User talk:Study addict

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Hello, Study addict, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as Does vampires really exist? prefix:Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may soon be deleted.

There's a page about creating articles you may want to read called Your first article. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{helpme}} on this page, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Here are a few other good links for newcomers:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Wikipedia:Questions or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! Takamaxa (Talk) 11:31, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Does vampires really exist? prefix:Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives

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A tag has been placed on Does vampires really exist? prefix:Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to have no meaningful content or history, and the text is unsalvageably incoherent. If the page you created was a test, please use the sandbox for any other experiments you would like to do. Feel free to leave a message on my talk page if you have any questions about this.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hang on}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion, or "db", tag; if no such tag exists, then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hang-on tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Takamaxa (Talk) 11:31, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Study addict! I would like to help you get settled into Wikipedia!

Dear Study addict,
Thank you for taking the time to contribute to Wikipedia. My name is Wireless Keyboard, an established editor on Wikipedia, and would like to offer my assistance.

Wikipedia can be harsh on new editors, with many confusing policies because of Wikipedia's size! However, these rules come over time, and I can help you with them!

I have now found the deleted article Does vampires really exist? prefix:Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archivesand looked into the reasons why it was deleted. It seems like the article that you wrote is not notable or important enough to be here on an encyclopedia. But that's OK! I've made mistakes before too! All articles on Wikipedia need to be important, with sources to back them up. Otherwise we might think the information is fake and delete it. Our aim here is for you to get the most out of your article, while protecting you against incorrect information.

I look forward to hearing back from you. You can ask a question here, where I will respond quickly, email me, or leave a message on my talk page - the link is below.
Yours sincerely,

Wireless Keyboard
Click here to go to my talk page

Your contributed article, What's a ghost word? prefix:Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives

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Hello, I notice that you recently created a new page, What's a ghost word? prefix:Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives. First, thank you for your contribution; Wikipedia relies solely on the efforts of volunteers such as you. Unfortunately, the page you created covers a topic on which we already have a page - ghost word. Because of the duplication, your article has been tagged for speedy deletion. Please note that this is not a comment on you personally and we hope you will to continue helping improve Wikipedia. If the topic of the article you created is one that interests you, then perhaps you would like to help out at ghost word - you might like to discuss new information at the article's talk page.

If you think that the article you created should remain separate, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hang on}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion, or "db", tag; if no such tag exists, then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hang-on tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. Additionally if you would like to have someone review articles you create before they go live so they are not nominated for deletion shortly after you post them, allow me to suggest the article creation process and using our search feature to find related information we already have in the encyclopedia. Try not to be discouraged. Wikipedia looks forward to your future contributions. Shirt58 (talk) 10:18, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oops! Don't be too upset by what's happened above↑. I've been around a while and I've made far worse mistakes that that. Anything you want to ask, just let me know and I'd be more that pleased to help. --Shirt58 (talk) 10:43, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Let's start your "lessons"

Now, you should take a look at the manual of style. It's big, but It'll tell you a lot of formatting rules on Wikipedia. I just want to remind you that on Wikipedia Talk page, you need to click the "New Secton" tab just for organization, and sign your posts by typing four tildes at the end of your message (~~~~). This is so we know who is talking to someone and leaving a message.

Now I've seen that you want to write articles, and that's awesome! Just make sure that they follow these rules: no original research (this means you can't do your own research for an article), notability (this means the subject or topic has to be important and have good references, and this means that biographies of living people must have verifiable and reliable (like MSN, Businessweek, etc.) sources.. If you have any questions, just click the big new message button on my talk page or email me! ► Wireless Keyboard ◄. 14:18, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]