User talk:BrownGraham

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Today I was scuba diving on 2 wrecks off the Ontario shore of the St Lawrence Seaway, and I was trying to find more info on them in Wikipedia, but nothing was listed. I have found some historical info on the wrecks using info from two sources:

1) http://web.archive.org/web/20070503052154/http://www.brockville.com/master.cfm?ID=133 on the Wayback Machine. brockville.com is the site run by the city of brockville.

2)a charitable organization focused on shipwreck preservation (sample data on one of the wrecks: http://saveontarioshipwrecks.ca/content/rothesay)

I'd be happy to repurpose the info on these pages to create pages on the wrecks, and add them to the historical listing of wrecks, but don't want to do all that work then find out the pages will just be deleted. Would those pages be reasonable as a starting reference point?

Note: If these pages are suitable as starting points, I will try to leverage the local libraries newspaper articles to bolster the references over time - but that may not be in the immediate future.

Do you believe it is worthwhile me starting this effort, or would I need to be able to reference newspaper articles to have the articles approved?
 * BrownGraham, thank you for your interest in improving Wikipedia! You're off to a great start by trying to find reliable sources in an effort to create new content. If you would like to create a new article, there are a few things to keep in mind. In this case I think the biggest concern is if the subject meets the notability guideline. To put it bluntly, we need significant coverage in reliable sources independent of the subject. Newspaper articles are generally always good sources, and may help prove notability. Alternatively, is there an existing article you could expand on by adding this information? If you'd like to proceed with a new article, I recommend using the article wizard. It will help you through the process, and will submit the article for review rather than publishing it to the mainspace. This way more experienced editors can help you refine the article or offer more advice.


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 * Hope this helps! &mdash; MusikAnimal talk 02:49, 2 June 2014 (UTC)