User talk:Sam Slovick

Hello, Sam Slovick, and Welcome to Wikipedia! Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your username and the date. Also, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! Dori ❦ (Talk ❖ Contribs ❖ Review) ❦ 20:45, 13 May 2009 (UTC) Getting started Introduction The five pillars of Wikipedia How to edit a page Intuitive guide to Wikipedia Finding your way around Table of contents Department directory Editing articles How to develop an article Manual of Style Getting help Frequently asked questions Cheatsheet Where to ask a question Help pages New contributors' help page How you can help Contributing to Wikipedia Community Portal Follow Wikipedia etiquette Practice civility

You should wait for others to write an article about subjects in which you are personally involved, as you did at Sam Slovick. This applies to articles about you, your achievements, your band, your business, your publications, your website, your relatives, and any other possible conflict of interest.

Creating an article about yourself is strongly discouraged. If you create such an article, it might be listed on articles for deletion. Deletion is not certain, but many feel strongly that you should not start articles about yourself. This is because independent creation encourages independent validation of both significance and verifiability. All edits to articles must conform to Wikipedia:No original research, Wikipedia:Neutral point of view, and Wikipedia:Verifiability.

If you are not "notable" under Wikipedia guidelines, creating an article about yourself may violate the policy that Wikipedia is not a personal webspace provider and would thus qualify for speedy deletion. If your achievements, etc., are verifiable and genuinely notable, and thus suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later. (See Wikipedia:Wikipedians with articles.) In general, I recommend reading Wikipedia's best practices for editors with conflicts of interest. Dori ❦ (Talk ❖ Contribs ❖ Review) ❦ 20:45, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

May 2009

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did to Sam Slovick. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox.

Also note:

• While objective prose about products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not intended to be a vehicle for advertising or promotion.
• Please do not add content without citing reliable sources. If you are familiar with Wikipedia:Citing sources please take this opportunity to add references to the article.
• Please do not assume ownership of articles. If you aren't willing to allow your contributions to be edited extensively or be redistributed by others, please do not submit them.

If you haven't yet, I again recommend that you read Wikipedia's Best practices for editors with conflicts of interest. Dori ❦ (Talk ❖ Contribs ❖ Review) ❦ 22:43, 20 May 2009 (UTC)