User talk:Cobra dog

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The article Cobra dog has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This happened because the article seems to be about a person or group of persons but it does not indicate how or why that person or group is notable. If you can indicate why the subject is really notable, you are free to re-create the article, making sure to cite any verifiable sources. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. You might also want to read our criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 7 under Articles. OhNo itsJamie Talk 19:48, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Please do not recreate deleted articles as you did with Cobra dog. This, too, is considerd vandalism. Rklawton 19:49, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Let's start over
Please everyone, take it easy with using the word vandalism. I don't see any vandalism here, what I see is a new user who doesn't know much about what Wikipedia is about. Part of what contributed to your article being deleted is that it did not resemble an encyclopedia article in any way at all. Instead of beginning "Cobra Dog is a cartoon, created by So-and-so in this-and-such year.." it started out with "Cobra Dog came from outer space where he was trained to be a lethal killer by Cobra Commander, who was not smart enough to enslave the people of Earth, but man could that guy kill stuff!!!"

This is not how we write articles. However, another problem is that even if you created a proper article on this topic, it still looks like self-promotion. We call these vanity articles and we generally delete them on sight. An even bigger problem is the complete lack of verifiability here- if your cartoon isn't getting talked about in lots of various media, we can't have an article on it, because we'll have no sources. Just because something exists (particular somebody's website) doesn't mean we can have an article on it. Hope this helps. Friday (talk) 19:58, 14 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Vandalism (or attack, or whatever you want to call it):


 * (edit conflict) Well, gosh, now I feel like a fool. I was trying to explain the situation to you nicely, and you go and have an insulting outburst like this.  That sort of thing is not tolerated here at all, it can get you blocked in a hurry.  If you wish to contribute, please, treat other editors with respect and civility.  Friday (talk) 20:02, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Sorry about your bad experience here. Whoever suggested you put this on wikipedia probably didn't understand the goals of the project. If you're actually interested in learning why this isn't encyclopedia material, the primary reason is the verifiability policy. Friday (talk) 20:20, 14 July 2006 (UTC)