KSaliste

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Speedy deletion of Government Documents: A Survey of Addictions Services

A tag has been placed on Government Documents: A Survey of Addictions Services requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an article with no content whatsoever, or whose contents consist only of external links, "See also" section, book reference, category tag, template tag, interwiki link, rephrasing of the title, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article 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 article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. Scapler (talk) 19:25, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Concerns

I have noticed that you have placed a revamping tag on Government Documents: A Survey of Addictions Services. While this has kept me from re-marking the article for deletion for the time being, I am becoming increasingly concerned with what appears to be abuse of the site. You are using article namespace to write something that is not an encyclopedic article in order to fulfill requirements for Dalhousie University, and this is just not acceptable. Wikipedia is not a place where you fulfill your requirements or write your papers, it is a resource which millions view daily, and frankly you cannot use the pedia in this way. It is also not a place to publish your original thoughts, as these, frankly are not relevant to an encyclopedia. So "what this individual graduate studies candidate has concluded are the best government and other related resources currently available" just does not matter and does not necessitate its own article.

Your article mentions wikihelp, perhaps you could use some yourself, please read:

1. Wikipedia is not a webspace provider
2. Wikipedia is not a publisher of original thought
3. WP:No Original Research
4. Wikipedia is not a soapbox

Cheers!

Scapler (talk) 22:34, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Regarding Concerns

I am a relatively new pedia user, and am still familiarizing myself with all it has to offer, what contributors can do, and cannot do. Please be patient while I try to format my entry to relevant material suitable for an encyclopedia.

Thanks for your time and consideration. Bear with me while I edit.

Possibly too, I should change the title of the entry?

Maybe changing the title to "List of Addiction Services Providers" would be more appropriate, as well as removing the disclaimer. Later tonight, I will look it over and see if I can help. (References would help too, especially third party ones), but I see it says you will be adding them soon. Cheers! Scapler (talk) 23:42, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks again for your input; I will continue to make changes as required. Best, KS

I have moved the page and added a more appropriate lead, I will help further later. Scapler (talk) 23:49, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Hello again; I was wondering if we could change the title to "List of government addiction and substance abuse organizations", as I would like to see entries remain authoritative as possible; many sites are simply too commercial or are garbage/scam (unverified). What think you?

We could, however some on the list, like AA, are not government organizations, so the list would not match the title (also, you can sign your comments on talk pages by typing four tildes, like this: ~~~~ Scapler (talk) 01:32, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

I am cleaning up the page on one of my sandboxes, and hopefully can finish part of it soon. Scapler (talk) 02:07, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

I have added references and changed/altered some content. Thanks again for the help. I didn't realize that my editing left so much "mess" in the history; the habit of constantly saving work in electronic format. KSaliste (talk) 05:01, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, it is coming together more now. And don't worry about history "mess", take as many edits as needed, that is what we're about. Scapler (talk) 11:28, 9 December 2008 (UTC)