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(Arundhati Bakshi (talk • contribs)) 11:24, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Afd

I've nominated your two articles for deletion. They appear to me to be self-promotion for a non-noteable Linux distribution. Whether or not the articles are actually deleted will depend on discussion on the AfD page (you will find the link at the top of either of your articles). I am notifying you so you have a fair chance to rally support for your contributions. My nomination for AfD is nothing personal, and I wish you all the best. If your articles do past this test, then you will have no opposition expanding them in the future. Rklawton 18:19, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Articles

Hi Softcraft. It looks like your two articles are up for a deletion vote. I voted to keep the one article on the Linux distro but to delete the other and move it to your user page for now. To most users here the Mauro DePalma page will qualify as a vanity page (see WP:VANITY for what a vanity page is). The distribution you have created I don't see as any less singificant than a lot of other live boot distros that I use however (Knoppix and Ubuntu, for example, and certainly as notable as Puppy Linux).

There are some things I want you to realize though . . . do not take any such nominations personally . . . there are general policies on notability, etc. which users and admins are asked to abide by, although often it comes down to being a judgement call for the deciding admins. When it comes to articles like the Linux article, however, some things can be done to improve its chances of being retained. Try to come up with something that makes your distro unique from the others and use it. Being a software engineer, I am sure you have customized it to some end and to serve a particular purpose . . . adding this would have made some customizations to it that are suited to some special purpose. Your article right now is a bit bare for a software article. If you need time to fix it up then maybe resubmit a more polished version later, you can create your own Sandbox here and store it in that subpage until it is ready. You may also use the "Talk" page to argue your case, or use the {{hangon}} template to tell the others to hang on while you improve and complete the article (although I'd talk to some admins about this before reposting . . . recreating a deleted page is usually considered vandalism).

The Bad News: Once an article like this is submitted to AfD, it is often deleted unless the matter is controversial (for some reason Marijuana slang and Jargon of The Rush Limbaugh Show remain although both of dubious use IMO). Don't let this deter you from editing or creating any more articles in the future. I have had pages of mine deleted as well, and its no fun, but the people are just doing what they think is right. Hope you stick around and continue to contribute. (Arundhati Bakshi (talk • contribs)) 19:06, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Congrats! Your Linux article has beaten the delete vote and will stay on Wikipedia! Hope you continue to work on it! (Arundhati Bakshi (talk • contribs)) 00:00, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Move

Click the "move" link atop the page and specify the new name along with a reason for the move. Remember this will cause all pages that link to the former page to need changing to match the new name as well. (Arundhati Bakshi (talk • contribs)) 19:24, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

P.S. Let everyone else know what you are doing so they won't think you're trying to get out of the AfD process . . . a redirect page is left behind and although we are supposed to assume good faith here, not everyone does. (Arundhati Bakshi (talk • contribs)) 19:30, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Newbie's Guide to Nasty Rules

Hello. I am sorry your introduction to Wikipedia was so unpleasant. Could you look at these links explaining the rules and tell me if they seem to help you any?

http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Assume_good_faith
http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Winad
http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/WP:NOT
http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/WP:NFT
http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Notability
http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/WP:NOR
http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Google_test
http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_neologisms
http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/No_personal_attacks
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Don't_be_a_dick
http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Be_bold
http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules

The material in these pages seems to me to be the most relevant as to what *not* to add and what newbies screw up on most (this semi-newbie not excepted) and the code of conduct expected out of people. I can't think of a way to force people to read this, but having a new article written with a good intention coming under fire at once will seem a lot more odious to me than showing rules in a welcome message.

Also, there is some content unsuitable for Wikipedia, but that *may* be suitable for other Wiki-sources, sich as Wiktionary, or Wikibooks, that the user may be able to make use of.

What do you think about this? Although there are some ill-intentioned people, there has really got to be a fun, non-abrasive way of getting this across. I would like to avoid situations in the future like the one with you (and I assure you you are definitely not alone in this) if it can be avoided.

Copyrights on photos is something that still confuses me and I have been here six months.

Tell me about how you feel after reading the links available . . . I am not an administrator and have no rights to create new policies, but I am thinking of trying to get the attention of some people who can maybe help to avoid what went on today. Your input would be invaluable.

(Arundhati Bakshi (talk • contribs)) 21:56, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Could you look at Item 25 on: http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Esperanza and comment on it -- this is a proposal that I think may save many of us headaches in the future. (Arundhati Bakshi (talk • contribs)) 23:11, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

File:Generations 5 slim.png listed for deletion

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Generations 5 slim.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you. Kelly ^hi! 23:43, 10 September 2015 (UTC)