User talk:Vgamer101

Welcome[edit]

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I have been posting things in talk pages and correcting a few factual errors here and there. I use the tildes constantly but sometimes I do forget them and go back to add the signature later if I do. Thanks for the info though! Vgamer101 04:46, 4 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

GamerAndy.com[edit]

I've added the "{{prod}}" template to the article GamerAndy.com, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Importance). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree, discuss the issues raised at Talk:GamerAndy.com. If you remove the {{dated prod}} template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached.

Hi, I notice I hadn't signed my previous comment (which I should have done) so I'm glad you found me anyway. With "advertisement" I mean that the article reads as a promotion, a PR job for the website. It does not mean that the website sells anything, but the article tries to "sell" the website. As for notable or non-notable, that is up for debate. Mostly, when a website offers nothing special, isn't linked by major sites, isn't referenced by news articles in national newspapers or television or so, then it is not notable. For amore complete definition, see Wikipedia:Notability (web). Note: this does not mean that your website isn't good, interesting, funny, ... It is just that it has, in the opinion of me (and if it is voted for deletion, the majority), not enough encyclopedic value. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a list of everything that exists. Fram 19:59, 23 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Understood. Now that you cleared me up on the "advertisement" thing, I agree. I was encouraged by this people at the site themselves to make a page for the site, but so far, as of now, I've not been able to get good encyclopedic knowledge such as major events that GamerAndy.com has been involved in, awards, any good policies, or any kind of dates for events other than from the site itself. I never meant it as promotonial though and was purposely trying to not make it look that way. The unfortunate thing is that all the things I have been given for info have been disorganized and not too straight to the point. I'm currently trying to drum up some support to help build it up though, using forums and chat rooms. I might have other Wikipedians who are involved with GamerAndy.com to help build it up into something legitimate. Just be sure to keep your eyes on it. Also, I didn't want to clutter up your talk page because I consider that rude, so I'd like you to consult me here for the article. As for the notability, GamerAndy.com has done a few notable things but not nearly enough to garner numerous articles through even a search engine, so the notability is quite low as of now. There is only one thing significant of theirs that I can source but not nearly enough to make a huge article. It’s a relatively non-notable site, I agree, but I’m trying my best here. Vgamer101 03:32, 24 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, per your comment on my talk page regarding the site, you really should be posting your comments directly at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gamerandy.com. In any case, the article doesn't really state anything that would make it more notable than any of thousands of other gaming websites. You said you'd already looked at WP:WEB. If there's anything about the site that would make it meet the criteria listed on that page, please add that to the article and mention it at the deletion discussion page. Unwikified and dead-end article just means that there aren't any links to other wikipedia articles from the page, those aren't reasons for deletion per se and can be fixed if the article gets kept. - Bobet 13:40, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Why thank you![edit]

Thank you for the compliments. I try. :) Sure, I'll help if I can. Just let me know once you've posted the page and I'll see if I can help to make it keepable.

Ska software[edit]

The article Ska software has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This was done because the article seemed to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it did not indicate how or why the subject is notable, that is, why an article about that subject should be included in Wikipedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not assert notability may be deleted at any time. If you can indicate why the subject is really notable, you are free to re-create the article, making sure to cite any verifiable sources.

Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, and for specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for musicians, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. I saw your note asking for more time, but I really don't see any way that a 2-person software company can meet our notability standards. See WP:CORP. NawlinWiki 00:21, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

As I said, there was no indication in the article that this tiny company was notable, and you didn't give any hint of how you might show notability. You still haven't. Just saying "Give me more time" isn't enough if there's no reason to believe you can improve the article to meet our standards. If I'm wrong, surely you can cite me a reliable independent source or two showing the company's notability. NawlinWiki 00:32, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, the contest result probably saves it from *speedy* deletion, but what we're left with is a company that has created one not-yet-released game and was one of four co-winners of a contest. If you were to repost the article, even with this information, I would probably list it at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion on the ground that the company doesn't meet WP:CORP. Why not wait until the company actually publishes its first game? NawlinWiki 01:00, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

- Go ahead and give it another shot -- but I'd suggest drafting the whole article before posting it, so that you have your sources and links in place. NawlinWiki 01:27, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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