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"I'm trying to create a page for Paul Huljich, but every time I try and upload any text or content it deletes it all and redirects the page to his brothers' business page. This is not what I want, I want a separate page for him, personally. Any suggestions on how to fix this? thanks!!" Mworkma (talk) 11:15, 3 April 2013 (UTC)Mworkma
- Hi Mworkma. Because the code
#REDIRECT [[Huljich brothers]]is still at the top of the article, the page becomes a soft redirect to that article - removing the code will render your text visible. Whether it should be visible is another matter - per our biographies policy, you need substantially better sources for claiming that a public figure has an "incurable mental disease", and indeed, substantially better sources to meet Wikipedia's minimum inclusion requirements; websites touting his books are not considered reliable. I'd suggest that you do one of two things: either discuss the matter with User:Tentinator (who assigned the redirect) and see if the two of you can make the necessary improvements, or recreate the page in your userspace as a draft, and submit it via AFC. Yunshui 雲水 12:27, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
April 2013
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Hello, I'm Widr. I wanted to let you know that I undid one of your recent contributions, such as the one you made with this edit to Paul Huljich, because it didn’t appear constructive to me. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks, Widr (talk) 15:39, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
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I just got an update that my article is an Orphan article, and now (after reading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Orphan) I have come to understand that this means it is an article that is not related to other articles and therefore is clogging up the Encyclopedia. I do not believe this is true, I think it has multiple areas where it is relevant to readers of an Encyclopedia. I have linked this page to multiple pages within Wikipedia that I think are appropriate (i.e. I linked this page with his Alma Mater because he is a successful Alumni). Is this the proper way to go about this? Thank you so much in advance for your help, I just want to get it right the first time! Mworkma (talk)Mworkma
- Welcome to Wikipedia!
I think you have misunderstood the meaning of "orphan" as it is used on Wikipedia. An "orphan" article is an article which no other articles link to it. Just like how you have provided links to other articles in the article you created, the "orphan" tag means that other articles have no such links to your article. Hope that helps. 
Arctic Kangaroo 12:29, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
- Hi Kangaroo! Thanks so much, that does help a bit but if you could take just a quick look at my article and see if I've linked it properly? I want to make sure that my article can be up for "de-orphaning". I think it should be able to under the guidelines, but I'm new so I definitely don't want to do the wrong thing! Thanks again, I appreciate your help. Have a good day! Mworkma (talk) 12:33, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
- I have removed the orphan tag. So far, you have placed links to it on 2 articles, and both have been linked correctly. Perhaps, you see if there is any other articles that may require a link to it? I'm just suggesting, so it's up to you. Cheers. Arctic Kangaroo 12:42, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
- I have removed the orphan tag. So far, you have placed links to it on 2 articles, and both have been linked correctly. Perhaps, you see if there is any other articles that may require a link to it? I'm just suggesting, so it's up to you. Cheers.
- Thanks on both accounts! I definitely want to add to Wiki in a useful way and I will definitely see if there are other articles, I have a few in mind so I'll ponder if they're appropriate links, and if so link them! Mworkma (talk) 12:46, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
Signing your posts
[edit]Hi Mworkma, when you sign your posts on user talk/talk pages, please use ~~~~ instead of ~~~. Thanks. Arctic Kangaroo 12:30, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks! Mworkma (talk) 12:32, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
- Hi again. There's no need to place "Mworkma" after typing four tildes. The signature which replaces the four tildes shows it all. Cheers. Arctic Kangaroo 12:38, 10 April 2013 (UTC)