User talk:Barbtiller

Welcome![edit]

Hello, Barbtiller, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as Falkie The Guy From Pittsburgh, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Falkie The Guy From Pittsburgh[edit]

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A tag has been placed on Falkie The Guy From Pittsburgh 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 read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. McGeddon (talk) 09:52, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Falkie[edit]

Wikipedia is quite choosy about subjects for articles. The basic test for inclusion is called Wikipedia:Notability, and is not a matter of saying so but has 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 Facebook, Youtube, blogs, all the places where anyone can post anything; independent excludes the subject's own website, affiliated ones and anything based on press releases. The test is, have people not connected with the subject thought him significant enough to write substantial comment about? See also WP:Notability (people), particularly the section WP:ENTERTAINER, and WP:Notability (summary).

If you think you can provide references to show notability, reply below here and I will "userfy" the page - restore it into a draft page where you can work on it. It will need considerable work. Three more things to note are:

The WP:Verifiability policy, summarised as "any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable, published source." The point of "published" is that readers of Wikipedia should be able, in principle, to check what it says by referring to the source. So personal reminiscence or material derived from interviews is not acceptable, nor are statements beginning "There are also rumors circulating that... " An encyclopedia is not for gossip.
The policy on WP:Biographies of living persons, which includes:

"Contentious material about living persons... that is unsourced or poorly sourced – whether the material is negative, positive, neutral, or just questionable – should be removed immediately and without waiting for discussion."

Wikipedia is very resistant to anything that looks like promotion. Articles require a neutral point of view.

I noticed that in the few minutes it was up, the talk page attracted vandalism and personal attacks. Wikipedia will not allow Youtube feuds to be imported here, and users trying to do that are likely to be blocked. JohnCD (talk) 13:45, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]