User talk:VR Bitman

Spam

A tag has been placed on your user page, User:VR Bitman, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be blatant advertising which only promotes or publicises a company, product, group or service, and which is a violation of our policies regarding acceptable use of user pages; user pages are intended for active editors of Wikipedia to communicate with one another as part of the process of creating encyclopedic content, and should not be mistaken for free webhosting resources. Please read the guidelines on spam, the guidelines on user pages, and, especially, our FAQ for Organizations.

If you can indicate why the page is not blatant advertising, contest the deletion by clicking on the button that looks like this: Click here to contest this speedy deletion which appears inside of the speedy deletion ({{db-...}}) tag (if no such tag exists, the page is no longer a speedy deletion candidate). Doing so will take you to your user talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also edit this page directly to give your reasons, 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 help make it encyclopedic. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Mr. Guye (talk) 16:39, 2 August 2014 (UTC)

Contested deletion

This page is not unambiguously promotional, because I eliminated any and all references to personal websites or even any information that can help others find out who I am in real life.

Agreed; as reviewing administrator I have declined the speedy deletion nomination. Welcome to Wikipedia - more in a few minutes. JohnCD (talk) 16:52, 2 August 2014 (UTC)

Welcome!

Hello, VR Bitman, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:

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I'm sorry that we have seemed unwelcoming: we have a problem that many new users do not understand that this is a project to build an encyclopedia, but think it is another social-networking site like Facebook, and come here only to post elaborate user pages all about themselves. Wikipedia user pages are mainly intended for information about users' Wikipedia activities, but some biographical information such as you have provided is quite acceptable - the guideline on user pages is at WP:User pages.

The links in the standard Welcome message above will tell you more about Wikipedia: there is also a "one-stop guide" at Wikipedia:A primer for newcomers. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 17:18, 2 August 2014 (UTC)

VR Bitman (talk) 17:26, 2 August 2014 (UTC) No problem, I never had any doubts about Wikipedia's mission and purpose. I was lazy: right after creating my profile I noticed the red link indicating a blank user page, clicked it and then copy-pasted my description from my personal blog, without realizing how promotional the text really is. What matters is that now everything is OK.

VR Bitman, you are invited to the Teahouse!

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