User talk:Andrewpenpen

Welcome

Hi, Andrewpenpen. This is NOT some automated message...it's from a real person. You can talk to me right now. Welcome to Wikipedia! I noticed you've just joined, and wanted to give you a few tips to get you started. If you have any questions, please talk to us. The tips below should help you to get started. Best of luck! Chzz ► 02:24, 16 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You don't need to read anything - anybody can edit; just go to an article and edit it. Be Bold, but please don't put silly stuff in - it will be removed very quickly, and will annoy people.

Ask for help. Talk to us live, or edit this page, put {{helpme}} and describe what help you need. Someone will reply very quickly - usually within a few minutes.

Play in your user area. For example, create User:Andrewpenpen/test.

Edit existing articles, before you make your own. Look at some subjects that you know about, and see if you can make them a bit better. For example, Wikipedia:Cleanup#2009.

When you're ready, read about Your first article. It should be about something well-known, and it will need references.

Good luck with editing; please drop me a line some time on my own talk page.

There's lots of information below. Once again, welcome to the fantastic world of Wikipedia!

-- Chzz ► 02:24, 16 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Zachary o'keefe

Hi there!

Sorry that the article has been deleted; a friendly administrator has copied the deleted article, and it is now in your own user area, in User:Andrewpenpen/Zachary o'keefe.

I can assure you that the deletion was nothing personal, and certainly nothing to do with a lack of concern for the gay community. Wikipedia is a community of almost 10 million people, and that includes you; all policies are decided by consensus. The article was removed for various policy reasons - it doesn't have the right kind of references, it doesn't prove notability, and that sort of thing. I could quote a lot of the policies to you here, but I really don't think that it would be helpful.

The best thing for you to do would be, follow the recommendations in the 'welcome' message above. Learn how to edit by testing things in your user area, and get involved in editing some other articles. Once you have learned the ropes, you'll find it easier to edit that article in your user area, and try to make it meet the requirements (if that is possible). When you come to do this, you should read Wikipedia:Notability (people) - to establish that notability, the article will need references to reliable sources to verify the facts. In plain terms, you need to reference major newspapers or books to 'prove' the information is correct. You should also read WP:BLP.

I hope this information will help, and I hope you will follow my advice - get involved in other edits, and you'll soon understand why we - which includes you - have to have all these policies. Please do drop in and Talk to us live, if that will work on your computer. Cheers, Chzz ► 01:22, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]