Welcome!

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Hello, Ben Shipman, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.

There's a page about creating articles you may want to read called Your first article. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{helpme}} on this page, followed by your question, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Here are a few other good links for newcomers:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Wikipedia:Questions or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! VQuakr (talk) 19:17, 27 May 2013 (UTC)Reply

The Aldren Staff

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Hi. Don't worry too much about the various speedy, PROD and other deletion methods. The main thing is that an article needs to at least claim some notability according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. For this, you need third party references. There is a general guide on how to write an article here, and once you have sufficient prose and references you can submit an article here. Please ask again on my talk page if you're stuck. Best, Black Kite (talk) 20:45, 27 May 2013 (UTC)Reply

  Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to add soapboxing, promotional or advertising material to Wikipedia, as you did at List of high fantasy fiction, you may be blocked from editing. VQuakr (talk) 21:19, 27 May 2013 (UTC)Reply

I saw your note on my talk page. Thanks for agreeing not to further promote your book. Can you please review the notability guideline for books at WP:NBOOK and let me know your impression about whether it meets any of these criteria? VQuakr (talk) 22:24, 27 May 2013 (UTC)Reply

Ben Shipman, you are invited to the Teahouse

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Hi Ben Shipman! Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia.
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Your use of multiple Wikipedia accounts

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Hi. An editor has opened an investigation into sockpuppetry by you. Sockpuppetry is the use of more than one Wikipedia account in a manner that contravenes community policy. The investigation is being held at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ben Shipman, where the editor who opened the investigation has presented their evidence. Please make sure you make yourself familiar with the guide to responding to investigations, and then feel free to offer your own evidence or to submit comments that you wish to be considered by the Wikipedia administrator who decides the result of the investigation. If you have been using multiple accounts (in a manner contrary to Wikipedia policy), please go to the investigation page and verify that now. Leniency is usually shown to those who promise not to do so again, or who did so unwittingly, but the abuse of multiple accounts is taken very seriously by the Wikipedia community.

VQuakr (talk) 00:46, 6 June 2013 (UTC)Reply