User talk:Benpchicago

A tag has been placed on YAP Camp, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article appears to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, 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 assert the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion. To do this, add  on the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag) 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 confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Iknowyourider (t c) 04:22, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Re: YAP Camp
Hi, I noticed you were concerned at the possible deletion of YAP Camp. Whilst it sounds like an excellent and worthwhile activity camp, unfortunately excellence is not the criterion we use to decide whether to keep or delete an article. Instead articles are assessed against notability criteria, a detailed description of which (as they pertain to organizations) can be found here. In my experience, this article is very unlikely to be kept and you may be better submitting details of the camp to one of the many local directories that can be found on the internet. CIreland 04:38, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I've changed it to a slightly slower deletion mechanism--please try to write a proper article, describing the camp and giving some references from published sources. If you can do that, the article can remain.

DGG 06:08, 6 July 2007 (UTC)