User talk:Ged UK/Archives/2016/October

Deletion of Page "Adage Games"

Hi GedUK, I was wondering why the page about our company was deleted? Is there a way to get it back into wikipedia? What are the steps we have to take to make the page come back? Thank you for your help! Cheers, Patrick — Preceding unsigned comment added by AdageGames (talk • contribs) 15:34, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi there. Basically, there wasn't any reliable sources in the article that show why the company is notable. Essentially, the page needs articles by third party/independent people/companies. Not press releases or list of games. I can restore the page to your userspace for you to work on. This won't be in the encyclopedia proper but you'll be able to bring it up to standard.

Have a read of WP:FIRST, and especially the notability guidelines and the reliable sources guidelines. These will help show you what we need.

Let me know if you want me to restore your article to your personal userspace to work on. I hope that helps! GedUK  11:27, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi GedUK, Thank you for the quick answer, the page was originally not even created by me or anyone in the company, we were just curious that it suddenly appeared and then suddenly got deleted. Please restore the article to my personal userspace so that we can work on it and follow all the guidelines. I presume once it's good there is a simple way to get it into the encyclopedia after. Cheers, Patrick AdageGames (talk) 12:11, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

 Done It's at User:AdageGames/Adage_Games. When you're confident it's ready, use the 'move' tab and remove the bit upto and including the /. Or ask someone to check it and move it. I don't mind having a look. GedUK  12:43, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

Deletion of page Ferosh

Hi GedUK, My page was shutdown few days ago because there is no reliable sources. Is there a way to get it back into wikipedia? What are the steps we have to take to make the page come back? I'm now having a reliable source from 3rd party. Thanks for your help. Therrie. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thereus lion (talk • contribs) 10:00, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

I can restore it to your userspace for you to work on. Let me know. GedUK  12:01, 7 October 2016 (UTC)

Deletion of page Ferosh

Hi GedUK, Thank you for the answer. Please restore the article to my personal userspace so that we can work on it and follow all the guidelines. Sincerely. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thereus lion (talk • contribs) 07:22, 12 October 2016 (UTC)

Editing News #3—2016

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