User talk:Derian is 786

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Just the nightmare
Hi. I've just added a tag to Just the nightmare requesting information on the band's notability. Notability guidelines can be found at WP:BAND. NickelShoe (Talk) 15:29, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Understandable, but Wikipedia requires things to already be notable...writing articles on your own band is discouraged. You might check out WP:AUTO and WP:VAIN for some relevant guidelines.  You might notice the article has been deleted since I tagged it for importance...I'm guessing you probably don't meet the requirements at WP:BAND right now.  Hopefully someday you will and someone will write an article on you.  The criteria that the article got deleted under can be found at WP:CSD.  Let me know if there's anything I can help you with.  NickelShoe (Talk) 22:22, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Pretty much. NickelShoe (Talk) 09:03, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia doesn't have moderators. WP:BAND represents the consensus of editors like you and me.  If your band meets those requirements, that's great, but if it doesn't, then it is not appropriate for Wikipedia.  There are many reasons Wikipedia restricts the kinds of articles it has--it is, for instance, very difficult for other readers and editors to verify the information you might put in an article about a band you're a member of.  In fact, even if we didn't have notability requirements for bands, most band articles would be deleted under the policy of verifiability.  NickelShoe (Talk) 22:21, 23 July 2006 (UTC)