User talk:Atmcgurn

Speedy deletion of Gin (Border Collie)
A tag has been placed on Gin (Border Collie) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for biographies.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. Mblumber (talk) 14:37, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Gin (Border Collie)
A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Gin (Border Collie), suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the  notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised because even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached.

Explanation
As reviewing administrator, I need to tell you that the article will not stay in Wikipedia. Animals who place in the finals of talent shows are way below the border for notability, which normally requires 3rd party independent reliable published sources, print or online (but not blogs or press releases) talking about them in a substantial way. The problem you will have is the "substantial way" part of it, for normally these articles are considered essentially trivial, and meet the problem of not passing WP:NOT as well. I've nominated it for the appropriate process; you can improve the article and remove the tag, but I'd advise you to add this very quickly, before it gets nominated for regular deletion--and even so, I doubt it will pass--not on my own judgment--I do not make that decision--but on the basis of prior decisions by the community. After all, we're an encyclopedia, But  there's lots of things to do here -- so Welcome!

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Gin (Border Collie)
Hi, The article already exists under the name Kate and Gin. Your article now automatically redirects to that one. If you can add anything to Kate and Gin then please do so. --triwbe (talk) 22:27, 23 August 2008 (UTC)