User talk:Themainstreetexile
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Speedy deletion nomination of Joshua Norris[edit]
A tag has been placed on Joshua Norris requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for biographies. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.
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- I read your note on the talk page, but it is not enough that the information "is factual and relevant"; article subjects for Wikipedia have to be notable, which is not a matter of opinion but needs to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." More information at WP:Notability (people), and good advice about writing Wikipedia articles at WP:Your first article. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 11:13, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
Why article was deleted[edit]
The reason for speedy deletion was as stated: the article did not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant enough to have an article in an encyclopedia. What you have to show is Notability, a requirement to have a Wikipedia article, which is not a matter of opinion but needs to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Significant means more than just listing-type mentions; reliable excludes Myspace, Facebook, blogs, places where anyone can post anything; independent excludes the subject's own website, affiliated ones and press releases. More information in WP:Notability (people) and WP:WikiProject Martial arts/Notability#Martial artists.
Why speedily delete before discussing? We get new articles at a rate of more than one a minute (9 in the last 5 minutes when I checked just now). A regrettably small proportion are suitable, and a regrettably high proportion are libellous or copyright and have to be dealt with quickly; so for strictly defined categories a patroller can tag and an administrator who agrees can speedily delete, leaving messages for the author. In this case, what I did before deleting was to check these links:
which showed only that there are several people by that name, none obviously your subject, and:
which gave me nothing.
Read WP:Your first article and, if you can provide independent references to show notability, by all means put the article in again.