User talk:Griffen881

Welcome!

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Speedy deletion nomination of Griffen881

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A tag has been placed on Griffen881 requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), web content or organised event, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, you can place a request here. —C.Fred (talk) 02:22, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

It's a bad idea to write about your own projects

Hello, Griffen881. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Griffen881, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about ensuring their edits are verified by reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of problems:

• Avoid or exercise great caution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with.
• Be cautious about deletion discussions. Everyone is welcome to provide information about independent sources in deletion discussions, but avoid advocating for deletion of articles about your competitors.
• Avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam).
• Exercise great caution so that you do not accidentally breach Wikipedia's content policies.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. —C.Fred (talk) 02:22, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

You might have a username problem

Regarding this edit to Talk:Griffen881, where you said:

I had gotten my information from the person himself so it truly shouldn't be deleted he said that he'll give more information soon.

Does this indicate that you are not the user Griffen881 on YouTube? If that's the case, then your username may violate the username policy, because it impersonates somebody else. Please advise. —C.Fred (talk) 02:33, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

Multiple accounts?

Are you the same person as the user with the account named "StormWolf"? If so, why do you have more than one account? And if not, why did you create a user page for that other user? JamesBWatson (talk) 17:42, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

Hello, Griffen881, and Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{Help me}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by using four tildes (~~~~) or by clicking if shown; this will automatically produce your username and the date. Also, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field with your edits. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! User:JamesBWatson (talk) 18:18, 19 October 2013 (UTC) Getting started A tutorial • Our five pillars • Getting mentored How to: Edit a page • Upload and use images • Create your first article Intuitive guide to Wikipedia • Article Creation Wizard Getting help Frequently asked questions • Tips Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Help desk: A Wiki Styled page to ask questions on Help directory: A comprehensive list-style help contents page Policies and guidelines Neutral point of view • No original research Verifiability • Reliable sources • Citing sources What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons List of policies • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Policy for non-free content • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism • List of guidelines Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The community Build consensus • Resolve disputes Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • No legal threats Community portal • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Writing articles Be bold in editing • Develop an article The perfect article • Simplified manual of style Stubs • Categories • Disambiguation Peer review • Featured content Miscellaneous User pages • Talk pages Awards a registered contributor can achieve and award Clean up: General • Spam • Vandalism Join a WikiProject • Translation Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

A few words of advice

I'm afraid you have had what must be a rather disappointing start to editing Wikipedia. Over the years, I have seen lots of new editors come here, full of enthusiasm, only to see article after article that they create deleted, until they get completely pissed off and leave. I hope that won't happen to you, and I have a bit of advice that may help to make sure that it doesn't. For now, don't try to write any new articles. Just make little changes to articles that are already there, correcting mistakes, and things like that. If you do that, any mistakes you make, or anything you do that is not in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, will be small, and you won't lose a whole lot of work if it gets undone by someone else. Gradually, you will learn what is acceptable on Wikipedia and what isn't, and after a while you will know enough about how Wikipedia works to be able to write new articles without the risk that they will just be deleted right after you write them. I find that people who do it that way have a much better chance of having a good time here than people who jump straight into writing articles, I am also giving yo a "welcome" message (above) with links to some pages that may be helpful. I know there's already a welcome message at the top of the page, posted by C.Fred, but this one has rather more links. Don't try to read everything right away, because there's far too much there, but do have a look at some of teh pages that look as though they may help. Of course you can always come back later to read more pages when they seem relevant to what you are doing. Finally, please do feel very welcome to contact me on my talk page if you need to ask for more help. JamesBWatson (talk) 17:55, 19 October 2013 (UTC)