User talk:D-K-Nair

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Hello, D-K-Nair, 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 Dileep K Nair, 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 Teahouse, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{help me}} 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:

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Speedy deletion of "Dileep K Nair"

A page you created, Dileep K Nair, has been tagged for deletion, as it meets one or more of the criteria for speedy deletion; specifically, it is about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how they are important or significant, and thus why they should be included in an encyclopedia. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, and the guidelines for biographies in particular.

You are welcome to contribute content which complies with our content policies and any applicable inclusion guidelines. However, please do not simply re-create the page with the same content. You may also wish to read our introduction to editing and guide to writing your first article.

Thank you. Haminoon (talk) 07:05, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

November 2014

Please do not write or add to an article about yourself, as you apparently did at Dileep K Nair. Creating an autobiography is strongly discouraged – see our guideline on writing autobiographies. If you create such an article, it may be deleted. If what you have done in life is genuinely notable and can be verified according to our policy for articles about living people, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later (see Wikipedians with articles). If you wish to add to an existing article about yourself, please propose the changes on its talk page. Please understand that this is an encyclopedia and not a personal web space or social networking site. If your article has already been deleted, please see: Why was my page deleted?, and if you feel the deletion was an error, please discuss it with the deleting administrator. Thank you. Drm310 (talk) 07:06, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Your autobiographical page

Rather than delete the page, I have "userfied" it - moved it to a user sub-page at User:D-K-Nair/Dileep K Nair where you can work on it. When it is ready, you can click the green "Submit" button to send it for review, but it will not be accepted in its present state.

Wikipedia is not a social-networking site for people to write about themselves. Although not forbidden, that is strongly discouraged, for reasons explained at Wikipedia:Autobiography. You should also read the guidelines Wikipedia:Conflict of interest and the Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide. If you want to proceed, you should not post the article directly, but may submit it for review by an uninvolved user. Among other differences from social-networking sites, please understand that nobody WP:OWNs a Wikipedia article, least of all its subject. If it is accepted, others can and will edit it.

The article needs references, for two reasons: (a) because of the Wikipedia:Verifiability policy, summarised as "any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable, published source", and (b) because Wikipedia has an inclusion test called Wikipedia:Notability which is not a matter of opinion but has to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject."

It also needs to be rewritten to be much less promotional in tone. Phrases like "counted among India’s most distinguished... His invaluable contribution... immense assistance... great missions... " seem to be trying to "sell" you to the reader, and that is quite unacceptable to Wikipedia, which requires a neutral point of view and is not for any kind of promotion. The phrases I have put in bold are what Wikipedia calls "peacock terms", and they are the sort of things one writes in advertisements, but not in an encyclopedia. No opinions, no glowing adjectives (unless quoted from an independent source), just plain facts, neutrally stated and cited to reliable sources.

Read Wikipedia:Your first article and WP:Writing better articles for general advice.

Another difference from social-networking sites is that Wikipedia user pages are intended mainly for the contributors to say something about themselves and their Wikipedia work. This is explained at WP:NOTWEBHOST:

"Wikipedians have their own user pages, but they should be used primarily to present information relevant to working on the encyclopedia. Limited biographical information is allowed, but user pages should not function as personal webpages or be repositories for large amounts of material that is irrelevant to collaborating on Wikipedia. If you are looking to make a personal webpage or blog or to post your résumé, please make use of one of the many free providers on the Internet or any hosting included with your Internet account."

The links in the Welcome message at the top of this page will tell you more about Wikipedia. I am sorry to give you so much to read, but there is quite a "learning curve". Regards, JohnCD (talk) 16:01, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]