Talk:Houston GLBT Community Center

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PLEASE HELP US! We do not understand why our first attempt at creating a page was deleted while we were still editing. We would appreciate some communication and help.

The Center serves over 4,000 Houstonians annually according to our sign-in records and that in itself seems significant. Please let us know what other information you would like to see included in order for us to have a page.
 * Wikipedia's criteria for notability can be found at the following pages: WP:N and WP:ORG. Essentially, the article requires non-trivial mentions from reliable sources.  The references in OutSmart magazine are mostly in the "Calendar" section, which is considered a trivial source, since the information is sent in by the community center anyway.  This is more of the type of thing that Wikipedia is looking for.  I will remove the speedy tag for now to give you time to dig up more sources.  ...  disco spinster   talk  17:48, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Article issues
Notability is still an issue: the Corp's byelaws and minutes and the records of the Harris County, Texas clerk and the office of the Texas Secretary of State are not reliable sources for establishing notability per WP:ORG; the Houston Chronicle, Dallas Voice, South Florida Gay News and QMH articles are just passing mentions, not significant coverage; so that just leaves the Outsmart article which, as mentioned above, is more along the lines of what is needed. As for the advert tag, that really speaks for itself. – ukexpat (talk) 13:36, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

I don't have the time or inclination to play these Wikipedia games with administrators who have differing interpretations of Wikipedia rules - one says something meets the notability standards and other says no. One says mention in a major newspapers of sponsoring events and forums related to the mission of the organization is notable and another says no.

And it is absolutely ludicrous to state that the organization's bylaws (note spelling) are not a reliable source for the organization's mission statement. It is also ludicrous to say the the Harris County, Texas clerk and the Texas Secretary of State (the official repositories for articles of incorporation and other official corporate documents is not a reliable source for the incorporators/founders of the organization.

The Center served over 4,000 Houstonians last year according to our own sign-in records. I give up. I am not going to waste anymore time arguing with y'all. Do what you will.BBagbyGrose 14:07, 6 May 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bbagbygrose (talk • contribs)


 * Several points: We are all editors. Admins have no more authority than other editors when it comes to discussion of issues such as notability - they just have a few extra tools to keep the place running (somewhat) smoothly, they are not referees, we decide things by consensus. We are not playing games, we are trying to ensure that the article meets Wikipedia's inclusion criteria. Reasonable minds can differ. You now have at least two editors telling you that the article has notability issues. Please read my comment more carefully. I said that the Corp's byelaws and minutes and the records of the Harris County, Texas clerk and the office of the Texas Secretary of State are not reliable sources for establishing notability per WP:ORG. I did not say that they were not a reliable source for the mission statement. A mission statement does not however make an organization notable as Wikipedia defines that term, significant coverage in multiple reliable sources independent of the subject does. – ukexpat (talk) 16:54, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Houston GLBT Community Center


A tag has been placed on Houston GLBT Community Center, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be unambiguous advertising that only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 11, as well as the guidelines on spam.

If you can indicate why the subject of this article is not blatant advertising, you may contest the tagging. To do this, please add  on the top of Houston GLBT Community Center and leave a note on |the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would help make it encyclopedic, as well as adding any citations from independent reliable sources to ensure that the article will be verifiable. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this.

Houston GLBT center has moved again
I found this page while looking up info on 803 Hawthorne. I see its been noted that it's moved to 3400 Montrose. I'm sure that's true, but 3400 Montrose is now vacant so I assume Houston GLBT has moved again somewhere else.

As this isn't 'my' page, and the org is not one I know about, I thought it would be best to leave the editing to someone else. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Codywiki (talk • contribs) 20:08, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

RfC
An RfC: Which descriptor, if any, can be added in front of Southern Poverty Law Center when referenced in other articles? has been posted at the Southern Poverty Law Center talk page. Your participation is welcomed. – MrX 16:47, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just added archive links to 1 one external link on Houston GLBT Community Center. Please take a moment to review my edit. If necessary, add after the link to keep me from modifying it. Alternatively, you can add to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/20091009120722/http://www.outsmartmagazine.com:80/issue/i01-01/newsbriefs.html to http://www.outsmartmagazine.com/issue/i01-01/newsbriefs.html

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