User:Usrnme h8er/Deletion

Hi, concern has been raised about a page you edited, and it has been suggested that this article be deleted. Since you're involved in this and appear to quite a new user I wanted to take the opportunity to explain the deletion process a bit. The most common reason for things to be taken to a deletion discussion is the inability (it seems) to establish the notability of the subject in verifiable reliable sources. The concern isn't that people think it doesn't exist, or that the information in the article would somehow be wrong or misleading, it's just that not everything which exists is "notable" (actually, there are totally different schools of thought on that but that's the one in policy at the moment).

Understanding the deletion process and the criterion for inclusion can be a bit difficult sometimes and unfortunatelly a lot of new editors who see an article they worked on deleted come away confused and even upset about it. While some "established" editors can be rude and even derisive, most of us try to be nice and not bite the newcomers. Have a look at the following policy/guideline pages to get a better picture of how deletion works, what some of the criteria for inclusion are and what constitutes a "reliable" source for notability.


 * WP:Articles for Deletion - the main deletion page, contains process and links to alot of other pages on the topic.
 * WP:Criterion for Speedy Deletion - process for what articles can be removed without any discussion.
 * WP:Proposed Deletion - a simpler way to remove articles where deletion is not contested
 * WP:Deletion today - an overview of what is being discussed at the moment.
 * WP:Deletion Review - the place to discuss overturning a deletion of inclusion decision which may have violated process
 * WP:Notability - What should be in wikipedia? What shouldn't? Also notice that there are a number of sub pages.
 * WP:Verifiability - the most basic requirement for establishing notability
 * WP:Reliable Sources - a coverage of what sources are considered "good enough" for wikipedia.
 * WP:What Wikipedia is not - a list of things wikipedia isn't, to give an impression of what it is

Some other core wikipedia namespace stuff

 * WP:Policy - the central hub of policy in wikipedia
 * WP:Articles for Creation - AfC is the oppposite of the above. After un logged in users lost the right to create mainspace articles, AfC was created to allow them to create suggestions which could then be moved to mainspace. Generally, if something is moved from AfC, the guys there have made sure it won't just be deleted by seeing to the above.
 * WP:Request for Comment - RfC is basically a way of attracting other people to a discussion, often a content dipute, to try to establish a consensus before posting.

I hope this sheds some light on the quagmire that is the deletion process. I also wish you luck in your future editing.