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Your article has been deleted 3 different times as a failure of WP:CSD A7. When we delete your page, it is indicative that it should not be recreated. I have protected the page from recreation. Feel free to appeal the decision on WP:DRV. alphachimp 02:16, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Rather than just complaining in your forum and reposting the article, how about trying to assert the notability of GoMagicGo. Read WP:CSD A7. alphachimp 03:16, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I thought articles were meant to grow in Wikipedia, why do you continue to beat down on this podcast when there are far more nonsense stubs out there! NordicSkier 04:06, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your suggestion! When you feel an article needs improvement, please feel free to make those changes. Wikipedia is a wiki, so anyone can edit almost any article by simply following the Edit this page link at the top. You don't even need to log in (although there are many reasons why you might want to). The Wikipedia community encourages you to be bold in updating pages. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes — they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. If you're not sure how editing works, check out how to edit a page, or use the sandbox to try out your editing skills. New contributors are always welcome. alphachimp 04:53, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How dare you. All I want to do is create a page for a popular podcast where I can add history of the podcast and the evolution of it as it grows. Why do you ban these pages? What are you trying to do? Being bold and editing and creating new articles can't happen when you forbid the pages that interest is held in. Isn't Wikipedia a collaborative encyclopedia? Why will you not let me add valuable content? NordicSkier 05:02, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, it isn't my article. I'd appreciate it if you'd explain why you've pinned me as the creator. NordicSkier 05:06, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Adoption offer

Hi there. If you're still interested in being adopted, I'd be happy to help. If you'd rather go for a more experienced adoptor / editor, I won't be offended, but I'll happily help out with any queries you have - as long as I know the answer, that is! Bencherlite 23:28, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Adoption Offer!

Ok! First off, how do I accept? :-) EDIT:(forget to sign sometimes!)NordicSkier 02:37, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Adoption Offer!

Ok I figured this one out by myself, I think, I just put your name in the adopt me thing. What else do I need to do? EDIT: forgot to sign again! NordicSkier 02:37, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You don't need to do anything else! I've added the appropriate box on my user page to mark my new status. I've added your user / talk pages to my watch list, so I can see what messages are being left for you (which is how I noticed your acceptance). You can ask me anything on my talk page and I'll try and help. I should have thought of this point earlier though - we appear to be in different time zones... I'm GMT (London) and so won't often be on-line through the early hours of the morning - if I am, tell me to go to bed! However, I am logging on at present several days during the day (work permitting) and then more in the evening. Would you prefer to find someone in your time zone? (USA?) If not - what can I help you with? Ask away... Best wishes, Bencherlite 07:33, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Adopter's first suggestion

Whilst you're away from WP, may I offer a suggestion? Reading your messages above, there seems to have been a problem with an article that you were trying to start. (Not being an admin, I don't have access to the deleted pages, so I don't know exactly what the problem was.)
One frequent suggestion to new users, if they're trying to "grow" a new article, is to write it in their user-space before adding it to the main encyclopedia space. You can easily create sub-pages for your user account - choose a new pagename ("sandbox" is a good name for this purpose), add the link [[/pagename]] to your user page, then click on the new "red link" on your page, and then click on the option to start that page. (Alternatively, add "/pagename" after the url for your userpage and hit return, which works the same, except you won't have a link on your userpage on which to click to get to your sub-page.) You can do this as often as you like to create sub-pages. You can then use your sub-pages to work on articles before adding them to the main WP space - that way, you don't have to add something to the encyclopaedia before the page is ready. Pages in your user-space won't be tagged for speedy deletion on the grounds that the content is non-notable, since administrators will realise that you're getting something ready. You can then ask for comments on your article from, e.g., the admin who's been deleting your page, others who know about the subject matter, or even your adopter (!) to see whether they have ideas on how the page can be improved to save it from deletion.
Please don't be put off if your initial attempts at adding pages fail. I was surprised to read recently that it is the new editors like you (not the more established editors) who add most of the new content to Wikipedia - perhaps because you can see where the gaps are more easily. If the page you try to write fails because administrators take the view that the subject isn't notable, then remember that times do change - something that isn't thought to be notable now may very easily become notable in a few months' time, and thus merit a page on WP. Check WP:N for the criteria to meet, and look at other pages on similar subjects to see how they are written, what sources they refer to, etc. Feel free to ask people who have written similar articles for advice as well.
Hope some of this helps. Keep in touch. Yours, Bencherlite 22:34, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Are you still there?

You haven't made any contributions since 8 March, but I don't know whether you're logging in without making edits. Please get in touch if there's anything I can help you with - if you've changed your mind about being adopted, I won't mind. But it seems silly if I'm "adopting" someone who has disappeared when there are others waiting to be helped... I'll leave it for a few weeks, but if there's still no signs of life, I'll "unadopt you" unless / until you're active again. Best wishes, Bencherlite 16:42, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I'll "unadopt" you for now and offer my help to someone else. But as and when you get back to editing Wikipedia, I'll be happy to readopt you if you still want help. Best wishes, Bencherlite 18:57, 22 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]