Your Jack Shannon article is what is considered a vanity page on Wikipedia. Please do not keep recreating these. Thank you very much! Kitty the Random 22:49, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
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editHello Jamotive, and welcome to Wikipedia. I hope you like the place and decide to stay.
Your recent article Jack Shannon has been marked for deletion in accordance with Wikipedia's deletion policy. Since Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, there are many types of articles that are simply viewed as not appropriate for Wikipedia. Before spending more time on articles, you may want to review Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not.
Of course, there is nothing wrong with learning to edit by writing articles on yourself or your friends, but you should do it in the Wikipedia sandbox or on your own user page.
Here are a few more good links for newcomers:
- The Five Pillars of Wikipedia
- How to edit a page
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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: ~~~~, which automatically inserts your name and the current date when you save the edit. 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! -- DS1953 talk 22:52, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
Please refrain from adding nonsense to Wikipedia, as you did to User:Kusma. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. A link to the edit I have reverted can be found here: link. If you believe this edit should not have been reverted, please contact me. Rlevse 01:21, 29 May 2006 (UTC)