User talk:Marcsparkdark
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Hello, Marcsparkdark, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as Callum Dickinson, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may soon be deleted.
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Speedy deletion nomination of Callum Dickinson
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Please do not make statements attacking people or groups of people. Wikipedia has a strict policy against personal attacks. Attack pages and images are not tolerated by Wikipedia and are speedily deleted. Users who continue to create or repost such pages and images in violation of our biographies of living persons policy will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Thank you.
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- No, you cannot "leave it on here for a month and 4 days so the school can review it." Wikipedia is not a place for jokey articles about your friends, and "anyone can edit" does not mean "anyone can put in whatever they like." Wikipedia is a serious project to build an encyclopedia, it is very careful about what is said about living people, and the important policy on WP:Biographies of living persons includes:
"Contentious material about living persons... that is unsourced or poorly sourced—whether the material is negative, positive, neutral, or just questionable—should be removed immediately and without waiting for discussion."
- If you were really asked to do this as part of a school project, please ask your teacher to read this, and the living persons policy, and Wikipedia:School and university projects. JohnCD (talk) 17:55, 5 May 2012 (UTC)