User talk:Molteninjabob

Hoax articles

Please do not add hoaxes to Wikipedia, such as you did in the article The Six. Hoaxes are caught and marked for deletion shortly after they are created. If you are interested in how accurate Wikipedia is, a more constructive test method is to try to find inaccurate statements that are already in Wikipedia – and then to correct them if possible. Please don't disrupt Wikipedia in an attempt to test our ability to detect and remove such material. Feel free to take a look at the five pillars of Wikipedia policy to learn more about this project and how you can make a positive impact. Thank you. --Jezebel'sPonyo^shhh 21:33, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at The Six, you will be blocked from editing. --Jezebel'sPonyo^shhh 21:48, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Welcome, additional information

Hello, Molteninjabob, and Welcome to Wikipedia! Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your username and the date. Also, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! Moonriddengirl (talk) 17:37, 14 January 2010 (UTC) Getting started Introduction The five pillars of Wikipedia How to edit a page Intuitive guide to Wikipedia Finding your way around Table of contents Department directory Editing articles How to develop an article Manual of Style Getting help Frequently asked questions Cheatsheet Where to ask a question Help pages New contributors' help page Article Wizard - a Wizard to help you create articles How you can help Contributing to Wikipedia Community Portal Follow Wikipedia etiquette Practice civility

Hi, Molteninjabob, and welcome to Wikipedia. I see that you ran into some difficulties with your first edits, as you were overwriting an existing page. We don't typically overwrite material. There's plenty of room on Wikipedia, and new articles can have their own space.

There are some problems, though, with the material that you were attempting to place there ([1]). While Wikipedia is open to quite a lot, we do have some policies and guidelines that govern the material we publish. The biggest problem I see with that content is that the collective does not seem to meet the notability guidelines for groups. Basically, what Wikipedia looks for with groups is evidence that the group has been the subject of significant coverage in reliable, secondary sources that are not connected to the group. Based on what you've written, it does not seem that this group would meet those guidelines.

There are additional problems with the tone. While you're quite likely intending to be funny (somewhat at odds with our goals), text like "An essential element contributing to the success of their writers group is the psychotic tendencies of each member of the group. Their craziness contributes to the creativity of the group as a whole. Each member of the group has been evaluated according to their level of insanity and are ranked as follows" runs afoul of our policy governing content about living persons, WP:BLP. If the group does meet notability guidelines, any article about it needs to be written seriously. It needs to be verifiable and neutral, and it must not contain "original research" (speculation or unpublished facts).

Also, if you are one of the members of the group, it would be better if it were not written by you. Wikipedia's guidelines on writing articles about subjects related to you are viewable at WP:COI and Wikipedia:Autobiography.

I see that you are currently hosting the content at User:Molteninjabob/Sandbox. I've removed the material that we can't have under our BLP policy. I've also removed the categories, as article categories should not be used in user space. In further developing this page, please consider the above and also that user pages, including sandboxes, are really meant for material related to the encyclopedia. Some latitude is given to active contributors to share a bit of personal information about themselves with collaborators, but the Wikimedia Foundation is a charitable organization and its resources have an intended function. If you are simply looking to host a funny biography of your writing group, you may wish to consider one of the many free websites and blog locations that would be happy to host the bio. (For more information, please see Wikipedia:User page and WP:NOTWEBHOST.)

I'll be watching your talk page for a time in case you'd like to discuss this. You are also welcome to come to mine. You can invite a volunteer to answer any questions you may have about the project to your talk page by typing your question here with {{helpme}} (brackets and all) immediately above or below it. We also have a help desk that is typically manned around the clock by volunteers, Wikipedia:Help desk. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 17:37, 14 January 2010 (UTC)