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Nomination of Vito Cataffo for deletion

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A beer for you

Thankyou for participating in my request for adminship. Now I've got lots of extra buttons to try and avoid pressing by mistake... Redrose64 (talk) 16:16, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

DNR

Good morning! I'm sorry if i write to you, but i don't know to whom i have to ask.... I'm writing to ayou about the creation of a page called "DNR Dreams Not Reality". You reject my request on the editing page cause you say that our username is promotion... But we don't search for promotion! Their producer knows many people, from labels to directors, so we don't need to have a promotional page here! Hope that's clear now! We wanna create a page for the band as founder of a new genre of music, called EUROVISUAL. The project called DNR starts in 2005, when Kira, bass player, since ever artistically influenced by the Jrock/Visual Kei japanese scene, decides to create a band that would be the perfect fusion between two opposite sounds: the european groove and the asiatic melodic lines. A mix between Orient and Occident, a new genre called “Eurovisual”, which transport us in an avant garde universe where electronic and melody meet powerfull riffs made in USA. DReams Not Reality are the first italian band that brings this groove into the music world, so we hope we can create a CULTURAL PAGE (not a PROMOTIONAL PAGE) to let people know something more about EUROVISUAL and Dreams Not Reality. VISUAL KEI it's a musical genre which is very implemented in Asia and now also in Europe, thanks to DNR! Dreams Not Reality have some singles and an album already edited, one more reason for us to NOT SEARCH for promotion. Hope you can give me the opportunity to create this page. Please take note that this page must be a CULTURAL PAGE, not a promotional page. Hope to have some answer from you. In conclusion, i have to ask you a question: why does Cinema Bizarre, for example, or Beatles or Rolling Stones have a page on wikipedia and DNR cannot have their one? for Cinema Bizarre, Beatles etc it's not a question about "promotion"? Sorry, but i don't understand! Tank you in advance for your attention.

Laura — Preceding unsigned comment added by DNRDreamsNotReality (talk • contribs) 13:09, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

First of all, my comment was about your username, not an article. Wikipedia does not allow usernames that are a.) the name of a group and/or b.) promotional. As such, you cannot use "DNRDreamsNotReality" as your username. Please note that usernames are not the same as articles. Usernames reflect an editor working on Wikipedia while articles are pages about certain subjects. Creating an username (such as "DNRDreamsNotReality") does not mean that an article by this name will be created or that it can be.

Also, since you want to write something about a subject you are directly involved with, please read Wikipedia:Conflict of interest.

Then, about an article: Wikipedia welcomes information about topics not already covered but it limits the subjects which can expect to have an article. The relevant guideline for this is called Wikipedia:Notability, in this special case Wikipedia:Notability (music). Please read this link and especially the criteria on this page. Does your band meet at least one of those? If so, do you have any reliable, third-party sources that directly support this?

If the answer to one of those questions is "no", please understand that we cannot have an article about your band (at this time). If the answer to both questions is "yes", please tell me which criterion / criteria are met and what sources you have to support this. If I concur with your assessment, I'd be happy to create an article about your band.

PS: This also answers your last question, i.e. why those other bands can have an article: Because they meet those requirements. Regards SoWhy 15:38, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

'Morning!! It'a Laura again. Thank you so much for your answer, now it's alla clear! I looked at the link you give me, and i can tell you that DNR meet the first criteria; they are mentione din a lot of articles, on newspapers and also online. If you give me an email address i'll send you all the links of the foreing and italian press where you can find articles about them. Thank you!

Mentorship

Hello SoWhy, First of all, thank you for creating a button where I can directly write you a message. I would like you to mentor me with my articles. I have already written some of them and you can check them on my profile. I have knowledge to share but unfortunately working through wikipedia is really hard, I wish editing was simpler. Thank you Nathanian Palmer (talk) 18:19, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

Hi there. You are welcome, although each talk page (such as this one) also has a "new section" link at the top (next to the "edit" tab) which you can use. If you do create a new section, please remember to fill the "Subject/headline" field as well so that the section gets a name. I added one for this one btw.

As for mentorship, I'm always happy to help to adopt new users but I like to say upfront that I won't tutor users or hold classes like others do; I think our help pages are able to explain most things just fine. I will, however, be happy to help if you need someone to ask specific questions or to check specific edits. If you think this is what you want as well, I'd be happy to help you. If you think you need something more (no hard feelings!), Wikipedia:Adopt-a-user/Adoptee's Area/Adopters has a huge list of users also offering adoption.

PS: Please remember to use edit summaries! Regards SoWhy 18:37, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

Yes, that works out for me. I have started this new article named Introduction to National Antarctic Programs and I intend to write an article for each of the country mentioned. In fact, I have already written most of the material and only need to put it into wikipedia. I would also like you to review my style of writing. Thank you again. Nathanian Palmer (talk) 12:23, 18 October 2011 (UTC)