User talk:Chrissnakeman

Welcome!

Welcome to Wikipedia, Chrissnakeman! I am Peppermint Chills and have been editing Wikipedia for quite some time. I just wanted to say hi and welcome you to Wikipedia! If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on my talk page or by typing {{helpme}} at the bottom of this page. I love to help new users, so don't be afraid to leave a message! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Oh yeah, I almost forgot, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); that should automatically produce your username and the date after your post. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Again, welcome!

Peppermint Chills 11:51, 28 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Sexing Snakes

The article Sexing Snakes has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

How-to article, unreferenced, cannot verify.

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{dated prod}} will stop the Proposed Deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The Speedy Deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and Articles for Deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 22:42, 29 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Sexing Snakes

A tag has been placed on Sexing Snakes requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be a blatant copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words.

If the external website belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text — which means allowing other people to modify it — then you must verify that externally by one of the processes explained at Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials. If you are not the owner of the external website but have permission from that owner, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission. You might want to look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines for more details, or ask a question here.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page 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 page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Fbifriday (talk) 22:47, 29 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text unless it is compatible with our license; additionally, articles are copied widely across the internet, which could make it more difficult to prove a prior art claim if you needed to at some later date. That website asserts all rights reserved. The note at the bottom of Snake Sexing looks like it would be compatible with CC-BY-SA if you intend to relicense the content. I am not a lawyer, however, so please consult Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials (which is also not legal advice).

Even aside from the question of copyright, that article is mostly original research. This is a good thing when you are relating your experiences in a field or speaking as an expert. For this encyclopedia, however, it is necessary that statements be directly attributable to reliable sources (those links detail how the terms are used as terms of art on Wikipedia). On the other hand, while I am also not a herpetologist, there seems to be a good deal of material presented which could be incorporated if rewritten. Sorry if this comes across poorly, but writing for an encyclopedia is different from most other writing.

I am going to move the deleted and the recreated articles to the Article Incubator, where it can be improved by you and other interested editors; this may take a little while, but I will drop the new link here when it is up. If this is not acceptable, please just ask me to delete the article again (on my talkpage is the best place) or place {{db-author}} at the top of the article. This area is outside of the main article area, and is not indexed by search engines. In probably a week or two, it can be moved back to the mainspace. Some points to keep in mind: articles should not address the reader directly; self-published sources should be generally avoided; and articles should be written to be informative rather than as a how-to guide. - 2/0 (cont.) 07:48, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, the draft is at Wikipedia:Article Incubator/Sexing snakes. Please work on it there. One other caveat - the flipside of not offering a how-to guide is that Wikipedia has a general disclaimer, and there is no need for special disclaimers in articles. Good luck and happy editing. - 2/0 (cont.) 08:27, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You have email. - 2/0 (cont.) 08:56, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]