Serena530

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Speedy deletion nomination of Blanche on the Lam

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A tag has been placed on Blanche on the Lam 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 a person, organization (band, club, company, etc.) or web content, 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.

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I have to make a page for the Blanche on the Lam book for a class project and attempted to fill it in properly. My professor instructed us to make a stub page if the page didn't already exist but I guess I didn't go about that right. What do I do?

You did fine with Blanche on the Lam. Unfortunately, our new page patrollers are a bit too overzealous, so I will have a word with the user who requested deletion. Have you thought about expanding the book with references to secondary sources, for example, book reviews? What other sources have you found? I can help guide you in this process, if you like. Feel free to contact me on my talk page or ask further questions here or on the talk page of Talk:Blanche on the Lam. I have added more references for you to use (look in the further reading section) and look forward to your contributions. Again, welcome to Wikipedia! Viriditas (talk) 05:29, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

SFSU Class Project: A personal welcome from Anna

Dear student. Welcome. I think you may be part of the SFSU Class Project. Please write to me if you have any questions at all. I am here to help in any way I can. Best wishes, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 07:20, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

Excellent work

C'Nedra - - excellent job of getting the Blanche page going and a quick initiation into the Wikipedia community. I hope you read Viriditas's comments above. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Profhanley (talk • contribs) 16:18, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

SFSU Class Project: Assistance

Hello. A group of editors has volunteered to assist you. We understand that editing Wikipedia can be quite overwhelming. We will help to ensure that your article(s) is presentable. This will allow you to focus on research and content.

Please visit this page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Classroom coordination/SFSU Class Project. You will find the following sections:

• Editors willing to help: Click "talk" to the right of an editor's name for assistance.
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You can also get live help at IRC online help.

Best wishes, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 00:44, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Re: Blanche on the Lam

Hi. Did your professor explain that we can't use content copied from other websites? This is very important. Please see the message about "plagiarism and copyvio warning" from Prof. Hanley here. Unless you are quoting and attributing a source, we need you to write all material in your own words. If you need guidance, please read Wikipedia:How to write a plot summary and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Writing about fiction. Otherwise, feel free to ask questions on the talk page where a helper will assist you. Thanks. Viriditas (talk) 07:25, 28 October 2011 (UTC)