User talk:Edtechguy46

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Speedy deletion of Brainify
A tag has been placed on Brainify 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 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, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for web content.

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 * Murray Goldberg doesn't seem to be notable enough for an article to have been written about him yet. (I'm not saying such an article would be inappropriate.) I will point out, though, that "Notability is not inherited"; not every project of a notable person is thereby notable. -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  18:50, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Understood Mike - however, the site itself IS still noteworthy to the educational technology community. As evidence of that, the moment it was launched it was covered by the "Chronicle of Higher Education". The Chronicle is the "New York Times" of the higher education world. It is highly unusual for a new website to be covered, but it *was* covered due to the significance of the site. The article is here Artcile. The creator may not be sufficient criteria for notability - but should lend evidence to its notability. The article in the chronicle is direct evidence. Edtechguy46 (talk) 18:58, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I used to be on the staff of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; you don't need to tell me of the importance of the Chronicle. However: the Chronicle by itself is not a lot. Anyway: see User:Edtechguy46/Brainify and make it better. -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  19:58, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

OK - thanks Mike. I found a bunch of articles written about it on the site itself and will add those as references. I'll also make any other changes I can think of to illustrate significance. Once I am done - how do I connect with you to ask for your feedback? Do I just type a message here?

Thanks. Edtechguy46 (talk) 19:38, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Hey again Mike. OK - I have edited and tried to show significance by:
 * citing a number of the articles that have been written about it. Most are student university newspapers - who obviously consider it signifincant
 * indicating that members from 200 institutions had joined within days of its launch (which hopefully speaks to its significance)
 * I have also also cited one source of criticism and one source of approval for Brainify being limited to university and college members.

One other point of significance is that the member-ownership aspect of Brainify is receiving a lot of attention and being discussed reasonably widely in blogs and the press. I could include information on that if you think it speaks to its significance. Let me know.

Does it look worthy of inclusion? Let me know and thanks. Edtechguy46 (talk) 22:11, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Talkback
Wuhwuzdat (talk) 19:41, 5 February 2009 (UTC)