June 2008

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  Welcome to Wikipedia. A page you recently created, Bluesky21, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines for new pages, so it will shortly be removed (if it hasn't been already). Please use the sandbox for any tests. For more information about creating articles, you may want to read Your first article. You may also want to read our introduction page to learn more about contributing. Thank you. Wildthing61476 (talk) 21:24, 24 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

User space vs. Article space

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Hi Bluesky, and welcome to Wikipedia. I just wanted to quickly explain something that you appear to be a little confused about. Wikipedia is divided into a number of "spaces". The "main space" or "article space" is where we put articles about WP:N notable subjects for people to read - the core of Wikipedia. The article you created, Bluesky21 (it's now been deleted) isn't appropriate for article space, since it's not about a notable subject. "User space" is any page that begins with "User:" and is for users to share a little bit about themselves or do other activities that aren't appropriate for article space - I see you've reproduced the content of the article at User:Bluesky21, which is fine. One last note, though - since we're all here to build an encyclopaedia, it's expected that all editors will make contributions to the article space; Wikipedia is not a free web hosting service. Other than that, welcome, and please don't hesitate to ask if you ever have any questions. Sarcasticidealist (talk) 21:30, 24 June 2008 (UTC)Reply