User talk:Billyg823

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Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for taking the time to write the Texas Students for Life article. However, it does not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines for new articles, and has, as a result, been marked for deletion. Please do not be disheartened by what may happen to it. Just continue to edit Wikipedia and add articles which are suitable for an encyclopedia.

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Texas Students for Life
Copied from Talk:Texas Students for Life, which has since been deleted:


 * To whom it may concern:


 * Please do not delete this page. I understand that our group is only 11 days old, but we are part of a group that has been in existence since 1988. We just formed this group and are trying to get our name out on the internet. That is why we have a website and a facebook group, as well as trying to have a wikipedia article about us. We are a legitimate group and please feel free to look at our website as evidence. Like I said, I know we are a newly formed group, but we are serious and we will be around for a while. Thank you for your consideration.


 * I understand your position; I'm part of a small bunch of people that are trying to start a student group, too. However, there are some Wikipedia policies that must be kept in mind.
 * The first is verifiability: every statement made in a Wikipedia article needs to be verifiable by readers. We accomplish this through references to reliable sources. A group's own webpage is generally not considered to be a reliable source for information about that group; reliable sources usually include newspapers, magazines, encyclopedias, peer-reviewed scholarly journals, and so forth. If your group has not garnered significant coverage from such a source (beyond just a passing mention), then it is very difficult for readers to verify statements made about the group. This concept is described more fully in the notability guidelines. A closely related Wikipedia policy is called "no original research".
 * A second policy to keep in mind is that we have a neutral point of view, often abbreviated NPOV. In particular, this means that articles about people or groups should generally not be edited by those same people or groups, in order to avoid a conflict of interest.
 * Please also take a look at what Wikipedia is not, especially the sections called "Wikipedia is not a soapbox" and "Wikipedia is not a crystal ball". Wikipedia should not be used as a tool to "get your name out". We are an encyclopedia about topics which have already become notable; we are not a path by which topics attain this notability.
 * Simply put, I feel that your organization is very young and probably does not yet meet the requirements for inclusion in Wikipedia. However, if and when your group flourishes, becomes noticed by the media, and starts to get significant coverage by reliable outside sources, then a Wikipedia article may be appropriate. I wish you the best of luck with your endeavors. Please let me know if I can help or if you have any questions. —Bkell (talk) 00:30, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Texas Students for Life
A tag has been placed on Texas Students for Life 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 club, 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 guidelines for people and for organizations.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page (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. Gromlakh (talk) 02:57, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Notability of Texas Students for Life
A tag has been placed on Texas Students for Life requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article appears to be about a real person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), 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 indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable. If this is the first page that you have created, then you should read the guide to writing your first article.

If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's 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 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. AndrewWTaylor (talk) 21:04, 2 May 2008 (UTC)