August 2024

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  Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. Your user page may not meet Wikipedia's user page guidelines. It is intended for basic information about yourself, your interests and goals as they relate to editing Wikipedia, as well as disclosures of conflicts of interest and paid editing. Although a lot of freedom is allowed in personalizing your user page, it is not:

The user page guidelines have additional information on what is and what is not considered acceptable content. Please use your user sandbox or the draft article space to practice editing or to create new articles. Thank you. Helpful Raccoon (talk) 00:43, 11 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for your prompt response.
I am relatively new to the process of creating a Wikipedia page, although I have been a long-time supporter of the organisation and have followed its activities for many years. My current objective, based on advice received from Wikipedia in one of its communications, is to create a page that essentially serves as a “biography”.
However, I suspect I may be overlooking some key aspects of this process, and I apologise if my inquiry seems naive or misguided. Could you kindly advise me on the appropriate steps to take in creating a page? There are a few details that, while seemingly minor, I believe are crucial to ensuring the page meets Wikipedia’s standards.
Thank you for your assistance.
Kind regards,
Alex Milea 01:03, 11 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
Your userpage is a place to put basic information about yourself as a Wikipedia editor, not a place to write a Wikipedia article. The proper way to do that would be to go through the process at Wikipedia:Articles for creation.
Please do not create an article about yourself. Potential article subjects must meet a threshold of notability as defined by Wikipedia to have their own article, which is based on the existence of significant coverage in reliable, independent sources. It is very difficult for people to objectively judge whether they are notable, and to write about themselves in a neutral manner as demanded by Wikipedia. If you become more well-known in the future, there will be more coverage about you and someone else will likely write an article about you. Helpful Raccoon (talk) 01:18, 11 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of User:Milea Alex

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If this is the first article that you have created, you may want to read the guide to writing your first article.

You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.

A tag has been placed on User:Milea Alex, requesting that it be deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which pages can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly defined criteria, then it may soon be deleted by an administrator. The reasons it has been tagged are:

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 "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 deleted 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. Helpful Raccoon (talk) 00:43, 11 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (August 11)

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Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Jlwoodwa was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.
jlwoodwa (talk) 02:17, 11 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
 
Hello, Milea Alex! Having an article draft declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! jlwoodwa (talk) 02:17, 11 August 2024 (UTC)Reply