User talk:Ldhiker

Welcome![edit]

Hello, Ldhiker, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as Clifford S. Hardin, 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 Teahouse, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{help me}} 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:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Wikipedia:Questions or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! Classicwiki (talk) (ping me please, I don't watch pages) 09:02, 15 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Clifford S. Hardin[edit]

The article Clifford S. Hardin has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Fails WP:N.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages 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 page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Classicwiki (talk) (ping me please, I don't watch pages) 09:02, 15 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding your post at the Help Desk[edit]

I've removed your post at WP:Help desk, because it contained copyright violations.

Do not copy and paste text from other sources onto this site.

It looked like you were trying to add more entries to the notable people entry in the Dothan, Alabama article. The best place to do that would be at Talk:Dothan, Alabama, not on the Help Desk. The Help Desk is for questions about how to use the site in general.

If we do not have articles about the people you were going to suggest, then they probably do not really qualify as notable by Wikipedia's standards.

Ian.thomson (talk) 02:22, 6 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Dothan, AL Notable People (February 6)[edit]

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Heliosxeros was:

This submission's references do not adequately show the subject's notability. Wikipedia requires significant coverage (not just mere mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject—see the guidelines on the notability of people, the golden rule and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue. Please improve the submission's referencing (see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners and Help:Introduction to referencing/1), so that the information is verifiable, and there is clear evidence of why the subject is notable and worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia. If additional reliable sources cannot be found for the subject, then it may not be suitable for Wikipedia at this time.

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Dothan, AL Notable People and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
If you now believe the draft cannot meet Wikipedia's standards or do not wish to progress it further, you may request deletion. Please go to Draft:Dothan, AL Notable People, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window, add "{{db-self}}" at the top of the draft text and save.
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EROS ^message 03:45, 6 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Ldhiker! Having an article declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! EROS ^message 03:45, 6 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

"we"[edit]

In this edit summary, you said "you will see that we belong there."

In other words, you admit you are Cliff Hardin.

Wikipedia is not used for self-promotion (see WP:NOTPROMO). Users are discouraged from editing in areas where they have a conflict of interest (see WP:COI). We also discourage users from trying to write autobiographies about themselves. Sorry, but you've come to the site for the wrong reasons.

Ian.thomson (talk) 04:34, 6 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Ldhiker. Your question has been answered at the Teahouse Q&A board. Feel free to reply there!
Please note that all old questions are archived after 2-3 days of inactivity. (You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{teahouse talkback}} template).

Blocked[edit]

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing because it appears that you are not here to build an encyclopedia.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. Ian.thomson (talk) 21:22, 28 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

In particular, the line "Narrow self-interest or promotion of themselves or their business" is why your account has been blocked. In order to be unblocked, you will need to explain how your actions so far have gone against our policies WP:COPYVIO, WP:NOTPROMO, and WP:COI; and how you will avoid violating those policies in the future. Or more simply, you are very likely to be unblocked if you promise to never try to add anything about Clifford or Carol Hardin to the Dothan, Alabama article (or to any other article about Alabama). Ian.thomson (talk) 21:22, 28 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Dothan, AL Notable People[edit]

Hello, Ldhiker. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Dothan".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Hhkohh (talk) 15:30, 6 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]