User talk:Horton225

Welcome!

Hello, Horton225, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as West Who, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.

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Speedy deletion nomination of West Who

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a notice that West Who, a page that you created, has been tagged for deletion. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which articles can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly-defined criteria, then it may be soon be deleted by an administrator. The reasons it has been tagged are:

It is unambiguous vandalism or an obvious hoax. (See section G3 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Please do not introduce inappropriate pages to Wikipedia; doing so is not in accordance with our policies. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox.
It appears to be about something made up, and it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. (See section A11 of the criteria for speedy deletion.)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: West Who (September 17)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Boson was:

Lacking significant coverage in multiple, independent reliable sources.

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 when they have been resolved.

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Boson (talk) 17:02, 17 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your request for suggestions

You wrote on my talk page:

"I made considerable changes from the first draft for the West Who micronation entry. It seems to be in line with many of the articles about other micronations. Can you give me some specific ways to improve the page so that it will be accepted. Thanks."

I am replying here in order to keep the discussion in one place. I will watch this page for a while, so you can reply here, but you can use {{Ping|Boson}} to alert me to your reply.

The content of the article should be verifiable, so you should be careful to ensure that the sources given confirm what the article says. You should avoid representing claims or opinions as fact.
One of the main requirements is that notability be established on the basis of multiple, reliable, independent, published sources. A simple mention is not sufficient to establish notability. With certain exceptions (see Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources), self-published sources such as personal Web sites, wikis, blogs, etc. are not generally regarded as reliable sources.
You should provide inline citations (usually done with footnotes) for statements that are likely to be challenged.

I see you have since added some more sources, including The Lonely Planet Guide, which is the way to go. Could you check whether you have given the correct page number? --Boson (talk) 13:40, 18 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the suggestions. I will work on them. How does a micronation entry like Independent State of Rainbow Creek get approved with just two citations and I have eight?Horton225 (talk) 03:05, 19 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]