User talk:Briwise86

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Hello, Briwise86, 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 Heidi Hamilton, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may soon be deleted.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Heidi Hamilton


A tag has been placed on Heidi Hamilton 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 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 see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

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; if no such tag exists, then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hang-on tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page 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 page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. E. Fokker (talk) 21:42, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

Heidi Hamilton
There was an article about her, which was eventually redirected to a general one about the Frosty, Heidi & Frank show, which was deleted after a deletion discussion at Articles for deletion/Frosty, Heidi & Frank. That is worth reading, because you have two problems if you are going to make an acceptable article about her: All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable, published source using an inline citation. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced—whether the material is negative, positive, neutral, or just questionable—should be removed immediately and without waiting for discussion.
 * Verifiability is a fundamental Wikipedia policy and is of particular importance in WP:Biographies of living persons, a policy that includes:
 * The difficulty, explained in that deletion discussion, is that jokey remarks thrown off during a radio show cannot be regarded as reliable sources.

There is good advice in WP:Your first article. Any new article will have to overcome the reasons for deletion in that deletion discussion: I suggest you make a draft in your user space at User:Briwise86/Heidi Hamilton, and ask for comment at WP:Requests for feedback. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 22:21, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Notability is not a matter of opinion but requires 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 Youtube, Myspace, Facebook, blogs, places where anyone can post anything; independent excludes the subject's own website, affiliated ones and anything based on press releases. More in WP:Notability (people), especially the section WP:ENTERTAINER. JohnCD (talk) 22:21, 15 January 2011 (UTC)