Shawnaleabrown

Hello, Shawnaleabrown! 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 using four tildes (~~~~) or by clicking if shown; 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! rahaeli (talk) 02:29, 20 November 2010 (UTC) Getting started A tutorial • Our five pillars • Getting mentored How to: Edit a page • Upload and use images • Create your first article Intuitive guide to Wikipedia • Article Creation Wizard Getting help Frequently asked questions • Tips Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Help desk: A Wiki Styled page to ask questions on Help directory: A comprehensive list-style help contents page Policies and guidelines Neutral point of view • No original research Verifiability • Reliable sources • Citing sources What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons List of policies • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Policy for non-free content • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism • List of guidelines 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 • Simplified manual of style Stubs • Categories • Disambiguation Peer review • Featured content Miscellaneous User pages • Talk pages Awards a registered contributor can achieve and award Clean up: General • Spam • Vandalism Join a WikiProject • Translation Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

Hello. This is really not a place to write about a co-worker. Biographies must meet an extremely high level of notability, found here. Please review this section as well. Thanks. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 16:30, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

Scratch that: I deleted it for lack of content. There was nothing but an article wizard template. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 16:31, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

Sorry; I had no way of knowing. The best course of action would be to start over. If it's restored directly off the deletion log, another admin will likely delete it in a few moments. Good luck and I promise not to delete anything of content that you create. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 16:35, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

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--Shawnaleabrown (talk) 00:27, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Ian Howfield

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A tag has been placed on Ian Howfield 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, a "See also" section, book references, category tags, template tags, interwiki links, a 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 {{hang on}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion, or "db", tag; if no such tag exists, then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hang-on tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, 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. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. Kante4 (talk) 16:49, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

Why Was My Article Deleted?

That's the question you are probably asking yourself right now. Well, there are a couple reasons your article could have been deleted.

1. It may not have met the General notability guideline. This is the guideline that all articles must meet before they can be included on Wikipedia.
2. It may not have been notable. If a subject isn't notable, it isn't included. Your little brother's garage rock band with 5 fans isn't notable, but Metallica...that's notable.
3. It may not have been verifiable. If an article doesn't have several third-party reliable sources, it can be deleted as original research.
4. It may have been advertising. Any page about a company of any sort must meet strict guidelines so it isn't considered advertisting. A page about the local quickie-mart is probably advertising and also probably not notable.

• Please note that creating pages for "school projects" is frowned upon by the adminship and should not be done. Creating a page for a project is cause for deletion of the page and potentally a block of your account. Please avoid this at all costs.

To create an article, first, please read WP:FIRST. This page is about creating your first article. Then get all the information you can on the subject. Create the article first in userspace (on a subpage of your userpage) so it won't get deleted before you are finished. Add all the information, references, reliable sources and more to the page. Make sure it meets the General notability guideline. If you aren't sure, ask an admin, they will be glad to help. Then move it to where you want it in mainspace (on the Wikipedia). From there, keep it updated with pertinent updated information, so the article doesn't become stale. When in doubt with anything, ask the Help desk or an admin. Hope this helps...Neutralhomer • Talk • 17:48, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

• Shawna, you did the same thing which got it deleted in the first place. All it said was "Ian Howfield is" and that was it. If this gentleman is notable, by all means feel free to write about him. No need to do a placeholder ahead of time if that was your intent. If you have any questions or concerns, we're all as close as our talk pages. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 19:11, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

Writing articles

For general guidance on how to write an article, please see Wikipedia:Starting an article. However, if there's something specific you need guidance with, please feel free to ask for as much help as you need. Regards, GiantSnowman 22:08, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

Ian Howfield

Hi Shawna - thanks for starting the Ian Howfield article. You appear to be copying and pasting information from another website to Wikipedia - please don't do that. Also, the amateur/youth soccer information is not really what he's known for, and I don't think it belongs in the article. Furthermore, that information needs to cite reliable independent sources - we can't just take your word for it. NawlinWiki (talk) 22:58, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

I was actually copying and pasting from microsoft word but can retype it all if needed...

• • OK, but the main issues are still (1) the youth soccer stuff isn't really relevant to an article on a pro football player, and (2) you don't cite any verifiable sources. It's not enough that you might know Mr. Howfield or might have interviewed him. Again, see WP:V. NawlinWiki (talk) 23:09, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

• • • You could say something brief like "he was a successful youth soccer player" - again, you need a source, though. NawlinWiki (talk) 23:12, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks I updated it thanks for your assistance and information.

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Problems with upload of File:Ian head.jpg

Thanks for uploading File:Ian head.jpg. You don't seem to have said where the image came from, who created it, or what the copyright status is. We require this information to verify that the image is legally usable on Wikipedia, and because most image licenses require giving credit to the image's creator.

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Answer to your question

If you put ref tags - <ref></ref> - around the information you want to reference, then it will show up under the 'References' section at the bottom of the page. Any more help, just ask! Thanks and regards, GiantSnowman 20:59, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

thanks much!!!

Shawnaleabrown (talk) 00:11, 4 January 2011 (UTC)