User talk:Sharktail
July 2013
[edit] Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia, as you did to Wikipedia:Help desk. While objective prose about beliefs, products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not intended to be a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion. Thank you. --Orange Mike | Talk 20:05, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
- Go to User talk:Orangemike if you wish to contact him. ```Buster Seven Talk 16:59, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
Welcome!
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Hello, Sharktail, 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)
- Simplified Manual of Style
- Wikipedia Teahouse (a user-friendly help forum)
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! Yngvadottir (talk) 06:19, 31 July 2013 (UTC)
Hi Sharktail: I saw your post at Wikiproject:Editor retention and found where you had added your draft article to the Help desk, so I thought you might find the links above useful, especially the one on how to create your first article. You should note that you will need to have references to independent reliable sources discussing the company - such as newspaper and magazine articles - to demonstrate notability. One further link that might be useful in summarizing the requirement is this one, which sums up the requirements. And the folks at the Teahouse are really nice, so feel free to ask questions there as well as in the other places and ways mentioned. Yngvadottir (talk) 06:19, 31 July 2013 (UTC)