Average Citizen

{{helpme}}If an individual decides to delete a page (since it is so easy), how do you get it back? What do you do when an individual deletes an important page?

You can't delete a page per se unless you are an administrator. All you can do is blank it. The contents are still visible by clicking "history" at the top of the article. What are you looking for, exactly? Let me know if you need more help. --Nsevs • Talk 00:45, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

We have a pretty clear deletion policy that you are welcome to peruse. As a non-admin, you can't directly delete a page (and blanking will probably be met with a simple restore), but you can tag clearly deletable pages for administrators' attention, propose them for deletion, or bring them to the community for discussion. The details are all at the Deletion policy page.--Nsevs • Talk 00:48, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

You are going to get yourself blocked from editing if you continue like this. READ the deletion policy and consider following the procedures outlined there, like discussing changes on the talk page first.--Nsevs • Talk 00:58, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Welcome!

Hello, Average Citizen! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your username and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! Nsevs • Talk 00:18, 20 March 2008 (UTC) Getting started A tutorial • Our five pillars • Getting mentored How to: edit a page • upload and use images Getting help Frequently asked questions • Tips Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Policies and guidelines Neutral point of view • No original research Verifiability • Reliable sources • Citing sources What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons Manual of Style • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Policy for non-free content • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The community Build consensus • Resolve disputes Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • No legal threats Community Portal • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Writing articles Be bold in editing • Develop an article The perfect article • Manual of style Stubs • Categories • Disambiguation Pages needing attention • Peer review Miscellaneous User name • User pages • Talk pages Clean up: General - Spam - Vandalism Join a WikiProject • Translation Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

A tag has been placed on Average Citizen, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the page appears to have no meaningful content or history, and the text is unsalvageably incoherent.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion. To do this, add {{hangon}} on the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag) and leave a note on the page's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself.

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. Gawaxay (talk • contribs • count) 23:36, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

I moved this article to your user page. I'm not sure if you were trying to create your own user page here, or if you were trying to create an article, but I'm assuming the former.

Also: Welcome!

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Helotes mulch fire

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Helotes mulch fire, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. If you agree with the deletion of the article, and you are the only person who has made substantial edits to the page, please add {{db-author}} to the top of Helotes mulch fire. Nsevs • Talk 00:12, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

First of all, welcome to wikipedia. I'll add a welcome message in a moment. Just so you know, you should place commentary on talk pages. So my talk page is at User talk:Nsevs, not User:Nsevs. If you'd like the page to be deleted, you have that right as an author. You can either blank the page itself, or put a notice on its talk page (accessible by clicking the discussion tab at the top of the article). Let me know when you do so and I'll tag it for speedy deletion.--Nsevs • Talk 00:18, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Although, I should mention that nobody owns Wikipedia articles, so your right as an author to have it deleted is a fairly limited one.... (and don't forget to sign talk pages with four tildes...) Cheers, --Nsevs • Talk 00:26, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

March 2008

Please do not delete content or templates from pages on Wikipedia without explaining the valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear constructive, and has been reverted. Please make use of the sandbox if you'd like to experiment with test edits. Thank you. CardinalDan (talk) 00:51, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Prod tags

Please do not blank notable content and replace with prod tags to make a point. You don't get to delete things that you don't like. You should also note that Wikipedia is not censored. If you continue to make similar disruptive edits, you may be blocked from editing. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 00:57, 20 March 2008 (UTC)