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Welcome

Hello, Postitnz, and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. 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}} and your question on this page, and someone will show up shortly to answer. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

We hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! By the way, you can sign your name on talk and vote pages using four tildes, like this: ~~~~. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! Active Banana (^bananaphone 00:52, 23 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent edits

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December 2010

The recent edit you made to Otaki Forks has been reverted, as it removed all content from the page without explanation. Please do not do this, as it is considered vandalism; use the sandbox for testing. If you think the page should be deleted, see here for what to do. Thank you. Usb10 ^Connected? 01:47, 23 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Otaki Forks, you may be blocked from editing. The reverted edit can be found here. Thank you. →♠Gƒoley↔Four♣← 01:51, 23 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your articles

Hi Postitnz, your articles looked like good starts to me. If you would like more time to improve them, I can undelete them and put them in your user space where you can work on them some more. Perhaps you could find smoe guide books that discuss them? If they are notable sites, you should be able to find some reliable sources about them. I disagree with the idea that the government documents about them can not be used; they just should not be the only sources used. I am afraid you have had a poor welcome to Wikipedia. I hope you do not give up contributing - I think you can offer a lot to improve the encyclopedia. Please let me know if you would like me to give you those articles back to work on, and I'd be glad to assist you with any questions you may have. LadyofShalott 04:39, 23 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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 We hope you enjoy editing here and being a [[Wikipedia:Wikipedians|Wikipedian]]! By the way, you can sign your name on talk and vote pages using four tildes, like this: &#126;&#126;&#126;&#126;. If you have any questions, see the [[Wikipedia:Help|help pages]], add a question to the [[Wikipedia:village pump|village pump]] or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! [[Special:Contributions/Active_Banana|''Active'']] [[User:Active Banana|<font color="orange">'''Banana</font>''']]  [[User talk:Active Banana|<font color="orange">(<sup>''bananaphone''</sup></font>]] 00:52, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
-== Then your lead sentence is completely inaccurate ==
-"Otaki Forks '''is the main western entrance to the Tararua Forest Park'''"
-:I dont have to have been there to know that '''the article''' is [[WP:NOTADVERT|inappropriate in tone]] not properly [[WP:RS|sourced]] and currently doesnt meet the [[WP:N|threshold of being a stand alone article]]. [[Special:Contributions/Active_Banana|''Active'']] [[User:Active Banana|<font color="orange">'''Banana</font>''']]  [[User talk:Active Banana|<font color="orange">(<sup>''bananaphone''</sup></font>]] 01:17, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
-:::Did you read the links? In order to be a stand alone article the topic must have been covered [[WP:N]] by reliable third party sources [[WP:RS]]. The government park services website for their parks is not a third party source. [[Special:Contributions/Active_Banana|''Active'']] [[User:Active Banana|<font color="orange">'''Banana</font>''']]  [[User talk:Active Banana|<font color="orange">(<sup>''bananaphone''</sup></font>]] 01:24, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
-::::The rangers writing about the park they work for are NOT A THIRD PARTY SOURCE. Some reliable third party source and preferably more than one has to have published some material about each article topic in Wikipedia [[WP:N|"if no reliable third-party sources can be found on a topic, then it should not have a separate article."]] [[Special:Contributions/Active_Banana|''Active'']] [[User:Active Banana|<font color="orange">'''Banana</font>''']]  [[User talk:Active Banana|<font color="orange">(<sup>''bananaphone''</sup></font>]] 01:36, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
-:::::They can be moved to your user space as drafts for you to look to find appropriate sourcing. Or you can nominate them for speedy deletion by putting  {{:db-author}} on the page (without the colon. [[Special:Contributions/Active_Banana|''Active'']] [[User:Active Banana|<font color="orange">'''Banana</font>''']]  [[User talk:Active Banana|<font color="orange">(<sup>''bananaphone''</sup></font>]] 01:54, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
-:::::sorry it should be two left braces { and two right braces} around: db-author
-In the future you can create an article in your user space, something like this: [[User:Postitnz/draftarticle]] and find the appropriate sourcing on a more leisurely schedule. Then you can ask for another editor to review the article and give feedback. When you are satisfied that it meets Wikipedia criteria it can then be moved into general article space. [[Special:Contributions/Active_Banana|''Active'']] [[User:Active Banana|<font color="orange">'''Banana</font>''']]  [[User talk:Active Banana|<font color="orange">(<sup>''bananaphone''</sup></font>]] 02:24, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
 ==Your recent edits==