User talk:9000000a

Speedy deletion nomination of Cambridge Gentleman's Poker Association
Hello 9000000a,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Cambridge Gentleman's Poker Association for deletion, because it seems to be inappropriate for a variety of reasons.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Thanks, Secretlondon (talk) 19:08, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

Notability of Cambridge Gentleman's Poker Association
The article Cambridge Gentleman's Poker Association has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This was done because the article, which appeared to be about a real person, individual animal, organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, 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 indicate the notability of the subject 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.


 * More explanation: Wikipedia is selective about subjects for articles. The criterion used is called Notability, and is not a matter of opinion but has to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Significant means more than just listing-type mentions; reliable excludes Myspace, Facebook, blogs, places where anyone can post anything; independent excludes the subject's own website, affiliated ones and anything based on press releases. The test is, have people independent of the subject thought it significant enough to write substantial comment about?


 * As your association was only set up today, it will not have attracted the independent comment necessary to show notability. Sorry, but Wikipedia is not a noticeboard for announcement of new developments. JohnCD (talk) 19:39, 22 October 2012 (UTC)