User talk:CarmenAvis

Welcome!
Hello, CarmenAvis, 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 Wisconsin-River Falls Dance Theatre, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Wisconsin-River Falls Dance Theatre


A tag has been placed on Wisconsin-River Falls Dance Theatre 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 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. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 20:56, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

School project?
Over the past few days, I have seen a fairly large number of articles created about various aspects of life at the University of Wisconsin River Falls, including yours. Many of these articles are facing deletion. Is this part of a class project? Have you been assigned by a teacher to write about the university? If so, please let me know the username of the teacher - I would like to contact them and offer them some feedback to help the class succeed. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 20:59, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of University of Wisconsin River Falls- Dance Theatre


A tag has been placed on University of Wisconsin River Falls- Dance Theatre 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 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. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 21:07, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

Notability
Welcome to Wikipedia. As an encyclopedia, it is selective about subjects for articles. The criterion used is called Notability, and is not a matter of opinion but has to be demonstrated by references showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Significant means more than just listing-type mentions; reliable excludes Myspace, 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 WP:Notability (summary)

Experience shows that student organizations within a university are very seldom able to show independent notability, which would require showing coverage from outside the University environment, and they are usually better covered by a mention within the main University article. See College and university article guidelines, especially the section Student life.

As WikiDan61 says above, there has been something of a flood lately of articles about UWRF student organizations. If this is an organized class project, please bring this message to the attention of the instructor, and ask her/him to look at WP:School and university projects and Wikipedia Education Program. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 11:55, 28 March 2013 (UTC)