User talk:Gratefulmama

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Gratefulmama, good luck, and have fun. – Jnanaranjan Sahu (ଜ୍ଞାନ) ^talk 14:05, 11 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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I saw your question on DragonflySixtyseven's talk page regarding the deletion of the page you created. The reason it was deleted was DragonflySixtyseven saw it as overly promotional. Wikipedia is not a place to promote alternative medicine, or to promote anything else for that matter. Also you should note that claiming one article exists doesn't mean another article should exist too. If you have a question, you can feel free to ask it here, I am watching this page, it is also helpful to ping me using {{ping|Kelapstick}}, I will get a notification if you do that. --kelapstick^(bainuu) 01:50, 5 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Also I would suggest that you use the Articles for Creation process to create articles in the future, rather than creating it in your userspace. --kelapstick^(bainuu) 01:51, 5 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much for your response. I do not intent to promote SSHH, alternative medicine, or do something that is contrary to Wikipedia rules. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. Do you have any recommendations how to change the article so that it does not appear promotional? Does the original article still exist somewhere? I am obviously new to Wikipedia and was not aware that it would disappear from my userspace. Gratefulmama (talk) 16:31, 7 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Have a read of WP:NPOV, WP:V, and WP:RS. --kelapstick^(bainuu) 11:35, 8 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for this useful counsel. I appreciate your help very much and am grateful for your guidance. Can you please tell me how to retrieve the article so I can make any necessary changes? Again I thank you for your help. Gratefulmama (talk) 15:58, 8 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]