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Hello, Rising Fade, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as Draft:Rising Fade, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.

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 Teahouse, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{help me}} on this page, followed by your question, 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! Atlantic306 (talk) 19:40, 19 November 2019 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Rising Fade

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A tag has been placed on Draft:Rising Fade, requesting that it be deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which pages can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly-defined criteria, then it may soon be deleted by an administrator. The reasons it has been tagged are:

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If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Atlantic306 (talk) 19:40, 19 November 2019 (UTC)Reply

Advice on editing

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I see that your start at editing Wikipedia has met a brick wall, and I have no doubt that must be frustrating for you. Here are a few comments which I hope may help to clarify things for you.

  • While you have been told of the problems concerning copyright and promotion, I'm afraid even without those problems the draft you created would not have been suitable as a Wikipedia article, because the subject does not satisfy Wikipedia's notability guidelines. I suggest you should look at those guidelines before considering creating any more articles.
  • You should also look at the guideline on conflict of interest, as it certainly applies in your case.
  • Wikipedia policy is that an account is for one person acting in his or her personal capacity. An account may not be shared, and must not represent any kind of group or organisation. Therefore, you should not continue to edit with this user name.
  • My advice to new editors is that it is best to start by making small improvements to existing articles, rather than creating new articles. That way any mistakes you make will be small ones, and you won't have the discouraging experience of repeatedly seeing hours of work deleted. Gradually, you will get to learn how Wikipedia works, and after a while you will know enough about what is acceptable to be able to write whole new articles without fear that they will be deleted. Over the years I have found that editors who start by making small changes to existing articles and work up from there have a far better chance of having a successful time here than those who jump right into creating new articles from the start. Obviously that advice will not appeal to you if you have no interest in doing any kind of editing apart from publicising your band, but if that is the case then Wikipedia is not the right place for you, and you will be better advised to put the time and effort into publicising yourselves on one of the many web sites which do serve that purpose. JBW (talk) Formerly JamesBWatson 20:46, 19 November 2019 (UTC)Reply