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Adminship nomination request

The day has finally come!!Abce2|This isnot a test 21:44, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Hah, and sooner than I thought, too. The Earwig (Talk | Contribs) 21:48, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Whoa...I juat blanked out. Oh yeah, happy RFA! Maybe you'll get that "crappy T-shirt" :) At least, I hope you've seen it. Abce2|This isnot a test 21:52, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation

Your nomination at Articles for Creation was a success, and In My Rosary was created. The article has been assessed as Stub-Class, which is recorded on the article's talk page. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see what needs to be done to bring it to the next level. Please continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. Note that because you are a logged-in user, you can create articles yourself, and don't have to post a request. Thank you for helping Wikipedia! GrooveDog • oh hai 14:28, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Heh, this is clearly a mistake. The Earwig (Talk | Contribs) 14:33, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

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Thanks for the link

You helped me close that ridiculous RfA. I neglected to respond to you before closing, so thanks :) Equazcion (talk) 04:01, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

No trouble. It's a shame that the entire history of a semi-decent editor can go down the drain like that. Oh well, The Earwig (Talk | Contribs) 04:05, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

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Adopt Me!

Hi -- I saw your posting on the adoption page and am looking to get adopted and learn how to be a good contributing member of the community. Thanks. Karasilv (talk) 16:02, 13 October 2009 (UTC)Kara

Hi there! I'm a little busy right now – there's some stuff I'm working on in real life, but I'm still open if you're interested. I'm on the site a lot, and while I may not always be editing, I check my talk page frequently. So, if you're okay with all of that, just reply below. The Earwig (Talk | Contribs) 21:36, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Amazing! Thank you for the speedy reply. I'm mostly interested in learning the best way to build enough credibility so that when you start a new page it isn't summarily deleted. Any advice is appreciated! :) Looking foward Karasilv (talk) 22:11, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Alright. First of all, no matter how many references you provide in an article, it will still be deleted if the tone is promotional or spam-like, such as saying, "Earwig Food Company makes the best donuts out there!", or if it is a blatant copyright violation, such as being copied from another website without the original author's permission.

So, as long as you don't those two things, and your article isn't patent nonsense, vandalism, an attack page or really, really short, you should be fine to move on to the next step, and this is always the hardest one: notability. Despite being extremely large and considered to be a search engine by many people, Wikipedia has standards for what you can include and what you can't include. Notability is one of the most basic ways that you can use to prove to us that your article subject is appropriate enough to be included in an encyclopedia. "Notability", in the Wikipedia sense, means that a subject has been mentioned multiple times in reliable sources, such as newspapers or magazines that are unrelated to the subject matter, and it has been mentioned significantly; it has not only been one or two mentions in the article, but a full story or a large section about it.

Notability is really about verifiability – if you don't give us any good sources in an article, how do we know if the information is correct? For example, say I'm writing an article about someone named John Jack Jones. If I say in the article that "John Jack Jones is the President of the United States" and I source that statement to John's blog, we really won't know if it's correct or not. Why would we trust his blog for information? But, if I put the same statement in and I source it to The New York Times, it would be much more believable, because something like the New York Times is trusted to provide accurate information (most of the time).

That's the most basic information I can give you about preventing an article from being deleted. Sorry if I may be a little confusing in parts, feel free to ask questions if you have any! As for working on an actual article, if you give me the subject, I can tell you a little more about the standards for those types of articles, and any precedents there may be. Thanks, The Earwig (Talk | Contribs) 10:51, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Bot communication

Regarding this, I noticed your bot made no attempt at communication on the user's talk page. It might be helpful if it were more verbose, especially as new IP users might have no idea how to find their way back to AFC to see the status of their submission. -- 209.6.238.201 (talk) 11:37, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Hmm, very interesting. That's a good idea, but I'm not quite sure it's necessary. Hold reasons are usually applied when a reviewer notices something wrong with the article, but it is something that can be fixed by the author. In the case of cv-bot, the message is intended for reviewers to deal with, not the authors. There are also a lot of false positives. So, not only would we be informing them about something they really can't fix, but we might be giving them an irrelevant message. Maybe I'm wrong? I'm not sure, and I'll seek some input from other reviewers about this idea. Thanks, The Earwig (Talk | Contribs) 20:00, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

I doubt there would be much point, as so many IPs change address when they return. It's not 'getting rid' of the request, just holding it, and a reviewer will check it and take appropriate action - so, I don't see this suggestion as being beneficial.  Chzz  ►  10:52, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

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Your RfA…

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