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Hi
I am sure I have met someone on Wikipedia before with an almost identical user-page message... ah well, I suppose it wasn't you?
Anyway, I am not sure that Nathan2055 can help you with the topic of your post, you could try the Wikiguides or someone similar, but I suspect that you main problem is in understanding what a reliable source is. There are some clues up above, in the welcome message I have left for you; for the purpose of better understanding I will try and explain it a little further.
The main points for getting an article into "mainspace", the encyclopaedia area that can be seen by the public, and keep it there are fairly basic.
There is an area that you can create articles in your user-space ( User:R.E.Henrickson/Sandbox - though it could be anything in place of "sandbox") and here you can create articles without fear of them being deleted.
There are also some good guides, such as Wikipedia:Your first article.
If you need further help please get in touch. Click the talk link next to my name, click on "New topic" at the top of my talk page, and type away :¬) Chaosdruid ( talk) 05:59, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for helping Wikipedia!
Nathan2055 talk - review 17:13, 11 August 2011 (UTC)