User talk:BentonComp

Notability of Austen Arnaud

A tag has been placed on Austen Arnaud requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article, which appears to be about a real person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable. If this is the first page that you have created, then you should read the guide to writing your first article.

If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the article (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. V. Joe (talk) 18:34, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Notice

Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but you removed a speedy deletion tag from a page you have created yourself. If you do not believe the page should be deleted, you can place a {{hangon}} tag on the page, under the existing speedy deletion tag (please do not remove the speedy deletion tag), and make your case on the page's talk page. Administrators will look at your reasoning before deciding what to do with the page. Thank you. Excirial^{(Contact me,Contribs)} 18:36, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop removing speedy deletion notices from pages that you have created yourself. If you continue, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Excirial^{(Contact me,Contribs)} 18:38, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

October 2008

Please stop your disruptive editing. If your vandalism continues, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Thedarxide (talk) 18:51, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Excessive Editing

Hello Excirial. BentonComp is a username that was created for my High School Composition class to use in a project wherein they will create or edit a wikipedia article. It will allow me to track the changes they make, and monitor the quality of their content. I have done my best to inform them of Wikipedia's guidelines and standards, but some may still use the system clumsily and this should account for the excessive nature of BentonComp's edits. If this is in violation of any Wikipedia guideline, please let me know. Once the students have made their contributions, I will review each one and do my best to bring it up to Wikipedia's standards. Any articles that do not meet that standard will be deleted. BentonComp (talk) 20:24, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, Technically taken this is a violation of the WP:NOSHARE policy. User accounts are strictly personal and may not be shared between individuals or groups. A second issue you already ran into are the newpage patrols. As soon as an article is placed into the article space it is checked and removed if necessarily. This process is rather fast and there are simply to many new page and vandalism patrols out there to explain that it is in fact a school account. (IE: Pages get deleted before you can explain everyone tagging it) as you can see removing speedy deletion templates is also not really an option, as vandalism patrols quickly spot, warn and if necessarily, ban for that.

Now, for a bit of better news: There is actually a way around this. First and foremost i am not going to put much weight into the WP:NOSHARE policy for this issue, as the edits so far indicate good faith. However you should remember two things: First is that it is technically possible that another patrol is less lenient and will report the account, which will almost certainly lead to a block. Second is that you are responsible for the account. If a student engages in vandalism or otherwise questionable editing the account will likely end up blocked. Saying "It was a student" is not a reason to unblock (Rather its a reason to indef block for the no share rule!) therefore, i would suggest that each student has their own username to prevent any editor from enforcing the noshare rule. As for tracking their edits, this can easily be done trough Special:Contributions. I assume this will actually be easier since it allows each individual student to be identified :).

As for creating new pages, i would suggest using a user subpage. A user subpage is not checked for speedy deletion and therefore articles can be developed there without being disturbed by a myrad of deletion templates. Good articles can later be transfered over to the article space, while bad articles can be removed. For example, the Srizbi botnet article was fully developed in User:Excirial/Playground2, a user subpage. To make a subpage, simply create an article at user:BentonComp/Subpagename where subpagename is the name of the subpage.

I hope this helps you on your way a little bit. If you have any further questions don't hesitate to ask! With kind regards,Excirial^{(Contact me,Contribs)} 20:56, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image copyright problem with Image:STAR.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:STAR.jpg. The image has been identified as not specifying the copyright status of the image, which is required by Wikipedia's policy on images. If you don't indicate the copyright status of the image on the image's description page, using an appropriate copyright tag, it may be deleted some time in the next seven days. If you have uploaded other images, please verify that you have provided copyright information for them as well.

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Shared accounts not allowed

It's my understanding your students are sharing one account. Please have them make their own accounts as sharing accounts is not allowed. See Wikipedia:U#Sharing_accounts. — Rlevse • Talk • 10:02, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Already covered above. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 22:30, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

MfD nomination of Wikipedia:BentonCompPAGE

Wikipedia:BentonCompPAGE, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:BentonCompPAGE and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Wikipedia:BentonCompPAGE during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. ninety:one 20:13, 14 October 2008 (UTC) ninety:one 20:13, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I move the page "Wikipedia:BentonCompPAGE" to User:BentonComp/BentonCompPAGE. -- Suntag ☼ 13:09, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:School and university projects

I'm not sure if anyone has pointed you to this page yet, but Wikipedia:School and university projects will tell you how to go about using Wikipedia for a school project. We've got lots of friendly editors who are willing to assist with any questions you might have, and we look forward to the class project! -- Ned Scott 00:05, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]