Snakeface

Top 100

Hi Snakeface, thank you for contributing. Unfortunately, the Top 100 list does not really meet Wikipedia's guideline for notability, meaning it's not significant enough to be listed in the IGN article or have an article of it's own. From what I can tell, it's just a single list (similar to their list of top N64 games and countless other lists), rather than a project that is active and constantly updated (like faqs.ign.com and the other pages and channels listed at IGN#Other sections). So, unfortunately, I have had to remove it from the IGN article.

I have also proposed the Top 100 Animated TV Series article for deletion because it's simply a replication of IGN's own list, and doesn't impart much useful information for the reader other than to proliferate IGN's own point of view. Furthermore, since it's just a one-time list rather than a project or channel, it doesn't really have any opportunity for development or improvement as a Wikipedia article. Finally, the external link you gave in the bottom was incorrect, so I can't even see the real list.

Sorry about this, and I hope it doesn't discourage you from editing in the future. You may want to take a look at the Wikipedia tutorial to learn more about editing Wikipedia.

Thanks for your contributions, and please let me know if you have any questions, Politizer ^talk/_contribs 20:54, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

February 2009

Welcome to Wikipedia. The recent edit you made to the page IGN has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive. Use the sandbox for testing; if you believe the edit was constructive, please ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing. Thank you. QueenCake (talk) 20:55, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Assistance

In addition to the Wikipedia tutorial, good pages to look at are The 5 pillars of Wikipedia (the basic guidelines of how Wikipedia works), What Wikipedia is not (which, ironically, is also a good way to learn what it is), and WP:Your first article. In general, one good idea is to get some experience editing other articles before you try to create a new one; it's generally easy to find articles that need improvement so that you can get some experience with editing. I'll leave a welcome template below, which gives you some more information.

Making an article that is mostly a copy of a list elsewhere is not always a bad thing; my own article List of Re-education Through Labor camps in China is one such list. It too is pretty much based on a single source, but it's ok because it's a list of facts (rather than just an opinion, which IGN's top-100 list is) and because it's information that probably doesn't appear anywhere else. So some list articles can be ok; it's just that this IGN Top 100 one was not.

Here's the welcome template:

Welcome!

Hello, Snakeface, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

• The five pillars of Wikipedia
• Tutorial
• How to edit a page
• How to write a great article
• Manual of Style

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{helpme}} before the question. Again, welcome! Politizer ^talk/_contribs 21:05, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

References

Every time you add information to make an article, please make sure you always cite your source. This can be done by adding a footnote, as I did in this edit to Animaniacs (click that link to see the edit I made). Here's how to do it:

1. Type <ref> </ref> after the information that you added.
2. Inside the ref tags, write all the relevant information for your source (URL, title, date it was made, date you retrieved it, author, publisher, etc.). The easiest way to format this is using one of the citation templates, such as {{cite web}}; there are more instructions for those at the page above. For example, I did it by typing

{{cite web
 | url=http://tv.ign.com/top-100-animated-tv-series/17.html
 | title=Top 100 Animated TV Series
 | publisher=[[IGN]]
 | accessdate=1 February 2009
 | date=14 January 2009
}}

1. Help:Footnotes has more information on making footnotes.

Politizer ^talk/_contribs 21:13, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Top 100

Please don't add the bit about IGN's top 100 TV shows to the IGN article again, for reasons I have already explained above. Thank you, Politizer ^talk/_contribs 20:11, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Please do not add content without citing reliable sources, as you did to DuckTales. Before making potentially controversial edits, it is recommended that you discuss them first on the article's talk page. If you are familiar with Wikipedia:Citing sources please take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. SchuminWeb (Talk) 15:45, 7 February 2009 (UTC)