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Speedy deletion of Richard "Dick" McGowan

A tag has been placed on Richard "Dick" McGowan requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for biographies.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the article (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's 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. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 05:58, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

good job

good job on introducing Richard McGowan. although an editor sent you a speedy deletion notice, the article is here to stay. if you have any other notable people that you wish to introduce to wikipedia, then please do. all the best, --brewcrewer (yada, yada) 07:29, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Helpme (new article)

{{helpme}}

Hi -- I am trying to figure out how to upload a community commons photo to a draft article on my user page. And then, if my article is good enough, I'd like to move this article to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=San_Pablo_Arts_District&action=edit&redlink=1

Any help with this much appreciated! Travelinsider

Hello, in response to your helpme, you just put [[File:<filename here>|300px|thumb]] wherever in the article you want the picture to show up. It will come from commons automatically. The "300px" and "thumb" parameters are optional: they just change the way the picture is formatted. For more information, please see here. As far as moving your article from your userspace, I'm afraid it's not ready yet - it will almost certainly get deleted. You can't have external links in the body like that, and you need references from reliable sources first. Further questions, ask me here, I'll be watching your talk page. Fleetflame · whack! whack! · 23:49, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

Thanks Fleetflame! External URL fixed, reliable source (Top 10 US newspaper) cited, photo uploaded with parameters. I need to shift to other tasks here soon, is this enough of a stub for others to work from?

Hey Travelinsider, I've moved this all down to the bottom of your talk page and changed some of the formatting - it's just the standard way we do things on Wikipedia. The article isn't quite ready to be left alone yet: the formatting needs a little help. I understand you want the article "live" on Wikipedia, but a lot of editors don't like seeing messy articles and it may be deleted. A few things:

1. I remembered (too late) that you probably don't want the "|300px" in that image - if you just put "|thumb" it will automatically shrink it to the default size.
2. Your links to other Wikipedia articles aren't formatted correctly. Wikipedia:Linking shows how to do it. You have [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Pablo_Avenue]], and what you should have is [[San_Pablo_Avenue]]. Another way to do it is [[<article name here>|<displayed text here>]].
3. You still have external links in the article ("The San Pablo Arts District [1] (SPAD)"). That needs to be removed. So do all the links to the galleries and cafes.
4. Your source needs to be cited in the article text somewhere. See Wikipedia:Citing sources for how to do it. I'm really sorry to be linking you to all these boring pages, but this is how Wikipedia formatting works. The basic way to do references is <ref>url and info etc</ref>.

There are other little things that need fixing, but get started on those. I don't mean to tear down your article at all, but I would not recommend just leaving it to the masses.  ;-] Feel free to ask other questions here! (below this message) Good luck! Fleetflame · whack! whack! · 21:55, 1 November 2009 (UTC)