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Speedy deletion nomination of Canadian Critical Incident Stress Foundation edit

 

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A tag has been placed on Canadian Critical Incident Stress Foundation, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Business for more information.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. —KuyaBriBriTalk 15:07, 3 February 2012 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of Canadian Critical Incident Stress Foundation edit

 

If this is the first article that you have created, you may want to read the guide to writing your first article.

You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.

A tag has been placed on Canadian Critical Incident Stress Foundation, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Business for more information.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. —KuyaBriBriTalk 15:47, 3 February 2012 (UTC)Reply

February 2012 edit

  Please do not remove speedy deletion notices from pages you have created yourself. If you believe the page should not be deleted, you may contest the deletion by clicking on the button that says: Click here to contest this speedy deletion, which appears inside the speedy deletion notice. This will allow you to make your case on the article's talk page. If you persistently remove these notices from pages you have created yourself, you may be blocked from editing. Please note that this applies whether or not you are logged in to the account you used to create the page. JamesBWatson (talk) 16:05, 3 February 2012 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of Canadian Critical Incident Stress Foundation edit

 

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A tag has been placed on Canadian Critical Incident Stress Foundation requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about an organization or company, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. JamesBWatson (talk) 16:06, 3 February 2012 (UTC)Reply

Deletion nomination of article edit

Hello, Kelsey. I see that you are making a good faith attempt to write an article, but are not used to the ways of Wikipedia. In fact, that is why I just nominated the article for deletion, and gave you a warning: if I had thought you were really here to write a spam article then I would have just deleted it. I will be back in a minute with some advice, but first I will move the article to a page in your user space, to give you a chance to work on it. That will not guarantee that the article will survive, but it will remove the risk of speedy deletion at any moment, and give you time to work on it. JamesBWatson (talk) 16:28, 3 February 2012 (UTC)Reply

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OK, I have moved Canadian Critical Incident Stress Foundation to User:Kelsey pitt/Canadian Critical Incident Stress Foundation. You can work on it there, and if and when it is suitable as an article then it can be moved back. I am also giving you a welcome message which contains links to various pages that may be helpful. Don't try to read and learn everything in all of the linked pages before you do any more editing: there is far too much for that. However, do look around and read what seems most useful. I think that the following are perhaps the most relevant points at the moment.

  1. To qualify as the subject of a Wikipedia article, a topic has to satisfy Wikipedia's notability guidelines. There are rather a lot of these guidelines (in fact in my opinion Wikipedia has far too many guidelines and policies, making things far too confusing for newcomers) but the ones you need to know about are the general notability guideline and the guideline for organisations. Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations can be helpful too. It is not an official guideline, but an attempt by various users to collect together some of the relevant points to help new users. I think it may be worth looking at first, before the guidelines.
  2. I actually don't know whether the Canadian Critical Incident Stress Foundation satisfies the guidelines or not. If it does, then the guideline on reliable sources will show you what sort of evidence you need to show that it does. On the other hand, if the subject does not satisfy the notability guidelines then my advice is to accept the fact and give up. I'm sorry to be so discouraging, but I have all too often seen new editors putting a lot of time and effort into desperately trying to have an article kept that was never going to succeed. It is quite disheartening to see someone who started out keen to contribute to Wikipedia, waste a lot of time, become more and more frustrated, and eventually leave in disgust. By all means, look into the matter, see if there is suitable evidence of notability, and if so then go ahead with the article. However, it is a question of deciding whether it is notable or not before you put more work in.
  3. Wikipedia's inclusion criteria are mainly about whether a subject has received significant coverage, not on how good or worthwhile a cause it is. I fully understand that you think an organisation that helped your father is worth recognition, but that consideration will carry no weight when it comes to deciding whether the article should be deleted. You can look at Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not here to tell the world about your noble cause if you like.
  4. In my experience, writing an article is not the best way to start editing Wikipedia. We all make mistakes, and most of us find when we start that we come up against all sorts of Wikipedia policies and accepted standards that we had no reason to expect. Editors who, like you, jump straight into writing a brand new article, often find that, no matter how hard they try, everything they do gets opposed, reverted, or deleted. Much better is to start by making small improvements to existing articles. That way, the mistakes you make will be small ones, and you won't have lost much time and effort on them. After a while you will have learnt enough about how Wikipedia works to do successfully something more ambitious. Whether this slow and gentle approach will suit you or not I can't say. If your only interest in editing here is to write the one article you have planned, then you may or may not be willing to spend time making little edits to other articles first. However, if you are willing to use that approach then I recommend it, and certainly if you are interested in becoming a contributor more generally, rather than just writing the one article, then I am convinced that is the best way to get involved.

Finally, please do feel welcome to approach me on my talk page again if you have other questions. I may not have much time to answer in the next couple of days, but I will try to answer when I can. JamesBWatson (talk) 17:11, 3 February 2012 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation edit

 
Thank you for your recent submission to Articles for Creation. Your article submission has been reviewed. However, the reviewer felt that a few things need to be fixed before it is accepted. Please view your submission to see the comments left by the reviewer. You are welcome to edit the submission to address the issues raised, and resubmit once you feel they have been resolved. (You can do this by adding the text {{subst:submit}} to the top of the article.)
Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia!  Chzz  ►  17:48, 3 February 2012 (UTC)Reply

You need to sign your posts edit

  Hello. In case you didn't know, when you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion, you should sign your posts by typing four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment. You could also click on the signature button   or   located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your username or IP address and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when they said it. Thank you. --Orange Mike | Talk 17:49, 3 February 2012 (UTC)Reply

Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Canadian Critical Incident Stress Foundation, a page you created has not been edited in at least 180 days. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace. If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it. You may request Userfication of the content if it meets requirements. If the deletion has already occured, instructions on how you may be able to retrieve it are available at WP:REFUND/G13. Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot (talk) 16:01, 16 August 2013 (UTC)Reply

Your article submission Canadian Critical Incident Stress Foundation edit

 

Hello Kelsey pitt. It has been over six months since you last edited your article submission, entitled Canadian Critical Incident Stress Foundation.

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. HasteurBot (talk) 12:04, 31 October 2013 (UTC)Reply