User talk:Boxwhisker

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Hello, Boxwhisker, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as Churchwood, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Churchwood


A tag has been placed on Churchwood 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, organization (band, club, company, etc.), web content or organised event, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, you can place a request here. —C.Fred (talk) 15:49, 31 May 2014 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Churchwood


A tag has been placed on Churchwood 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 band or musician, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, you can place a request here. G S Palmer (talk) 16:09, 31 May 2014 (UTC)

Churchwood
You wanted feedback. OK. I deleted your second attempt primarily because it was horrendously promotional. Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, and articles are not to be written as you would writ a profile in reverbnation or Facebook. Things here must be neutral, factual, and possibly even boring in style. I added that reason because it probably wasn't that bad when C.Fred tagged it again. But I agree with his tag. You don't show the notability needed here. As I said, this is an encyclopaedia. Not a directory, not social media, not a radio station profiling section. Read WP:BAND about notability for musicians. Read quite a few other articles to get the hang of how to write here. Read WP:RS about reliable independent sources. These must discuss the band in reasonable depth, not just be mentions, for supporting claims to notability. Other things should also be referenced to RS where possible. Avoid all social media, every directory, your sister-in-laws blog (and almost every other blog or forum too), and the band's site (but it can be linked and can be used for strictly factual stuff - but it cannot support notability. After all that, if you still think you can get past BAND with RS to support, write it at User:Boxwhisker/DRAFT (click and save). Then ask for advice. Most regular editors and admins will give opinions (it's stopping some of them that's hard...). In user space, you're safe from patrollers while you build the article, except for spammy stuff, copyright violations (even if you wrote the thing it's copied from), attacking anybody, or creating hoaxes. And you're not going to do any of those, are you? Right. Over to you. Peridon (talk) 18:03, 31 May 2014 (UTC)