User talk:Fighting Fitness

Speedy deletion of Fighting Fitness
A tag has been placed on Fighting Fitness 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 company or corporation, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance 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 companies and corporations.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article 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 article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. Vianello (talk) 02:34, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

I received your e-mail and searched the deletion log until I figured out what you were talking about. (No offense, but you made it very difficult to help you because you didn't give me enough information.) You wanted to know why Fighting Fitness was deleted; there are a number of reasons that come to mind. I've examined the deleted text and note that it makes unverifiable and dubious claims about the efficacy of a commercial product, which qualifies it as advertising to me. Also, there is no information about what you might call an encyclopedia topic -- instead, there is information about a company/commercial product, but there are no reliable sources that demonstrate the notability of the topic or, indeed, that anyone cares about it except the owners of the company. Wikipedia is not a commercial directory and we do not have articles about companies simply because they exist. If an article about this concept is necessary (of which I'm not convinced, since there are no references that prove it), it would probably contain much, much more information about the exercise concept in a general sense and much, much less information about the company that sells it. If you think you can make this topic encyclopedic, you are welcome to try -- I recommend WP:Why was my article deleted? and WP:Your first article as excellent sources of information that may either help you or dissuade you from wasting your efforts. You might look at Capoiera as a model, and if you can meet that standard your proposed article might stay. I don't recommend you move forward, since I doubt it can meet that standard and think you'll be wasting your effort, but you should follow your own judgment in this area. If you have any further questions about Wikipedia policy after you've followed all the links in this paragraph and understood them, feel free to leave me a note on my talk page, which you can find by clicking the word "talk" after my signature. Incidentally, someone will probably prompt you sooner or later to select a different username, since yours is the same as that as a commercial product (which is against our username policies); you may wish to do that before moving forward further. Accounting4Taste: talk 20:36, 17 August 2008 (UTC)