User talk:Johnbresee
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Hello, Johnbresee, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:
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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! By the way, please be sure to sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~) to produce your name and the current date, or three tildes (~~~) for just your name. If you have any questions, you can post to the help desk or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! FreplySpang (talk) 22:26, September 2, 2005 (UTC)
Thank you for the note on my talk page about backcountry.com. It's really nice to hear from someone with a positive attitude like yours. And, congratulations on the success of your company!
- Wikipedia generally discourages self-promotion and self-advertisement. We have a guideline about autobiographical articles that applies here too: "If you are reasonably significant, someone will create an article about you sooner or later."
- You asked about R.E.I.'s article, calling them "a massive big box store crushing independants everywhere." Well, basically, that's why they have a Wikipedia article - because they are recognizable to a lot of people.
- I don't know if you've had a chance to review the deletion process, but it's designed to let the Wikipedia community weigh in on an article. If there is not a clear consensus to delete, it will be kept. However, the wishes of anonymous users or new users are usually weighed less heavily.
I hope this helps to explain some of our community practices. Thanks again for your interest. FreplySpang (talk) 22:26, September 2, 2005 (UTC)
