User talk:Pub biographer

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New Article[edit]

Welcome! I noticed you've started a project. Explanations of projects are usually in userspace or Wikipedia space, rather than article space (the "space" is the prefix to the page's title, basically). I've moved your article to User:Pub biographer/Kris Craig for you to work on there. You might want to check out Wikipedia's policies on Original research before you go too far with this project. Usually information needs to be independently verifiable, so in most cases personal communications aren't allowed as sources. Check it out, welcome, and feel free to ask questions on my talk page. Cheers, Mak (talk) 04:07, 26 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

interviews[edit]

Hay Welcome, no problem A sugestion move JD KC Interview to a page like User:Pub biographer/JD KC Interview that way it's a sub page of your user and not in the main namespace Betacommand 04:09, 26 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How do I?[edit]

I'm happy to move these things as you suggested, except I don't know how to. And before I could figure it out, another admin deleted JD_KC_Interview without explanation. So I re-created it with less ambiguous name, but I don't know if that'll help. I'm still writing the main article on the individual; this "interview" one is just for the citation. I'm starting to get really intimidated by all this, being a newbie to wiki. If I could just have a few minutes to finish writing the article and to learn how to move things to "userspace" (no idea what that is btw) before everything gets "speedy deleted", that would really help my learning curve. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pub biographer (talk • contribs)

by either using the tab Move or creating a link on your userpage like [[[User:Pub biographer/what ever page name]] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Betacommand (talk • contribs)

Firstly, create new articles in your userspace by going to a page such as User:Pub biographer/Sandbox. Basically a page starting with "User" then your username, then a slash. I think you're going to have trouble using your own interviews as sources. Try to find information about these important locals in your local paper, and use those as sources. If you can't find any sources like that, it might mean that the person is not notable enough for a Wikipedia biography. See WP:BIO for some guidelines on who is and is not suitable for a Wikipedia bio. Cheers, Mak (talk) 04:35, 26 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You probably don't have the "move" tab yet, since you have to be around a few days to get it, since people were abusing it a lot. If you need something moved feel free to ask me. Mak (talk) 04:36, 26 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

CSD:A7[edit]

CSD:A7 means Criteria for Speedy Deletion category:article, criteria #7, which says that an article can be speedy deleted (deleted without warning or further discussion) when it is "An article about a real person, group of people, band, or club that does not assert the importance or significance of its subject.". The key here is the article "does not assert the importance or significance of its subject". In this case you wrote about an interview you performed at high school. There was no indication in the article about why the subject of that interview or the interview itself was notable. Notability is an important guideline which helps us decide whether an article is suitable for inclusion in an encyclopedia.

Simply recreating the same article is not a good idea - it will likely be deleted again by me or another admin. You need to provide some reason why this would be considered a notable article for Wikipedia. If you have further questions, feel free to leave me another comment on my talk page. Best, Gwernol 04:31, 26 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]