Hmkeal
Welcome
editHello, Hmkeal, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.
I notice that one of the first articles you created was Heather michelle kealhofer, which appears to be an article about yourself. This is a common mistake made by new Wikipedians—as this is an encyclopedia, we wouldn't expect to have an article about every contributor. Your user page, however, is a great place to write about yourself, making sure to stay within user page guidelines. Just click your user name at the top of the screen when you are logged in, and edit it normally.
The page you created about yourself may well be deleted from the encyclopedia. If it is deleted and you wish to retrieve its contents, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page.
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Speedy deletion nomination of Heather michelle kealhofer
editHello Hmkeal,
I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Heather michelle kealhofer for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly say why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.
If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.
You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Arthistorian1977 (talk) 15:45, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
April 2015
editI removed some warnings that I erroneously gave you (didn't realize you were trying to remove a self-created article). Lucas "nicatronTg" Nicodemus (talk) 15:59, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
As far as I understand the article is created by mistake. So, leave it as is without removing anything. I marked it for deletion. As soon as admin notices it, the article is gone Arthistorian1977 (talk) 15:55, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
What Wikipedia is and isn't
editWelcome to Wikipedia. I'm sorry that we don't explain things better to new users - the general view is that they should be encouraged to come and start in without any advance explanation - but this is not a place like Facebook or LinkedIn for people to write about themselves or post their CVs. It is a quite different sort of site, a project to build an encyclopedia, so it is selective about subjects for articles, and writing about oneself is strongly discouraged, for reasons explained at Wikipedia is not about YOU and Wikipedia:Autobiography.
Wikipedia user pages are not like those at social-networking sites. Their use 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 and how you can contribute. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 16:10, 20 April 2015 (UTC)