User talk:Elicious13

March 2007

Welcome to Wikipedia. We invite everyone to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, the external links you added to the page Electoral fraud do not comply with our guidelines for external links. Wikipedia is not a mere directory of links; nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Since Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the article's talk page before reinserting it. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. — Indon (reply) — 19:34, 31 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

I saw your post on FAAFA's Andy Stephenson page. Just an FYI, that user was just banned from Wikipedia for one year just last week, so he won't be replying for a while. Another FYI, the Andy Stephenson article was deleted last fall in a rather contentious AfD proceeding. You can read the archive here. If you really want to write a new article, I would suggest reading WP:BIO, WP:ATT, and WP:NPOV through first, and make sure you understand the guidelines and policies. Technically, the recreation of a previously deleted article can be what is called "speedy deleted". But if the article is well sourced, neutral, and follows all the guidelines, it is more likely to survive. - Crockspot 21:19, 31 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, one other thing. You might want to go introduce yourself to User:BenBurch on his talk page. He could probably offer you help and advice. He was a friend of Andy's. There is also a possibility that Andy's illness was featured in the upcoming Michael Moore film Sicko. If it is (we'll know soon) I would think that would make it a lot easier to get an article back in. - Crockspot 21:40, 31 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]