RodeoWrangler

Welcome!

Hello, RodeoWrangler, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as Ned Pepper Stewart, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.

There's a page about creating articles you may want to read called Your first article. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{helpme}} on this page, followed by your question, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Here are a few other good links for newcomers:

• Starting an article
• Your first article
• Biographies of living persons
• How to write a great article
• The five pillars of Wikipedia
• Help pages
• Tutorial

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Wikipedia:Questions or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! ... discospinster _talk 03:40, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Ned Pepper Stewart

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 Ned Pepper Stewart requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article or image appears to be a clear copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

If the external website or image belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text or image — which means allowing other people to modify it — then you must verify that externally by one of the processes explained at Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials. If you are not the owner of the external website or image but have permission from that owner, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission. You might want to look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines for more details, or ask a question here.

If you think that the page was nominated in error, contest the nomination by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion" in the speedy deletion tag. Doing so will take you to the talk page where you can 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 a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but do not hesitate to add information that is consistent with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. ... discospinster _talk 03:40, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

January 2013

Thank you for your recent contributions. Getting started creating new articles on Wikipedia can be tricky, and you might like to try creating a draft version first, which you can then ask for feedback on if necessary, with less risk of deletion. Do make sure you also read help available to you, including Your First Article and the Tutorial. You might also like to try the Article Wizard, which has an option to create a draft version. Thank you. —Darkwind (talk) 07:43, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Ned Stewart Jr.

The article Ned Stewart Jr. has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this newly created biography of a living person will be deleted unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article. The nominator also raised the following concern:

All biographies of living people created after March 18, 2010, must have references.

If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the {{prod blp}} tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within ten days, the article may be deleted, but you can request that it be undeleted when you are ready to add one. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 16:18, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

Citations

I'm not entirely sure what you were trying to do with this edit but a simple reference to "Jim Williams" (whoever he might be) is not sufficient. References must cite reliable sources that are available to the general public to review. They need not be available online, but if they are print sources, they should be readily available books or newspapers or magazines. (I.e. a dedicated researcher should be able to find the reference and verify the information.) It cannot be a story you heard from someone, or a note that you have in your personal possession but that I could not obtain if I went to a good research library, etc. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 16:27, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

Regarding questions you have recently asked

Hello RodeoWrangler. You've asked a few questions on some people's user talk pages, and I noticed them. I hope I'm not overstepping here, but it appears you're a new user, and as such, perhaps your not completely aware of Wikipedia's rules and policies regarding what sorts of information is at Wikipedia. You've repeatedly said that "so-and-so is a real person". The deal is, being a real person is not sufficient for an article at Wikipedia. Everything which is written at Wikipedia must be verifiable, which means that something must have been published in a reliable source before it appears at Wikipedia, so that anyone who reads this information in the future can check it out for themselves. Now, if a person's life has been written about, extensively, in such reliable sources, we can use those sources to help us write a Wikipedia article about him, and that makes them notable enough for a Wikipedia article. If a person does not have a lot of things written about them, or if we cannot trust the sources that are written about them, then there isn't any way for people to check up on what is written. Again, there are many billions of real people in the world that no one has written extensively about. I've never had someone publish a book about my life, for example. So, if you're trying to write an article at Wikipedia about a person, "They are real" is not an actual defense to have an article. Being real is not the standard. Being written by reliable sources is the standard. If the person you are trying to create an article about so qualifies, you need to show that by citing the sources for that information. However, there is a real possibility that this person just isn't covered by reliable sources. If that is true, then there shouldn't be an article about them. Being real or not isn't relevant. --Jayron32 18:23, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

RodeoWrangler, you are invited to the Teahouse

Hi RodeoWrangler! Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia. Be our guest at the Teahouse! The Teahouse is a friendly space where new editors can ask questions about contributing to Wikipedia and get help from peers and experienced editors. I hope to see you there! Writ Keeper (I'm a Teahouse host) Visit the Teahouse This message was delivered automatically by your robot friend, HostBot (talk) 01:15, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

Ned "Pepper" Stewart, Jr.

Hi, thanks for your message. I deleted your article because

• The article was a copyright violation of the external link you gave. Copyrighted text is not allowed in Wikipedia, as outlined in this policy. That applies even to pages created by you or your organisation, unless they state clearly and explicitly that the text is public domain. There are ways to donate copyrighted text to Wikipedia, as described here; please note that simply asserting on the talk page that you are the owner of the copyright, or you have permission to use the text, isn't sufficient.
• it did not provide independent verifiable sources to enable us to verify the facts and show that it meets the notability guidelines. It is now Wikipedia policy that biographical articles about living people must have independent verifiable references, or they will be deleted.
• It was written in a promotional tone. Articles must be neutral and encyclopaedic. We are not an advertising outlet for the Oregon Mint Snuff Co, for a start.
• See also Jayron23's comments above.

Jimfbleak - talk to me? 07:29, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Ned Stewart Jr.

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 Ned Stewart Jr. requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article or image appears to be a clear copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

If the external website or image belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text or image — which means allowing other people to modify it — then you must verify that externally by one of the processes explained at Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials. If you are not the owner of the external website or image but have permission from that owner, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission. You might want to look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines for more details, or ask a question here.

If you think that the page was nominated in error, contest the nomination by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion" in the speedy deletion tag. Doing so will take you to the talk page where you can 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 a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but do not hesitate to add information that is consistent with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Cabe6403 ^{(Talk•Sign)} 15:22, 29 January 2013 (UTC)