User talk:Becker1983

Nationwide Paintball

Hello, Becker1983, and welcome to Wikipedia. An article you recently created, Nationwide Paintball, has been tagged for speedy deletion because its content is clearly written to promote a company, product, or service. This article may have been deleted by the time you see this message. Please keep in mind that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not an advertising service. Thank you. -- Merope 16:42, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Do not re-submit this article. If you disagree with its deletion, you may request a deletion review. -- Merope 16:45, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I just clicked Save without really looking at the rest of the page. I've sent you a message because I didn't realise I could write to you via this form, I've never used Wikipedia before so it's all a bit alien to me. If you could respond to my message that would be great, thanks very much!

Becker1983 16:50, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's okay--I should have been more detalied since I could tell you were new. In order to have an article on Wikipedia, the subject must meet certain standards of notability. We have some guidelines set out for the notability of companies. You can try re-creating the article without using external links in the text of it, and providing reliable sources for the company's notability. The editors around here are pretty rigorous when it comes to companies, though--even if you provide sources and format the article in line with other articles, it may not pass a deletion discussion. If you want, you can create the article in your namespace (e.g., User:Becker1983/Nationwide Paintball) and work on it there before it gets moved to the mainspace of the encyclopedia. I or another editor who has been around for a while can help you out. If you get stuck, you can put {{helpme}} on your talk page along with your question and an editor will be by shortly. I'll also leave a welcome message for you here on your talk page so you can read about some of WP's policies and guidelines. Let me know if you have any more questions. -- Merope 16:54, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome

Hello, Becker1983, and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. 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}} and your question on your user talk page, and someone will show up shortly to answer. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! By the way, you can sign your name on talk and vote pages using four tildes, like this: ~~~~. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! -- Merope 16:54, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]