User talk:Dawgkernel

Undo on my manufacturer entry

Hi, why did you canceled my entry on the manufacturer list? Mbm (www.ciclimbm.it) was established in 1974 and is a well known italian bicycle manufacturer. Why would you want to cancel it from the list??

Regards, Andrei Dandes — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dawgkernel (talk • contribs) 11:29, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

The simple answer is that entries in the list must be notable, and that notability is indicated the be presence of a Wikipedia article about the brand or manufacturer. No article? No entry in the list. If you believe the brand or manufacturer would pass Wikipedia's notability criteria, by all means, create the article and add it to the list. -AndrewDressel (talk) 12:19, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

So the page should be named Bicycle Manufacturers that you like ..... You give readers only the information you like and not complete . Please note that I've sent you as reference that company official website and only a simple search would show that is a real manufacturer missing from the list. Waist of time trying to do something good .... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dawgkernel (talk • contribs) 14:16, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

It certainly is not a list of only manufacturers that I like, but I do my best to keep it a list of only manufacturers that meet Wikipedia's notability criteria, and the first paragraph of the notability guidelines explains exactly why that is necessary. The article specifically states that "this is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries." If you feel strongly that some manufacturer should be on the list, then write the article about it, and there will be no problem. -AndrewDressel (talk) 14:44, 1 August 2013 (UTC)