User talk:Barracudamag
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on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome! Kukini 22:57, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
April 2007
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Welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for your contributions. An article you recently created, Jeff Fox, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines for new articles, so it will shortly be removed (if it hasn't been already). Please use the sandbox for any tests you may want to do and please read our introduction page to learn more about contributing. Thank you. Coren 23:00, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
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You should wait for others to write an article about subjects in which you are personally involved. This applies to articles about you, your achievements, your business, your publications, your website, your relatives, and any other possible conflict of interest.
Creating an article about yourself is strongly discouraged. If you create such an article, it might be listed on articles for deletion. Deletion is not certain, but many feel strongly that you should not start articles about yourself. This is because independent creation encourages independent validation of both significance and verifiability. All edits to articles must conform to Wikipedia:No original research, Wikipedia:Neutral point of view, and Wikipedia:Verifiability.
If you are not "notable" under Wikipedia guidelines, creating an article about yourself may violate the policy that Wikipedia is not a personal webspace provider and would thus qualify for speedy deletion. If your achievements, etc., are verifiable and genuinely notable, and thus suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later. (See Wikipedia:Wikipedians with articles.) Thank you. Coren 23:00, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
Nomination of Barracuda (magazine) for deletion
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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Barracuda (magazine) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Barracuda (magazine) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. – Fayenatic London 20:54, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
Blocking for user name violation
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Your username is the only reason for this block. You are welcome to choose a new username (see below).
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- Adding
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, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. – Fayenatic London 20:54, 22 December 2012 (UTC)