LeahCunningham

Thank you for experimenting with Wikipedia by creating the page Squidarita. Your test worked, and has been or will soon be removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. While I'm sure the Squidarita is a great drink, please look at WP:NOT before creating new articles. Thanks, NawlinWiki 19:06, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Squidarita

(1) if you look at WP:NOT, it includes the following paragraph under "WP is not an indiscriminate collection of information":

Instruction manuals - while Wikipedia has descriptions of people, places, and things, Wikipedia articles should not include instruction - advice (legal, medical, or otherwise), suggestions, or contain "how-to"s. This includes tutorials, walk-throughs, instruction manuals, video game guides, and recipes.

(2) Even without the actual recipe, to show that the Squidarita "has gained some popularity in various locations", you need to provide verifiable sources such as news clippings. Wikipedia should not be part of a process to "create the hype", as compared to reporting on things that are already notable as provable by verifiable sources.

Hope this helps. NawlinWiki 19:19, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

P.S. Also, it's perfectly OK to have the Squidarita on your userpage, as you've done. NawlinWiki 19:21, 29 August 2006 (UTC)