User talk:CWritebill

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Hello, CWritebill, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as Bill Copeland Music News, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Bill Copeland Music News


A tag has been placed on Bill Copeland Music News 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, a group of people, an individual animal, an organization (band, club, company, etc.), web content, or an organized event, but it does not credibly 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 "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, then please contact the deleting administrator. Wikishovel (talk) 13:43, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

Page moved to user space
Rather than delete the page, I have moved it to User:CWritebill/Bill Copeland Music News where you can work on it. If the website itself is really "the only source I can quote", then it does not qualify for a Wikipedia article, because the inclusion criterion, called Notability, asks for references showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Significant means more than just listing-type mentions; reliable excludes Youtube, Facebook, blogs, places where anyone can post anything; independent excludes the subject's own website, affiliated ones and anything based on press releases. The test is, have people not connected with the subject thought it significant enough to write substantial comment about? See also Notability (summary).

However, if the website has had "a major impact on the New England music scene" and its author has been "a known quantity in New England for over 20 years" there must surely be some references available to confirm that. The Verifiability policy means that claims like that must be attributed to reliable, published sources. The point of "published" is that readers should, in principle, be able to check where Wikipedia's facts come from.

Read WP:Your first article for advice. When the draft is ready, clicking the Submit button will send it for review by an experienced user, who will either accept it or give you feedback.

If your username indicates that you are, or have some connection with, Bill Copeland, you should also read Conflict of interest and the Plain and simple conflict of interest guide. JohnCD (talk) 16:25, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Bill Copeland Music News


Hello, CWritebill. It has been over six months since you last edited your Articles for Creation draft article submission, "Bill Copeland Music News".

In accordance with our policy that Articles for Creation is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the  or  code.

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. 1989 13:55, 22 May 2017 (UTC)