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Welcome!

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Hello, NerdyGamer429, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Draft:2018 Mobil 1 Cup Series, which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

To reduce the chances of your contributions being undone, you might like to draft your revised article before submission, and then ask me or another editor to proofread it. See our help page on userspace drafts for more details. If the page you created has already been deleted from Wikipedia, but you want to save the content from it to use for that draft, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page.

One rule we do have in connection with conflicts of interest is that accounts used by more than one person will unfortunately be blocked from editing. Wikipedia generally does not allow editors to have usernames which imply that the account belongs to a company or corporation. If you have a username like this, you should request a change of username or create a new account. (A name that identifies the user as an individual within a given organization may be OK.)

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{Help me}} before the question. Again, welcome! — jmcgnh(talk) (contribs) 04:32, 16 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: 2018 Mobil 1 Cup Series (October 16)

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Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Atlantic306 was:
Needs references from WP:Reliable sources as per WP:REFB
Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.
Atlantic306 (talk) 00:47, 16 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]


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Hello! NerdyGamer429, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! Atlantic306 (talk) 00:47, 16 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Advice on editing

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Hello, and welcome to editing Wikipedia. I hope you will continue to edit, and have a successful time here, but I see that your first attempts to contribute have met with disappointing results, and I thought perhaps I could offer some advice which I hope may help you.

Many people, including myself, think when we first come to editing Wikipedia that an encyclopaedia where anyone can contribute is an ideal place to publicise something new which is not yet as well known as we hope it will be. However, Wikipedia does not aim to be a collection of information on everything. Instead, it aims to cover only topics which satisfy certain notability standards. I'm afraid there is rather large collection of guidelines on what kind of evidence of notability may be required for articles on different types of subjects, but the most important one is the general notability guideline. The essential point of that guideline is that a topic is likely to be considered notable if it has already received substantial coverage in a number of significant reliable sources, such as books by established recognised authors, major national newspapers, and so on. Coverage in sources where anyone can post content, such as blogs, fan sites, wikis (including Wikipedia) and other similar places is of no use in establishing notability. Even in reliable sources it is not enough to have mere brief mentions, or listings of credits, participants, etc.

I have searched for information about "Mobil 1 Cup Series". What I found was largely on Roblox, other amateur gaming sites, Facebook, Weebvly, and so on. Also, what coverage was there was largely just trivial content such as lists of competitors. There seems to be not even the slightest shred of evidence of notability. Indeed, it seems that the "series" is just one of a huge number of games made up by amateur gamers on Roblox, and a subject such as that is very unlikely ever to get the kind of mainstream attention that is needed by Wikipedia's notability guidelines.

Another point is that the "Mobil 1 Cup Series" seems to an online game, whereas your draft article makes it sound as though it is a real life motor racing series. That means that the article is fiction, and Wikipedia is a factual encyclopaedia, not a medium for publishing fiction.

If you are interested in contributing to Wikipedia in other ways then I hope you will carry on editing, and not be put off by this rather discouraging start. However, if your only interest is in publicising your game then I wish you success in doing so, but Wikipedia is not the place to do it.

Just one more point if you do decide to carry on contributing on subjects other than your game. My advice to new editors is that it is best to start by making small improvements to existing articles, rather than creating new articles. That way any mistakes you make will be small ones, and you won't have the discouraging experience of repeatedly seeing hours of work deleted. Gradually, you will get to learn how Wikipedia works, and after a while you will know enough about what is acceptable to be able to write whole new articles without fear that they will be deleted. Over the years I have found that editors who start by making small changes to existing articles and work up from there have a far better chance of having a successful time here than those who jump right into creating new articles from the start. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 08:53, 17 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Custom NASCAR Career Modes

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If this is the first article that you have created, you may want to read the guide to writing your first article.

You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.

A tag has been placed on Custom NASCAR Career Modes requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about an organized event (tour, function, meeting, party, etc.), but it does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. Robert McClenon (talk) 23:32, 17 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:2018 Mobil 1 Cup Series concern

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Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:2018 Mobil 1 Cup Series, a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.

If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it.

You may request Userfication of the content if it meets requirements.

If the deletion has already occured, instructions on how you may be able to retrieve it are available at WP:REFUND/G13.

Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot (talk) 01:31, 17 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:2018 Mobil 1 Cup Series

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Hello, NerdyGamer429. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "2018 Mobil 1 Cup Series".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. HasteurBot (talk) 00:00, 17 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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