User talk:AdamMarchmant

February 2009

Please stop. If you continue to violate Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy by slanted information into articles, as you did to Douglas Murray (author), you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Scott Mac (Doc) 09:30, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Signing talk page posts=

FYI, you 'sign' a talk page post with four tildes, ie ~~~~. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 12:31, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Belated welcome

Not to sure just how new to WP you are but in case you're absolutely fresh out of the box you might find this helpful:

Hello, AdamMarchmant! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your username and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! Addbot (talk) 02:05, 22 February 2009 (UTC) Getting started A tutorial • Our five pillars • Getting mentored How to: edit a page • upload and use images Getting help Frequently asked questions • Tips Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Policies and guidelines Neutral point of view • No original research Verifiability • Reliable sources • Citing sources What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons Manual of Style • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Policy for non-free content • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The community Build consensus • Resolve disputes Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • No legal threats Community portal • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Writing articles Be bold in editing • Develop an article The perfect article • Manual of style Stubs • Categories • Disambiguation Pages needing attention • Peer review Miscellaneous User name • User pages • Talk pages Clean up: General • Spam • Vandalism Join a WikiProject • Translation Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

I'm far from an expert on these matters but on the Douglas Murray page you might have been sailing close to the wind on the "Three-revert rule" you'll see in the "Policies and guidelines section". If you look in the "Biographies of living persons section" you'll see that in this area the rules are considerably tighter; often the editors who police these kind of issues tend to revert-first-ask-questions-later, for good reasons to do with libel laws etc. The "No original research" section is worth having a look at, too, as you'll find that quite a few discussions end up relating to that. Being able to quote chapter and verse from "Citing sources" helps! Finally, if you are intending to stick around on WP, and don't know what I meant on the the WP:BLP noticeboard by "SPA" I ought to direct you to WP:SPA. Good luck with future editing. I'm not enormously experienced, but I've been around long enough to be aware of most of the general issues, so feel free to ask any questions you might have on my talkpage and hopefully I'll at least be able to point you in the correct direction. Yours, almost-instinct 12:54, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

Putting a little something onto your user page will help put other editors at ease if at first they're slightly worried as to your intentions ;-) almost-instinct 12:54, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

Notability of Educational Research Trust

A tag has been placed on Educational Research Trust requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article, which appears to be about a real person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, 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. If this is the first page that you have created, then you should read the guide to writing your first article.

If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, 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 confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this.  Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 23:29, 21 March 2009 (UTC)