleted.

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Proposed deletion of Sunstone in Iceland[edit]

The article Sunstone in Iceland has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Essay, see WP:NOT

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You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. WuhWuzDat 01:23, 27 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Sunstone, medieval[edit]

The article Sunstone, medieval has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

essay, see WP:NOT

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. WuhWuzDat 01:40, 27 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sunstones and Icelandic spars[edit]

Hello, ArniEin. Sorry to see your recent new article "Sunstone in Iceland" was proposed for deletion. I thought it was well-sourced and an encyclopedic topic, and that it seemed a sensible counterpart to the Iceland spar article. I removed the proposed deletion notice for that reason, so it could stay and develop further. The "Sunstone, medieval" page you created appears to duplicate it—if what you wanted was a different title for the article you could rename it, or I'm happy to on request.

Afterwards you blanked the page to indicate you wanted it to be deleted—possibly you felt upset or disappointed from a deletion notice being put on it? Perhaps you might reconsider. I think it could be a good addition to the encyclopedia. Best wishes, Whitehorse1. 01:58, 27 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

My, the admins here are fast! One has already responded to your page blank, taking it as a deletion request. If you decide you do want it to stay that needn't be an obstacle. It can be undeleted very easily, please just ask the admin who dealt with it on their talkpage, or feel free to ask me and I'll handle it for you. For what it's worth, I thought it had potential. Thanks, Whitehorse1. 02:05, 27 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Sunstone (medieval)[edit]

The article Sunstone (medieval) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

ESSAY, see WP:NOT

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. WuhWuzDat 02:06, 27 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

... Wuhwuzdat, I think it would help if I come and chat with you on your talkpage. Thanks. Whitehorse1 02:10, 27 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Sunstone (medieval) for deletion[edit]

The article Sunstone (medieval) is being discussed concerning whether it is suitable for inclusion as an article according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sunstone (medieval) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. WuhWuzDat 02:11, 27 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent edits[edit]

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A second welcome[edit]

Hi! Glad to have you aboard :-D I see someone already welcomed you, and that SineBot already told you how to sign talk-page posts. I've done a little editing to your article and weighed in in the deletion discussion, but I'm all too aware of how bewildering things can be around here. The Missing Manual may help - or add me to the list of people to consider asking questions, in addition to the person who welcomed you. Yngvadottir (talk) 18:46, 27 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Sunstone (medieval)[edit]

On 31 December 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sunstone (medieval), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Vikings may have navigated using a light-polarizing mineral they called a sunstone to locate the sun in cloudy skies? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Happy New Year. Thanks Victuallers (talk) 20:05, 31 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]