User talk:Hcorriga

Nomination of Crime Prevention through Neighborhood Watch Programs for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Crime Prevention through Neighborhood Watch Programs is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Crime Prevention through Neighborhood Watch Programs 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 high-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. Rarkenin (talk) 01:34, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Crime Prevention through Neighborhood Watch Programs within Baltimore

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A tag has been placed on Crime Prevention through Neighborhood Watch Programs within Baltimore, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.

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December 2012

Hello, Hcorriga, welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for your contributions. Your editing pattern indicates that you may be using multiple accounts or coordinating editing with people outside Wikipedia. Our policy on multiple accounts usually does not allow this. If you operate multiple accounts directly or with the help of another person, please remember to disclose these connections. Safiel (talk) 05:29, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

Crime Prevention Through Neighborhood Watch Programs

Wikipedia is not the place to put a project for a university, as it will be edited and revised by others, unless your instructor explicitly says you should use Wikipedia. Even then, they expect it conforms to Wikipedia standards. You can ask to userfy it by putting the content on your user page or a subpage thereof. Thanks! You can ask your instructor to look at WP:School and university projects. Rarkenin (talk) 12:41, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

Just to clarify, this page will not be deleted for a week, as per WP:XFD and then once the week passes, the page will be either deleted or kept, as a result of the discussion. Rarkenin (talk) 13:13, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

Thank you Rarkenin, however another user named Seraphimblade decided to delete my page unannouced last night. I can only say that as a new user to Wikipedia I will NEVER be returning to post an article after such an unwelcoming response. People threatening to delete peoples' pages 15 minutes after they have started to make them is no way to foster a community in which learning is prized. Many of the people threatening me with deletion never took the time to respond to my questions or offer help they instead were hell bent on deleting my work. If asked I would not recommend that anyone else try to make a wikipedia article because they will in essence be bullied by people who have nothing better to do than criticize people's hard work.(Hcorriga (talk) 17:50, 11 December 2012 (UTC))

HCorriga, nobody is trying to discourage you from Wikipedia. We simply need that users follow rules about what articles can be written, and what can't. Under this, opinion essays and original research can't be allowed since it detracts from Wikipedia's encyclopedia format. Sorry for these rules, but they can't be amended, or exceptions made. Seraphimblade is an admin, and enforces there rules. Thanks! Rarkenin (talk) 18:05, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

Hcorriga, surely you can see the value in having specific criteria for what types of articles and topics can be written about when creating an encyclopaedia. Almost all academic peer reviewed structures use this same format and often have a one time only submission. Fortunately, Wikipedia is a collaborative effort so the basic structure must be sound in notable third party sources to substantiate the article, but further development can happen as a live published articled. If we simply let every person write whatever they wanted, original research, cited from nefarious sources, or even non-notable content, then 'learning' could hardly be prized in a collection of essentially indiscriminate internet forum text. Lastly, did you equally take the time to learn about how to write a good Wikipedia article by reading the inclusion criteria or did you come in cold? If you were to send a paper off to a newspaper or a publisher, send a script to a finishing house, or write an editorial, I'm sure you would have taken the time to inquire about all the procedural requirements. Mkdw^talk 21:50, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

Hcorriga, you are invited to the Teahouse

Hi Hcorriga! Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia. Be our guest at the Teahouse! The Teahouse is a friendly space where new editors can ask questions about contributing to Wikipedia and get help from peers and experienced editors. I hope to see you there! Nathan2055 (I'm a Teahouse host) Visit the Teahouse This message was delivered automatically by your robot friend, HostBot (talk) 01:17, 15 December 2012 (UTC)