Ashley.lucas
Welcome! {{helpme}}My article Great Yarmouth First Responders is up for speedy deletion and I don't know what to do to put it right! Any help is greatly appreciated!
- See bottom of page... Peridon (talk) 20:50, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Great Yarmouth First Responders
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A tag has been placed on Great Yarmouth First Responders requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article, which appears to be about a real person, individual animal(s), an organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable. If this is the first page that you have created, then you should read the guide to writing your first article.
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For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Ashley.lucas (talk) 20:36, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
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Speedy deletion nomination of Great Yarmouth First Responders
editYou may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles. See the Article Wizard.
Thank you.
A tag has been placed on Great Yarmouth First Responders requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article, which appears to be about a real person, individual animal(s), an organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable. If this is the first page that you have created, then you should read the guide to writing your first article.
If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}}
to the top of the article (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag - if no such tag exists then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hangon tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on the article's 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 confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.
For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this.
You should wait for others to write an article about subjects in which you are personally involved, instead of writing it yourself. This applies to articles about you, your achievements, your band, your business, your publications, your website, your relatives, and any other possible conflict of interest.
Creating an article about yourself is strongly discouraged. If you create such an article, it might be listed on articles for deletion. Deletion is not certain, but many feel strongly that you should not start articles about yourself. This is because independent creation encourages independent validation of both significance and verifiability. All edits to articles must conform to Wikipedia:No original research, Wikipedia:Neutral point of view, and Wikipedia:Verifiability.
If you are not "notable" under Wikipedia guidelines, creating an article about yourself may violate the policy that Wikipedia is not a personal webspace provider and would thus qualify for speedy deletion. If your achievements, etc., are verifiable and genuinely notable, and thus suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later. (See Wikipedia:Wikipedians with articles.) Thank you. De728631 (talk) 19:58, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
(Copied from article talk page)
OK - first thing is to get rid of 'you' and the brochure style. It reads rather like an advert, and 'you' and 'we' are death to an article. Non-encyclopaedic. Second - get some coverage from the press. 'Man saved by quick response' - that sort of thing. There could well be notability here. (Personal interest declaration: (now out of cert) AED and other extra quals trained first aider...) Peridon (talk) 20:36, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
- Keep a copy and try again later if it goes. Get the refs at your leisure if it does. Peridon (talk) 20:38, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
(end of copy) Peridon (talk) 20:42, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
- I've declined the speedy for the moment based on good faith. However, the article may still be proposed for deletion, so I suggest improving it as quickly as you're able. I've left some advice at Talk:Great Yarmouth First Responders. Shimeru 21:30, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
The article Great Yarmouth First Responders has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
- Non-notable local group. The article reads like a description of first responders in general rather than pointing out the notability of this particular group.
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Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{dated prod}}
will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. De728631 (talk) 16:57, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
AfD nomination of Great Yarmouth First Responders
editAn article that you have been involved in editing, Great Yarmouth First Responders, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Great Yarmouth First Responders. Thank you.
Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. De728631 (talk) 19:29, 24 June 2010 (UTC)