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Welcome on this side Doc ♬ talk 14:00, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

E-Mail

If you look under "toolbox" on the far left side of any user page, you'll see an option to e-mail a user. It's standard for all user pages, though users need not provide an e-mail address. Aside from preventing unwanted e-mails, failing to provide an e-mail address leaves a user without means to recover their password should they forget it. Rklawton 21:20, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

User:Rklawton

I'm just another Wikipedia editor, though I do have more edits than most. Rklawton 21:20, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

AfD process

You are somewhat correct about votes. Closing administrators (admins) do take votes into consideration. They also take into consideration the ideas presented. On a side note, some editors may try to discourage active discussion on AfD pages and use it primarily for voting. However, this isn't appropriate. This is an encyclopedia, and ideas matter. AfD discussions continue for five days (unless the choice becomes obvious - see WP:SNOW) before an administrator volunteers to review the discussion and make a decision. Deletions may be appealed. Likewise, retained articles may be renominated for deletion at any future point, but the nominator should be able to explain why this is appropriate. The highest number of nominations I've seen on an article that was finally deleted was 18 - and the argument over that one continues.

One of the things the closing administrator will take into consideration is the experience level of those voting. A lot of novice votes in one direction can be over-ruled by just a few votes from experienced editors. This is because experienced editors are more familiar with Wikipedia's policies and practices. The links at the top of this page will increase your familiarity with these polices. However, the process is ongoing not to mention under constant revision, and I learn something new ever day. If you have questions, the Wikipedia:Community Portal is a great place to start. Or, you can just pound out your question here on your talk page and then type {{helpme}} on your user page, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Rklawton 21:20, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Graving

This article is a good example of both a neologism (WP:NEO) and Wikipedia:Original research. They often go together. In the case of neologisms, it's not enough to simply find a word in use somewhere (that's original research). You'll need to find a source that says the word in question is an accepted part of some language. Such sources would include dictionaries or other encyclopedias. If/when this word becomes accepted by such a source, you'll then need to find sources to support the various facts or ideas contained within the article. Unsupported facts and ideas may be removed, though we usually first just tag them - or even better - find a supporting source to help things along. It's kind of like a scavenger hunt, and it can really become quite addictive. Don't let this first experience discourage you. Compared to most, you're off to a very positive start. Rklawton 21:20, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Cleanup

Not to butt in on your conversation with Rklawton but you could try checking the article history to see who added the cleanup tag and notifying them, or any other key contributors to the article/cleanup. IvoShandor 17:32, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Not a problem. IvoShandor 15:56, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Unreferenced BLPs

Hello Countedx58! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 1 of the articles that you created is tagged as an Unreferenced Biography of a Living Person. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to ensure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. If you were to bring this article up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current 310 article backlog. Once the article is adequately referenced, please remove the {{unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the article:

1. Merrill Osmond - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 06:47, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

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