User talk:Artfullydodged

Welcome!

Hello, Artfullydodged, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as Mark Valenti, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.

There's a page about creating articles you may want to read called Your first article. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{helpme}} on this page, followed by your question, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Here are a few other good links for newcomers:

• Starting an article
• Your first article
• Biographies of living persons
• How to write a great article
• The five pillars of Wikipedia
• Help pages
• Tutorial

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Wikipedia:Questions or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! - MrX 20:13, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Mark Valenti

The article Mark Valenti has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this newly created biography of a living person will be deleted unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the {{prod blp}} tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within ten days, the article may be deleted, but you can request that it be undeleted when you are ready to add one. - MrX 20:13, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Your question about source citations

Hi Artfullydodged

In response to your email asking about sourcing, here are some links to help articles and tutorials that I think will help you. Please feel free to ask any questions, either here, or on my talk page. - MrX 18:21, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

Citations

• Information on reliable sources
• Special requirements for biographies of living persons
• Source citations
• How to write an inline source citations
• Footnotes
• Citation Templates
• A useful citation tool

Other Help Resources

  Introduction to Wikipedia

  The five pillars of Wikipedia

  Editing tutorial

  How to edit a page

  Simplified Manual of Style

  The basics of Wikicode

  How to develop an article

  How to create an article

  Help pages

  What Wikipedia is not

  Do maintain a neutral point of view

Artfullydodged, you are invited to the Teahouse

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