User talk:Johnflossen

February 2009

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Speedy deletion nomination of Pre-Adam Man, and Before

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A tag has been placed on Pre-Adam Man, and Before requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

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Welcome!

Hello, Johnflossen, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

• The five pillars of Wikipedia
• Tutorial
• How to edit a page and How to develop articles
• How to create your first article (using the Article Wizard if you wish)
• Manual of Style

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{help me}} before the question. Again, welcome! JohnCD (talk) 09:49, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

Advice

I read what you wrote on the talk page of your deleted article. As you say you are rusty on Wikipedia, I have added a Welcome message above with links that you may find helpful.

If you want to take time preparing an article without the risk of premature deletion, the best way is to start with a draft in your user space. You can do that by going to Help:Userspace draft and filling in the title of your article: a draft page will be created where you can work on it, with links to useful advice and a button to submit it when ready.

It will be worth your while to take the time to read the guide to writing WP:Your first article, and also the important policy Wikipedia:No original research, which follows from Wikipedia's mission as an encyclopedia, and includes:

"If no reliable third-party sources can be found on a topic, Wikipedia should not have an article about it. If you discover something new, Wikipedia is not the place to premiere such a discovery."

"Do not combine material from multiple sources to reach or imply a conclusion not explicitly stated by any of the sources."

Finally, I see that you give your email address on your user page. That is considered unwise, because "spambots" crawl this site looking for them, and you may get unwanted mail. I see it has been there some time, so maybe you have not had a problem, but as you have enabled email on your account, other users already have a way to email you. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 09:49, 25 April 2012 (UTC)