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Rawtited

Pronunciation - (Raw-tie-ted) Definition- means to be doing something bad, something is really bad. Ex: Bob was doing a very rawtited job on his English essay.It looked like he made it up in 5 min. I would really like this word to be posted up on Wikipeadia. If you need anymore information just reply back and ill give it to you. Thanks!!! reply!! --Longhorns27 (talk) 02:31, 12 February 2008 (UTC)Longhorns27

Hi, Longhorns27, and welcome to Wikipedia. In order to create an article on that word on Wikipedia, you will first need to be able to demonstrate that it is not a neologism, but is in widespread usage. You can best do this through providing reliable secondary sources. Second, you'll need to create an article that has more than a dictionary definition of the term, as Wikipedia does not host dictionary definitions. You can find some suggestions for doing that here. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 02:53, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Cotton On

Cotton On is an Australian apparel chain store, owned and operated by the Cotton On Group Services PTY LTD. There are four different strands of the store (Cotton On Adults; Cotton On Kids; Cotton On Body; and Rubi Shoes) each offering different products for specific target markets. —Preceding unsigned comment added by David.santolin (talk • contribs) 10:19, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Hi, David.santolin, and Welcome to Wikipedia. :) This particular article would be governed by the notability guidelines on companies. The rule of thumb here is noting whether the company has received significant or widespread coverage in secondary sources that are reliable and independent of the company (excluding company PR releases and information solely available on the company website—these sources may be used for additional information after notability has been established by secondary sources). All material must be attributable.

I'll be perfectly frank with you, and tell you that these kinds of article are (in my observation) among the more difficult to establish on Wikipedia. If you don't do enough to assert notability (that is to say why the company is important or significant), it may be tagged for deletion for notability concerns. If you're interpreted as doing too much to assert notability, you may be taken as promoting the chain, in which case the article may be tagged for deletion for promotion. I'm not telling you this to discourage you from writing it, but to encourage you to utilize good reliable sources to verify notability and to keep a neutral tone. If there is something extravagantly notable about the chain—for example, if it is the #1 shopping destination of a certain demographic—be specific in the article about who says so and cite that source. These are, I believe, your best odds for creating the article unchallenged. :) (Personally, I believe a store operating multi-nationally with hundreds of outlets is de facto significant, but many Wikipedians do not agree.)

If you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends that you do not create or edit the article yourself, but instead consider proposing its creation at requested articles or at a related article or relevant WikiProject. If you do choose to write the article in such a case, you'll want to be particularly careful to approach it neutrally and without undue promotion.

Help:Starting a new page should give you all the guidance you need, but you might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article. Please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. Good luck, and happy editing. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 13:22, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

iame

who am i? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aalaimo (talk • contribs) 04:58, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Geovative Solutions

This article I wrote was deleted due to A7. What else do I need to do to establish the subject as important and significant so that it can be re-posted and stay? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ununtrium (talk • contribs) 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Geovative Solutions, LLC is a web-based company that provides location-based software and solutions for both businesses and consumers. Their core product is the web-based Global Positioning System touring software, GeoTours.

GeoTours is used for creating media-rich GPS tours that can contain audio, images, and text. Users can view and share tours on their website through GeoTours Xchange, as well as download tours to Garmin GPS devices, smartphones, PDAs, iPods, and other devices, for use as a personal GPS tour guide. Geovative also offers GeoTours Premium for convention and visitors bureaus, travel companies, and other destination marketing organizations.

Geovative Solutions was founded in January 9, 2006 by Lane Roney and Scott Rock and is headquartered in Junction City, Kansas.

External links

• Geovative Solutions company web page

{{web-software-stub}} Category:Web software stubs Category:World Wide Web Category:Web Services Category:GPS Category:Companies based in Kansas Ununtrium (talk) 14:20, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Hi. Your question, about how to keep the article, is actually two-fold. Articles can be deleted speedily, under certain circumstances, or through other processes, if the speedy deletion criteria do not apply. A deletion of A7 means that the article did not set out what makes its subject significant or important. (The kinds of things that make such articles significant or important can be seen at WP:CORP and WP:WEB.) When it comes to a company or a product, you have to skirt the line between asserting importance and promotion, which can lead to the article being deleted as advertisement. The best way to do that is to make sure that all positive claims are attributable to secondary sources.

Once you pass the danger of speedy deletion, your article may still be nominated for deletion by WP:PROD (which is not too big a risk, since creators are allowed to remove PROD requests and, if they ask for the article to be restored even after it is deleted, it routinely will be as long as it isn't a serious problem with something like copyright or libel. It can also be brought up for deletion debate. In that case, one of the most frequently used rules of thumb for articles on companies is the "talked about" test. A company is regarded as notable if it has been noted; that is, if reliable sources can verify that its notability is widespread. Sourcing needs to be independent of the company for this; not company websites or PR releases.

Looking at the article as it was deleted, I see that you have two potentially usable sources in terms of verifying notability: a blog, which usually would not count but might qualify given its host, and an article that reads very much like a PR release and possibly could be. When it comes to articles like this, quantity and quality help. If there's more coverage, you should include that. If there's anything that make the company and its product remarkable, that should be noted, too. Has the company or its product received any notable awards, for instance?

One other potential pitfall to watch out for—Wikipedia editors are always on the look out for conflict of interest editing. All articles must be neutral in tone and free of unpublished information or original research. This is especially true when there is the slightest indication that you may yourself be involved with the subject. COI editing is strongly discouraged, and articles that are believed to have been created by people involved in the subject may be tagged {{coi}}. It will also increase the "spam" radar, so that sometimes even relatively neutral articles may be marked for WP:CSD#G11. (It's to be hoped in that case that the admin will evaluate it fairly.) If yours is a single purpose account, your creation of this article may raise some concerns about your motivation. If you are involved in the company and believe that it is notable enough for an article, you always have the option of requesting the article at "requested articles" or on the talk page of a related article or wikiproject.

I hope this response will be of some use to you. Good luck. :) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 14:40, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Stephanie

Stephanie is 12 years old and currently going out with (old Tennis Shoes) A.K.A- Ben! :(( —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.17.231.2 (talk) 13:52, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations to Stephanie and Ben. To qualify for a Wikipedia article, though, they would need to meet our notability guidelines on people, which is possibly unlikely at this stage of their lives. :) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 14:04, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

I am a new user in need of HELP

im trying to create an article and it keeps getting deleted with no real descripted help. I'm wasting alpt of time can someone please help me to edit Guerilla Marketing Talk Radio so I can move on and hopefully become a great wikipedian Henslee57 (talk) 00:03, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Hello, and Welcome to Wikipedia. I'm sorry that you're having trouble establishing this article. Editors at the drawing board typically do not help edit articles, but rather give feedback on how to create them. It's possible that one of the volunteers here might try to help out in that way, but you'd probably have better luck asking for involvement in that fashion from a related wikiproject.

In terms of general advice, your particular article would be governed by the notability guidelines on companies. If an article on a company or service does not indicate why the company or service is important, the article can be speedily deleted by criterion WP:CSD#A7. But it has to do more than indicate why the company or service is important to avoid deletion through any means: it needs to verify the company's notability with secondary sources that are reliable and independent of the company (excluding company PR releases and information solely available on the company website—these sources may be used for additional information after notability has been established by secondary sources). One rule of thumb here is that if the company is being talked about in multiple sources, it's likely to be notable.

Articles must be written in a neutral tone and without undue promotion. One good way to help ensure that your text is not regarded as overly promotional is to be sure that positive assertions about the company particularly are attributed to secondary sources. It's one thing if a respectable journalist says it; it's another thing if the company does or if we do as editors.

You probably realize that there are policies and guidelines tucked behind the colored text. I hope that this information is helpful to you in establishing this article. If you have additional questions, please feel free to ask them here, and I will try to expand. Alternatively, you can always ask questions about using Wikipedia at the help desk, which is typically manned around the clock by volunteers. Meanwhile, if you are finding this procedure too frustrating, you might want to put this particular article aside for now and gain experience working on other articles first. You can also simply request that somebody else write the article altogether at "requested articles", although there is no guarantee that anyone will produce the article soon. Good luck. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 00:31, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Brain-Jitsu

CBBC production for BBC featuring 8 children between the ages of 9 and 12. They are put through various challenges designed to exercise their brain. For example: Spell Backwards, Step Forwards,' 'Lantern Whack, Number Crack, and Table of Supreme Focus.

Times: It is shown on weekdays from the 25^th February at 7.30 am on BBC2. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.67.49.252 (talk) 17:59, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Hi. Since this isn't fiction, I presume this show would fall into the general notability guidelines, found here, which means that to establish notability you'd want to demonstrate that it is being talked about in secondary sources. (In case you're not already aware, I'll point out now that the colored text links to other pages, in this case policies & guidelines that might help you. :)) You can use primary sources to add details, but not to establish notability.

If you are able to assemble necessary sources to assert notability, you may certainly create such an article, although if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends that you do not create or edit the article yourself, but instead consider proposing its creation at requested articles or at a related article or relevant WikiProject, like Wikipedia:Wikiproject Television. If you do choose to write the article in such a case, you'll want to be particularly careful to approach it neutrally and without undue promotion. If you wish to create the article, you will either need to register an account, which has many benefits, including the ability to create articles, or post it at Wikipedia:Articles for creation, where other editors will review it to be sure it meets policies and, if so, create it for you.

Before establishing the article, please search Wikipedia to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Help:Starting a new page should give you all the guidance you need, but you might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article. Please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. You'd probably particularly want to take a look at "how to write about television programs", which addresses style concerns, includes an infobox you can use and also reinforces the need to demonstrate notability. Good luck, and happy editing. :) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 18:15, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Haynes v. U.S.

Haynes v. U.S. was a landmark SCOTUS decision which essentially exempted felons and other prohibited possessors from gun registration. There are articles here on Roe v. Wade and other landmark decisions, so I think this one should be included as well. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.240.24.168 (talk) 22:49, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Hi. It seems like you're probably right. :) Establishing such an article shouldn't be too hard. As per usual, you'll want to find secondary sources to verify notability—established sources talking about its history and its impact. It needs to be neutral, though the article can of course document any controversies connected to the decision. You'll want to avoid original research, making sure that everything you write in the article is attributable.

If you wish to create the article, you will either need to register an account, which has many benefits, including the ability to create articles, or post it at Wikipedia:Articles for creation, where other editors will review it to be sure it meets policies and, if so, create it for you.

Before establishing the article, please search Wikipedia to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject, perhaps in a related name. I don't know who the "Haynes" is, for instance, but you might check to see if it's included in a biography of him. :) Help:Starting a new page should give you all the guidance you need, but you might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article. Please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. Good luck, and happy editing. :) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 00:03, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Want to be friends

im a boy and have blonde hair.Check my page im sicho BJ— Preceding unsigned comment added by SichoBJ (talk • contribs) 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! While we hope that you will enjoy using Wikipedia, please note that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and not a social network. This message is not meant to discourage you from editing Wikipedia but rather to remind you that the ultimate goal of this website is to build an encyclopedia. If you are looking for friends, you might want to create a page at a service like Myspace, where you may meet more people interested in socializing. If what you are hoping is to become more involved with others who are also interested in contributing to an encylopedia, you might want to look into a WikiProject, where you can meet and collaborate with other users on topics that interest you. For general question on Wikipedia, please check out the help desk. If you decide you'd like to create an article and want more feedback on it, we'd be happy to respond to that here. :) (Remember to sign your notes on all talk pages and discussion boards by typing four tildes (~~~~), which expands in your username and a time stamp. This helps other editors to better communicate with you.) Happy editing. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 19:56, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

River Springs Charter School Riverspringscharter (talk) 18:49, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

River Springs Charter School

is a free, public charter school. Our philosophy centers around parent choice in education. Whether in a learning center, online, or at home, River Springs Charter School offers a wide range of learning opportunities and programs to help your child achieve his or her highest potential.

At River Springs, you and your child will work closely with a California credentialed Education Specialist (ES) to choose the right combination of learning programs. River Springs believes that parents are the primary educators of their children. Therefore, our school provides abundant choices Hin learning programs and opportunities that are tailored to meet your child's learning styles and needs.

Welcome to River Springs Charter School, Honoring Parent Choice!

Directions to the Admin Office in Temecula:

From Highway 15, exit on Rancho California Road turning west. Travel approximately 1/2 mile and turn right on Business Park Drive. Make a quick right turn on Single Oak. When Single Oak dead ends, turn left. Turn left into the second business complex on your left and you'll see the River Springs Charter School name on the top of the front building.

43466 Business Park Drive Temecula 92590

How to Reach Us Extension Last Name First Name Telephone Number

Main Number: (951) 252-8800 Main Fax: (951) 252-8801

Renting Books and Audio Books Online

We were the first web site to rent books and audio books online. Like two other online rental services in Wikipedia, Netflix and Gamefly, who rent movies and video games respectively. I would like someone to create a page about Booksfree.com. We launched our site in 2000 and have a very interesting history. We are pioneers in the online book rental service and think like Netflix and Gamefly, that we should be include in Wikipedia. I would prefer an unbiased third party right an article on us. I would be more then happy to supply any facts or details for the article.