User talk:DaveyPem

Speedy deletion nomination of Great Showdowns


A tag has been placed on Great Showdowns 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, organization (band, club, company, etc.) or web content, 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 the page was nominated in error, contest the nomination by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion" in the speedy deletion tag. Doing so will take you to the talk page where you can explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but 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 yourself, but do not hesitate to add information that is consistent 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. DaveyPem (talk) 19:41, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

Contest
I am still updating this page, I only saved it to save my work as I am currently working in an electrical storm. Please do not delete until I have finished the page, at which time I hope to make the importance of "great showdowns" more apparent. Thank you.

Status and Advice
I'm the admin who deleted it. What you need before you can rewrite it is some published reliable sources by other people talking about the work: not just brief notices of a exhibition, or personal websites,  but references providing substantial coverage from  3rd party independent published reliable sources, print or online, but not blogs or press releases, or material derived from press releases. And remember to never copy for a web page or publishedsource, but write it yourself from scratch.

The intrinsic importance of the work doesn't matter. We go by the sources, and only by them. If there's nothing published, don't try to write the article. If these are, put them in at the very first edit. And if the artist has done other work, it might be better to write the article about him. See WP:CREATIVE for the requirements.

To avoid losing your edits, it might be best to write them off Wikipedia first. A fairly complete article is much more likely to stay here. The very safest way I know for brief edits is to use Google Docs, where everything is automatically saved in their system. It's free, and I  use it a good deal.

 DGG ( talk ) 19:16, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for reaching out, and for the tips. I'm new to the Wiki world and want to work towards being more involved. I appreciate your help!