Michealenems

Proposed deletion of Bryan Cole

Hello, Michealenems. I wanted to let you know that I’m proposing an article that you started, Bryan Cole, for deletion because it's a biography of a living person that lacks references. If you don't want Bryan Cole to be deleted, please add a reference to the article.

If you don't understand this message, you can leave a note on my talk page.

Thanks,

Crystallizedcarbon (talk) 21:47, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

Nomination of Bryan Cole for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Bryan Cole is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bryan Cole until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. John from Idegon (talk) 16:59, 8 February 2017 (UTC)

Welcome!

Hello, Michealenems, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of your recent edits to the page Bryan Cole have not conformed to Wikipedia's verifiability policy, and has been or will be removed. Wikipedia articles should refer only to facts and interpretations that have been stated in print or on reputable websites or in other media. Always remember to provide a reliable source for quotations and for any material that is likely to be challenged, or it may be removed. Wikipedia also has a related policy against including original research in articles. Additionally, all new biographies of living people must contain at least one reliable source.

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February 2017

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page Bryan Cole has been reverted.
Your edit here to Bryan Cole was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove links which are discouraged per our external links guideline. The external link(s) you added or changed (http://guitarrock-news-blog.com/2016/12/23/bryan-cole-sands-of-time/) is/are on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. If the external link you inserted or changed was to a blog, forum, free web hosting service, fansite, or similar site (see 'Links to avoid', #11), then please check the information on the external site thoroughly. Note that such sites should probably not be linked to if they contain information that is in violation of the creator's copyright (see Linking to copyrighted works), or they are not written by a recognised, reliable source. Linking to sites that you are involved with is also strongly discouraged (see conflict of interest).
If you were trying to insert an external link that does comply with our policies and guidelines, then please accept my creator's apologies and feel free to undo the bot's revert. However, if the link does not comply with our policies and guidelines, but your edit included other, constructive, changes to the article, feel free to make those changes again without re-adding the link. Please read Wikipedia's external links guideline for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! --XLinkBot (talk) 23:43, 8 February 2017 (UTC)

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Bryan Cole. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

Please be particularly aware that Wikipedia's policy on edit warring states:

1. Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made.
2. Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.

If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes; work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If you engage in an edit war, you may be blocked from editing.
Do not remove maintenance templates without addressing the underlying problem. It would not be nominated for deletion if it was clearly a notable topic. One poor source is nowhere near enough for a BLP. John from Idegon (talk) 18:44, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

Sorry all! I am still new at this. I am working through my bugs, as we speak! I am still working on finding a good reference for Bryan Cole's page. It seems to be a struggle. There are tons of references out there for him, but they're not being accepted. Bear with me as I try to remedy this. Thank you so much for your direction!

Would this be a worthy reference? [1] Thank you michealenems

Look, I know editing Wikipedia isn't easy. Asking questions is a better way to go and I'll give you a good place to ask questions right after this. A single reference is not going to solve your problem. And that one will not work. Reliable sources are required. Writing an article as your first foray onto Wikipedia is a bad idea. Writing a biographical article on a living person is worse, as those type articles are held to a higher quality standard due to the risk of libel lawsuits. I looked and I saw no evidence that this guy is notable prior to nominating it for deletion. (Just a short aside, all the words in blue are links and you need to read them.) The applicable notability guidelines are at WP:GNG or the possibly easier to meet one specific to musicians at WP:NMUSIC. You will need multiple (at least 4) reliable sources, completely independent of Bryan and every label he's worked for to show that he meets either of the above notability guidelines. Most websites are not reliable. Social media and blogs almost never are. Something a wise person told me when I started doing this: Use your knowledge to guide you to reliable sources, then forget everything you know and base your edits strictly on content paraphrased from your sources. Hope that helps. John from Idegon (talk) 02:28, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

• One further question. If you have to look for sources, where did you get the information to write the article? John from Idegon (talk) 02:47, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

Thank you, it does help. The information added was from various interviews. Michealenems

Interviews you conducted? John from Idegon (talk) 03:19, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

Yes, interviews by me. I'm a journalist. Michealenems

Are you being paid to write this article? John from Idegon (talk) 04:26, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

I am not. I'm building my portfolio and gaining experience with Wikipedia. Michealenems

Please read the material you've been provided. You need to properly sign your communications. I'll be stubbing the article back to what the single source on it verifies. This is an encyclopedia. We do not accept original research. John from Idegon (talk) 05:05, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia: check out the Teahouse!

Hello! Michealenems, you are invited to the Teahouse, a forum on Wikipedia for new editors to ask questions about editing Wikipedia, and get support from peers and experienced editors. Please join us! John from Idegon (talk) 02:29, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

Welcome!

Hello, Michealenems, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of your recent edits have not conformed to Wikipedia's verifiability policy, and has been or will be removed. Wikipedia articles should refer only to facts and interpretations that have been stated in print or on reputable websites or in other media. Always remember to provide a reliable source for quotations and for any material that is likely to be challenged, or it may be removed. Wikipedia also has a related policy against including original research in articles. Additionally, all new biographies of living people must contain at least one reliable source.

If you are stuck and looking for help, please see the guide for citing sources or come to the new contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Here are a few other good links for newcomers:

• The five pillars of Wikipedia
• Contributing to Wikipedia
• How to edit a page
• Help pages
• Tutorial
• How to write a great article
• Simplified Manual of Style

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 need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or . Again, welcome.  John from Idegon (talk) 02:31, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

Adding references can be easy

Just follow the steps 1, 2 and 3 as shown and fill in the details

Hello! Here's how to add references from reliable sources for the content you add to Wikipedia. This helps maintain the Wikipedia policy of verifiability.

Adding well formatted references is actually quite easy:

1. While editing any article or a wikipage, on the top of the edit window you will see a toolbar which says "Cite". Click on it.
2. Then click on "Templates".
3. Choose the most appropriate template and fill in as many details as you can. This will add a well formatted reference that is helpful in case the web URL (or "website link") becomes inactive in the future.
4. Click on Preview when you're done filling out the 'Cite (web/news/book/journal)' to make sure that the reference is correct.
5. Click on Insert to insert the reference into your editing window content.
6. Click on Show preview to Preview all your editing changes.

• Before clicking on Save page, check that a References header   ==References==   is near the end of the article.
• And check that   {{Reflist}}    is directly underneath that header.

7.  Click on Save page. ...and you've just added a complete reference to a Wikipedia article.

You can read more about this on Help:Edit toolbar or see this video File:RefTools.ogv.
Hope this helps, --John from Idegon (talk) 02:31, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

• To use this message, place {{subst:User:Shearonink/ref}} on User:talk pages when needed.

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