C9679

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Unlocking

I ran across your article on unlocking, and see that you don't understand why someone proposed to delete it. The links above give more info on how Wikipedia works. In this case, another editor pointed out that there is a policy against "how-to" articles. Wikipedia is not an instruction manual, it's an encyclopedia. The rules are written in the policy What Wikipedia is not, specifically the section Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. The editor helpfully pointed out that this kind of article might be suitable for the Wikibooks project. Wikipedia doesn't publish how-to articles, but Wikibooks does.--Srleffler 05:47, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

You might be able to fix the article by editing it so that it focuses on what unlocking is, rather than on giving advice. (Hint: don't use the word "you".)--Srleffler 05:53, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

I see you also tried to add the article to Category:Telecommunications terms. Good for you! Most new editors don't think to categorize their articles. Adding articles to categories doesn't work the way you thought, though. You don't edit the category, you edit the article, and add a special category tag at the end. The tag looks like this: [[Category:Telecommunications terms]]. I added the tag to unlocking. Once the tag is added to the article, the article will automatically appear in the appropriate category.--Srleffler 06:00, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Hello, to user .--Srleffler thank you for pointing out the problems with my addition, could you please check the page again and see if that is any better, its not really a how to its just a definition of what Unlocking is, it is better described on the reference site thats why that was linked... Im sorry im new here so I dont know how to send a message to you directly — Preceding unsigned comment added by C9679 (talk • contribs) 2006-12-13

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It turns out there was already an article that covers this: SIM lock. I redirected unlocking to there. It's always a good idea to search around to see if an article already exists under another name before creating a new one. Alternate names can be "redirected" to shunt readers to the correct article, so there is no need for duplicate articles on the same topic.--Srleffler 05:32, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of FindMeThatPhone

A tag has been placed on FindMeThatPhone, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam as well as Wikipedia:FAQ/Business for more information.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the article or have a copy emailed to you. Riotrocket8676 ^{You gotta problem with that?} 20:48, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Your article

Your article was deleted because it failed to sufficiently indicate why the subject was important or significant. I didn't give the idea that it was the first at doing something free on the internet much weight because a lot of non-notable web companies make such claims. Your article also looked like an advertisement which is prohibited. I suggest you read Wikipedia's introduction and guide to your first article to learn more about our policies and article requirements. KnightLago (talk) 21:58, 9 February 2009 (UTC)