User talk:EstRMJr
A tag has been placed on H.U.G.S., requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam as well as the Wikipedia:Business' FAQ for more information.
If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. Excirial (Talk,Contribs) 13:42, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
A tag has been placed on H.U.G.S., requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam as well as the Wikipedia:Business' FAQ for more information.
If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. Excirial (Talk,Contribs) 14:21, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
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★★ Please Help Me ★★[edit]
I had just finished posting my firsy article.. I even stayed up till 7:33am to get it done.. no sleep.... so tired -----_-----
soon after posting it you deleted it.. I thought this might be an error so I tried reposting it and it got deleted again.. I'm not really sure what is wrong with the article I tried my best to make it "encyclopedic" please help me what do I need to do or change to make it work if anything....
—Preceding unsigned comment added by EstRMJr (talk • contribs) 14:36, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
- I remember this particular article pretty well, and i found it a shame to remove it, as it obviously had quite some work put into it. However, at the same time it was breaching a few important guidelines in such a way that the article had to be removed.
- These are the core guidelines articles have to be met mote or less: Neutral Point of View, Notability and Verifibility.
- The first one, Neutral Point of View, rules that an article has to be witting from a neutral stance, as if someone is just plain describing the subject. When writing an article, don't just highlight the good things of H.U.G.S, and try to avoid any "Peacock" words and sentences such as "An excellent player in the ... market" and "Of Exceptional quality". Those lines are most times indications that an article is in the area of advertising, which almost always causes deletion. This was actually one of the major flaws in the H.U.G.S article, as virtually everything inside the article was based upon personal opinions and praise. Full details can be found at WP:NPOV. Also have a look at WP:ADVERT
- The second one, Notability, rules that to be on Wikipedia, the articles subject needs to have some kind of importance which warrants an encyclopedia article. For example an article about Google is notable because Google is the worlds biggest search engine. An article of the butcher on the corner here is an example of an article of would not be notable. For organisation, notability is most times established trough citings publishings in secondary sources. Full guidelines on that can be found at WP:ORG.
- And the last one, verifibility, rules that any claims made in the article must be sources with articles from external, independant third party sources. More or less speaks for itsself. Full details can be found at WP:CITE.
I think I understand whats wrong with it.. lose the "Peacock" words and sentences.. but for notability and "verifibility" I have a question... If notability is most times established trough citings publishings in secondary sources, could that secondary source be sources for "verifibility" with articles from external, independant third party sources?
For example, if HUGS has articles written about in from a church, has been considered for US grants, or has been praised by Oprah's Radio Talk Show.. would any of those help me get the article up?? Thank you for your help... sorry I'm not really sure how to leave a sig or time..
P.S. ...I'm pretty tired... and I think I should get some sleep.. my head is starting to hurt.. is there any suggestions or tips you could give me to help get the page up? Also is there anyway I can work with you to help fix the page? As in I make the page and have you review it since you know the page..
—Preceding unsigned comment added by EstRMJr (talk • contribs) 15:04, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
- As for signing a post, add four tildes (~~~~) to the end of your post)
- Whew, nice question. The notability guidelines are incredibly broad since they got to cover every single article present on Wikipedia. If you are going for presumed notability, you will have to add sources that meet this line: If a topic has received significant coverage in reliable secondary sources that are independent of the subject, it is presumed to be notable.. Now, since this is also very broad, there is generally some form of discussion by editors to create consensus in specific topics. As of such, the commentary i give here is mostly based upon personal intrepretation, backed with a bit of experience from previous cases.
- Church written articles: This one would definitely fail the guidelines. Apart from being no major third party source, the source would also not be independent, as both the church and the institute would share a clear link trough religion.
- US grants: I would say this could be a nice start for establishing notability. Most times grants are only given if an organization meets certain criteria, which means that if a government grant is given, an organization could well be notable. At least it indicates that the organization is not something that only consists of non serious activity on a city block scale.
- Oprah's Radio Talk Show: Hard to say if this is notable, it really depends upon the size of the article, and upon the focus of it. If the organisation is just mentioned between two lines then its a definite no, but if it received significant coverage in a news item, it could very well be a yes.
- Generally taken the best sources are newspapers. Did H.U.G.S happen to get any coverage in the somewhat larger newspapers? Sufficiently large newspapers are of course country or state wide newspapers, but also slightly smaller newspapers (Part state coverage) might be acceptable. Excirial (Talk,Contribs) 15:27, 30 August 2008 (UTC)