Lila Karakas

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Speedy deletion nomination of PPS the Writah

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A tag has been placed on PPS the Writah, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. Bgwhite (talk) 20:42, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

The article in the sandbox

Hello Lila Karakas,

I have worked on your article in the sandbox that Bgwhite created. Please look at it here. I fixed several things but more work is needed before the article can meet Wikipedia standards. At least the basic correct structure exists now. Of course follow the advice that Bgwhite gave you. Notice that I made some brief hidden comments in capital letters which you can see when you edit the page. Before I forget, both images that you used are being nominated for deletion due to alleged copyright violations. You can find that information here and here. You can see on those pages that you can discuss the problem on the nomination pages (follow the link on each page). In the worst of the cases (if the pictures get deleted), an article does not need a picture. Also, it is extremely important to use references (sources) in the article so that readers can verify that the claims that are made are true. Notice that I used one reference two times as an example of how to cite references. Wikipedia has a user-friendly tool to insert references. For example, if you are editing an article, and you want to insert a website reference, simply use Cite (next to Help), choose the template "cite web", fill in the boxes, and then click "Insert".

Finally, before you put any more effort into this article, check WP:MUSICBIO and try to determine whether the musician meets the Wikipedia notability criteria for musicians or not. Possibly you might need to wait, but you know him, so it's your decision. Best wishes! Dontreader (talk) 07:22, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for your message, Lila Karakas. It was a pleasure to improve the draft (sandbox) version of the article. Uploading pictures successfully to Wikipedia or to Wikimedia Commons is difficult. Most pictures are deleted. I have experience with uploading pictures. This is my advice: before the photographer of PPS decides to upload his official photos, it's important to know if he has a website with the photos, and an email address associated with the website. That would make the process a lot easier because it would be easier to verify that those are his photos. If not, please explain the situation here before any photos are uploaded, to get expert advice. Good luck! Dontreader (talk) 19:10, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for everything Dontreader another reader told me to put the sic because he said it was kakography. The images thing i will see with his photographer but i dont know how to insert references could you help??Lila Karakas (talk) 05:14, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Hello, Lila Karakas. I think it's best to leave the sic out but I don't know anything about kakography, so I could be wrong. You could ask Bgwhite since he has more experience with Wikipedia. Of course I can help you with the references. As I said above, Wikipedia has a user-friendly tool for inserting references. For example, if you are editing an article, and you want to insert a website reference, simply use Cite (next to Help), choose the template "cite web", fill in the boxes, and then click "Insert". If that was not clear enough, I will try to make it clearer:

Let's suppose that while you are editing an article, you write a sentence that makes a claim, and you want to insert a reference to show that the claim is true. Well, place the cursor (the thing that blinks - I say this because if you are from Senegal then English is not your first language) right after the period that ends the sentence. Then notice towards the top of the page that there are several things like B, I, Advanced, Special Characters, Help, Cite... and under that you should see Templates, Named References, Error Check. If you don't see Templates, Named References, Error Check, then click on Cite and you will see them. Click on Templates. Then, if you want to use an article from a website as a reference, choose cite web from the list of options. Then you have to fill in the boxes. Last name is the last name of the author of the article; First name is the first name, of course. If the article doesn't have an author, leave those boxes empty. Title is the title of the article (usually you can copy and paste the title there, so that's easy). URL is easy too (just copy and paste the link there). Website is like this: for example, if the link begins with www.foxnews.com then you write FOX News Publisher is more difficult. You can ignore that one (usually I leave it blank). Access date should be used ONLY if the article does not have a date; just click on the little calendar next to the box to insert the current date. Ref Ignore that box (I have never used it). Ref name is useful many times, so, for example, if the link of the article you want to use begins with www.foxnews.com, choose fox1 or fox or fox101, or any name that will remind you of that article. That way, if you want to use the same web article again as a reference later in the Wikipedia article, just go to Named References (next to Templates) and click on the little book next to it. That lets you choose from the references you have already used, to use one again (as I said, this can happen often - that's why in the References section of some articles you see a reference with an a, b, even c, or more, meaning it has been used multiple times in the article). Ref group Ignore that one. At the bottom of that box choose Show/hide extra fields That is important if the article has a Date and if the article is written in a Language that is not English. For example, if it is written in French, write French

I need to get some sleep now, but if you need more help with references or anything else then please let me know. Au revoir! Dontreader (talk) 06:43, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

I forgot to say that when you have finished filling out the web citation box, click on Insert (at the bottom, to the left)! Try this as an experiment and then please tell me if it works for you. Good luck! Dontreader (talk) 07:17, 6 October 2014 (UTC)