User talk:ChrisJRSmith

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Hello, ChrisJRSmith, 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 Mister. Smith, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may soon be deleted.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Mister. Smith


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

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, 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. MikeWazowski (talk) 20:18, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, but...
"the person who the page is about (Mister. Smith) is a rising musician and needs more publicity and promotion to get recognised more." Oops. That's promotion - see WP:SPAM. Wikipedia is not here to help people up the ladder of success. We're here to record (not on disc, not that sort of record...) those who aren't up and coming, but have arrived. (And those who have been arrived so long that they're past it, too.) When the subjects (or one of them, even) can fit WP:BAND and prove it with reliable independent sources, try again. Not until. It would be a waste of your time and ours. That's WP:RS, no blogs, forums, wikis, reverbnation, Youtube, flickr, twitter or other such. Not your own site, either. No mentions in passing - coverage has to be about them - not just "also present were xxx and yyy" or "look out for zzz - bound to be hot stuff soon". I wish you good luck - it's a tough business to get started in, and a tough business to keep going in. But, as I said, we can't help you. Peridon (talk) 20:47, 13 October 2011 (UTC)