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Hello, Etarrant, 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 Evan Tarrant, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may soon be deleted.

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, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Here are a few other good links for newcomers:

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! Phearson (talk) 03:22, 5 September 2011 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of Evan Tarrant

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A tag has been placed on Evan Tarrant requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person, organization (band, club, company, etc.) or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page 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 page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. Phearson (talk) 03:22, 5 September 2011 (UTC)Reply

Week Two

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Hi Evan I'm Jessica. I am going to Scc for my general education and hopefully going to a university after. See you in class! :) Jtiller11 (talk) 02:09, 12 September 2011 (UTC)Reply

September 2011

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  Hello Etarrant. If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Evan Tarrant, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about following the reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of problems:

  • Avoid or exercise great caution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with.
  • Be cautious about deletion discussions. Everyone is welcome to provide information about independent sources in deletion discussions, but avoid advocating for deletion of articles about your competitors.
  • Avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam).
  • Exercise great caution so that you do not accidentally breach Wikipedia's content policies.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. We usually discourage writing about yourself Phearson (talk) 03:24, 5 September 2011 (UTC)Reply

Talkback

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Hello, Etarrant. You have new messages at Talk:Evan Tarrant.
Message added 03:33, 5 September 2011 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Phearson (talk) 03:33, 5 September 2011 (UTC)Reply

Confusion?

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Hi, I think there may have been some confusion regarding our last exchange. I believe what you were trying to do was edit your user page at one point, and accidentally ended up creating a mainspace article about yourself. Which triggered me and others to tag the mainspace article for deletion under the A7 speedy deletion criteria. We will not of course, delete your userpage or account, but you need to be more careful not to create mainspace articles. If you need any help, please let me know. Phearson (talk) 14:57, 15 September 2011 (UTC)Reply

Week 3

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Good job! I found your article linked from your userpage, you left a helpful review, and you even signed your comments. Scores will be posted on Moodle. --MTHarden (talk) 14:25, 23 September 2011 (UTC)Reply