User talk:Ernani.pinto

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Articles for deletion nomination of Mycosporine-like amino acids

I have nominated Mycosporine-like amino acids, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mycosporine-like amino acids. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.

Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. SuperSonic SPEED (formerly known as ChaosControl1994). 19:37, 13 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Mycosporine-like Amino Acods discussion

One of the base problems with Wikipedia is its rules on notability. While we may get people that come on Wikipedia, such as you, who are closely bonded to the topic of a page and would serve as the basic for numerous news articles or books in the real world, that does not count for much on Wikipedia. With an inability to verify who you are, Wikipedia instead relies on the articles that can be found on the internet and, though a lot stricter, on books that can be referenced.

Thus, articles on Wikipedia must be based entirely on these internet news sources and book that are referenced. No amount of original knowledge, even if you know such things yourself, can be put in without some sort of real citation.

This is the problem with Wikipedia.

Though there are many scientific news articles that I was able to add to the Mycosporine-like Amino Acids page, and there were many more besides on Google, so that should work well for you. Make sure you only add information that is in those sources. If you want to add something else that isn't in those sources, find a source on the internet, a reputable one, that has that information you're wanting to add.

If you need any help or information on how to work Wikipedia, feel free to contact me on my talk page. I hope you have a good time on Wikipedia and try not to get too frustrated with the system. I find it annoying too, but you have to work within it.

-- Silver seren^C 22:13, 13 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The article should be pretty much saved at this point. The AfD will likely be closed shortly. I hope this problem hasn't put you off to Wikipedia. We all would love to have you here and to have your help in making the project better. Silver seren^C 21:37, 14 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The policy at Wikipedia:Verifiability makes it clear that references to peer-reviewed scientific journals are highly appropriate and, for topics such as this, may well be more appropriate than links to web pages. In my view your original article was just fine from a referencing point of view. Unfortunately, some editors do not understand this or are so careless that all they do is see that an article has no links to web sites for reference. Sadly, this does not guarantee that an article will not get deleted. Links into such places as Pubmed[1] may help for some (fairly recent) papers. I found your second reference at [2] using Google Scholar. Keep editing! Thincat (talk) 22:07, 14 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Women in Red World Contest

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