User talk:Tedsmithwiki

Welcome to Tedsmithwiki!

Re: Deletion of DM Movie

Hello Tedsmith. I'm sorry about your article - possibly deletion is not the most pleasant introduction to Wikipedia! However, you can imagine that Wikipedia gets many articles every day about films that are of either no consequence or, in some cases, no existence. Unfortunately, as the article on your film did not indicate its notability, it got deleted. The general guideline for notability on Wikipedia is "A topic is presumed to be notable if it has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject.". In the particular case of movies, you can find the guidance on this at WP:MOVIE. See if you can satisfy the descriptions you find there. However, I would suggest from my experience of these things that a new article would not long survive if the movie has not yet received substantial and non-trivial coverage in 3rd-party sources that are reliable and independent of the creators, actors and screeners of the movie. It may be necessary to return to Wikipedia at some point in the future if/when this coverage has been established rather than re-write the article immediately. Splash - tk 11:05, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Splash, thanks for taking the time to clarify the "notability" requirement. If/when the movie meets the threshold, we will resubmit. Have a great day! Tedsmithwiki - (talk) 3:04, 23 February 2009 (UTC)