User talk:Amayota

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Hello, Amayota, 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 may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.

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, followed by your question, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Here are a few other good links for newcomers:

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Speedy deletion nomination of Victor Martinez Parada

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A tag has been placed on Victor Martinez Parada 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 band or musician, 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.

If you think that the page was nominated in error, contest the nomination by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion" in the speedy deletion tag. Doing so will take you to the talk page where you can explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but do not hesitate to add information that is consistent with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. Hue Sat Lum 21:27, 19 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Advice on your article

To answer your question on why it was deleted: Wikipedia is selective about subjects for articles. Because we get more than one new one a minute, and many of them are unsuitable, certain classes can be "speedily deleted", including those which do not make a credible claim of significance or importance.

If an article is to be kept in the longer term, it needs to establish Wikipedia:Notability which is not a matter of opinion but has to be demonstrated by references showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Significant means more than just listing-type mentions; reliable excludes Myspace, Facebook, blogs, places where anyone can post anything; independent excludes the subject's own website, affiliated ones and anything based on press releases. The test is, have people independent of the subject thought him significant enough to write substantial comment about? See also WP:42 and for musicians WP:MUSICBIO.

I have "userfied" the article for you - moved it into a sub-page in your user space at User:Amayota/Victor Martinez Parada where you can work on it. Before you start, read WP:Your first article for advice, and think hard about notability, because if you cannot demonstrate it you will be wasting your time.

Since he is your father-in-law, you have from Wikipedia's point of view a Wikipedia:Conflict of interest in writing about him, see also Wikipedia:Best practices for editors with conflicts of interest, and should not post the article directly. At the top of the draft page there is a "Submit" button which will send it, when you are ready, to WP:Articles for creation where an experienced user will check it and either accept it or give you feedback.

In writing, take care to avoid a promotional style. Wikipedia is not a place for "puffery" or opinions, and requires a neutral point of view - plain facts, neutrally stated and cited to reliable sources. Also take care to write in your own words; material copied, for instance from another website, cannot be accepted unless a formal copyright release is made, and in any case is often unacceptably promotional in style.

Regards, JohnCD (talk) 22:59, 24 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]