User talk:Pomergirl

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Hello, Pomergirl! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. You may benefit from following some of the links below, which will help you get the most out of Wikipedia. If you have any questions you can ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or by typing four tildes "~~~~"; this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you are already loving Wikipedia you might want to consider being "adopted" by a more experienced editor or joining a WikiProject to collaborate with others in creating and improving articles of your interest. Click here for a directory of all the WikiProjects. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Happy editing! Mtmelendez (Talk) 20:26, 12 November 2007 (UTC) Getting Started Wikipedia Tutorial • The five pillars of Wikipedia How to: edit a page • upload an image Getting Help Frequently Asked Questions Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Policies and Guidelines Neutral point of view • Reliable sources Verifiability • Citing sources • No original research What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons Manual of Style • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Policy for non-free content • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The Community Community Portal • Adopt-a-user program Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • Resolving disputes Build consensus • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Things to do Be bold in editing • Help develop an article Pages needing attention • Peer review Join a WikiProject • Translating articles Cleaning up: General • Spam • Vandalism Miscellaneous Categories • Disambiguity • Stubs User pages • Talk pages Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

Welcome to Wikipedia. A page you recently created may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines for new pages, so it will shortly be removed (if it hasn't been already). Please use the sandbox for any tests you may want to do and please read our introduction page to learn more about contributing. Thank you. IrishGuy ^talk 20:03, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Nice comment. - Mtmelendez ^(Talk) 20:26, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

I know how it feels. But there's so many topics to choose from, yet so little when considering that many users on this site are very picky about content. Just write articles that interest you. If they already exist, edit and improve them. You could also write about a sub-topic of one of your interests. Or, you can start here: Wikipedia:Most wanted articles or Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles. Hope that helps. - Mtmelendez ^(Talk) 20:45, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Sure. Just do me one favor: don't get discouraged. Writing an article in Wikipedia can sometimes be like swimming against the current in high tide. You might get users who disagree with you and you might get your article posted at WP:AFD and even deleted. We've all been there. Many users have left Wikipedia because of this, but others (like me) have remained. You just have to keep going.

If you have the time, read through these pages, they'll help alot:

1. Wikipedia:About

2. Wikipedia:Why Wikipedia is so great

3. Wikipedia:Avoiding common mistakes (to avoid getting your work deleted)

4. Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (why many articles get deleted)

Happy editing! - Mtmelendez ^(Talk) 21:05, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Choodle

I put a "speedy-delete: nonsense" tag on "Choodle", but I have taken it off again, as I see you are a new Wikipedian, to give you time to improve the article. A useful piece of advice, though, is to get an article fairly well developed before you put it in, otherwise there is a danger that it will be "speedily deleted". You can always write it in Notepad or some word-processor, and cut-and-paste to try it out in the sandbox, before you put it into Wikipedia for real; and you can use "show preview" to make sure it's right, before you click "save page". Unfortunately a lot of people put silly or nonsense articles in, and incoming articles get looked at to weed out the silly ones; so if you put your article in half-finished there is a danger that it will get deleted quickly. Good luck. JohnCD 23:14, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

As you can see, JohnCD is allowing you some time to construct the article. I suggest you find reliable sources on the internet ASAP and include it in the article. Add more info as to the origin of the breed, the current estimated number, the characteristics, etc. If you find sources, tell me and I'll format them and include them. The information you posted now is fine to include in Wiktionary, but if you include more info maybe we can have an article in Wiktionary AND in Wikipedia. Like I said, don't feel discouraged. - Mtmelendez ^(Talk) 01:04, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

What are your interests? Where do you live? What do you work in? What music do you like? There's bound to be something you can write about that you know and like. And even then, there are many articles that need work. - Mtmelendez ^(Talk) 01:41, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

So you like rap? What artists do you like? Try and find a artist who doesn't have an article and write about them. Also, you can improve existing articles! Find one you think is poor and elevate it. - Mtmelendez ^(Talk) 21:42, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

No, you may not write about something you made up. - Mtmelendez ^(Talk) 21:53, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Userpage

A Userpage is a page provided to each user to help him or her with their work. You can edit and include all sorts of information, but it does not belong to you. You may:

• Use it to make draft articles to edit and improve them, to then post them in the article-space.
• Use it to include info about yourself so that others know who you are, where you're from, interests (this helps in coordinating article drives or collaborations, where users who share the same interests work together to write or improve existing articles)
• There are many other uses, see the relative page about userpages: Wikipedia:Userpages

But don't include too much personal information about yourself, don't use it as a political or personal statement page, don't include sensitive information about other users, and don't include articles that don't belong in Wikipedia (hoaxes, attack pages, advertisements for you or a company, etc.).

If you want to try something fun, go to Wikipedia:Userboxes, to include nifty little boxes to describe just enough, but not too much about yourself in a funny way. So you like dogs, right? How about including these in your userpage? The entire gallery of userboxes of animals can be found here: All other galleries are at: Wikipedia:Userboxes#Gallery Hope it helps! - Mtmelendez ^(Talk) 17:48, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

This user firmly believes that this is a better world because of the presence of dogs.

This user is owned by one or more dogs.

This user loves Poodles.

[edit] I see that you are new...

If you have any questions about Wikipedia, [[Help:Contents Help| Click Here]]. --Storkian aka iSoroush ^Talk 21:14, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Response

Sort of. You still can't include anything that is against Wikipedia policy, but the rules are somewhat relaxed. However, going too far will have your userpage end up in Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion. - Mtmelendez ^(Talk) 23:53, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

... :) - Mtmelendez ^(Talk) 00:55, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Nice! I fixed it a little so it looks more organized. - Mtmelendez ^(Talk) 21:01, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Images

jeje... Alright, take it easy. Go to Wikipedia:Upload and click on the appropriate link. If you took the picture, you should click on It is entirely my own work. If you found it on the internet, odds are it is copyrighted, and you should click anyone of the options given, such as a DVD cover, a CD cover, a book cover, a promotional photo, an ad, a news image, etc.

If you upload an image which you did not create, you must make sure that you meet the Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria, by including all the required information in the image page. If it doesn't, it may be deleted. It sounds a bit complicated, but it's not, really. I hope it helps. - Mtmelendez ^(Talk) 09:57, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Kitty-kow heart.jpg

Thank you for uploading Image:Kitty-kow heart.jpg. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the image. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. STBotI (talk) 23:12, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Ir2cool.JPG

Thank you for uploading Image:Ir2cool.JPG. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the image. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. STBotI (talk) 21:24, 19 January 2008 (UTC)