User talk:Captainschoice

Welcome[edit]

Hello Captainschoice, and Welcome to Wikipedia!

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Captainschoice, good luck, and have fun. – The-Pope (talk) 15:25, 22 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

New player articles[edit]

Hi there, and thanks for your contributions. However, please take note of the following issues with them.

To determine who deserves to have an article written about them on wikipedia, there is a guideline called the general notability guideline, which states that you need significant coverage in independent reliable sources. For sportspeople, a secondary guideline exists, WP:NSPORTS, which says if you have played at the highest level, then you are presumed notable enough. For sports like soccer and cricket, they are very strict on this, to the point of the rule being "you don't get an article for being signed, play in a professional league and then you'll get an article". We are generally a bit more lenient for AFL articles for currently listed players, but the key is to add an INDEPENDENT (ie not the AFL or club website) source that covers the player in SIGNIFICANT coverage - ie not just a mention in a list or that he played/was drafted.

Also, capitalisation is important for any links or categories. If the link or category is red, then there is a problem and the link won't work.

Welcome again, and hope you hang around to help out. If you need any questions answered, please reply here or on my talk page. Cheers, The-Pope (talk) 15:11, 8 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of File:Ryan Griffen.jpg[edit]

A tag has been placed on File:Ryan Griffen.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F9 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the image appears to be a blatant copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted images or text borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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 "Click here to 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 removed 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. Eeekster (talk) 21:39, 16 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]