Dubbothedevo

Notability of new articles

You recently created the articles Bloodsongs, Fuel Flowers, and Trouble magazine. At the moment, none of these appear to be notable. The key to notability is reliable third-party sources; please see Wikipedia:Notability (books) (which, by analogy, also applies to magazines), and Wikipedia:Notability (events). If you can't find such sources then your articles will eventually be deleted. Hope this helps. (If you wish to respond, please do so here.) HairyWombat 17:42, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

Speaking of the new articles

Hello, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. I've noticed that you have been adding your signature to some of your edits to articles. This is a common mistake to make and has probably already been corrected. There is no need to sign your edits to article content, as the article's edit history serves the function of attributing contributions, so you only need to use your signature to make discussions more readable, such as on article talk pages or project pages such as the Village Pump. If you would like further information about distinguishing types of pages, please see What is an article?. Again, thank you for contributing, and enjoy your Wikipedia experience! Thank you. —Paul A (talk) 06:38, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

I notice a common thread in your contributions

Hello Dubbothedevo. If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about following the reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of problems:

• Avoid or exercise great caution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with.
• Be cautious about deletion discussions. Everyone is welcome to provide information about independent sources in deletion discussions, but avoid advocating for deletion of articles about your competitors.
• Avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam).
• Exercise great caution so that you do not accidentally breach Wikipedia's content policies.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. —Paul A (talk) 07:07, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

Notability issues and the rest

Thank you Paul A and Hairy Wombat for picking me up on these issues. I am still very much finding my feet in Wiki but hoping to become a good contributor in future. I understand completely the need for neutrality in these posts and will strive to achieve it. My initial posts do include some of my own work, though much of that is collaborative and so is relevant and able to be cross-linked to many existing posts on Wikipedia, as well as independent sources. I will be making efforts to revise these posts specifically to increase their relevance and notability, and will encourage other wiki contribs who have knowledge of these subjects to revise and cross-check in order to increase notability and verify authenticity. Dubbothedevo (talk) 01:21, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

You should make copies of your articles, either onto your local PC or into your User space on Wikipedia. That way, if they get deleted you can recover your work. Also as far as notability is concerned, links to other Wikipedia articles don't count; you need links to independent verifiable (published) sources. Looking at the articles now, I don't see any such sources, and the articles are unlikely to survive. If you want to discuss this in more detail then either post here, or create a Talk page for the article in question. HairyWombat 02:29, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

Nomination of Bloodsongs for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Bloodsongs is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bloodsongs until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Pesky (talk …stalk!) 11:59, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Fuel Flowers

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A tag has been placed on Fuel Flowers requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be a clear copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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If you think that this notice was placed here in error, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, 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. Pesky (talk …stalk!) 12:12, 5 October 2011 (UTC)