User talk:Gil Bavel

The Basement Sublet of Horror
A tag has been placed on The Basement Sublet of Horror, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be blatant advertising that only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 11, as well as the guidelines on spam.

If you can indicate why the subject of this article is not blatant advertising, you may contest the tagging. To do this, please add  on the top of The Basement Sublet of Horror and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would help make it encyclopedic, as well as adding any citations from reliable sources to ensure that the article will be verifiable. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Gil Bavel (talk) 08:22, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of The Basement Sublet of Horror
A tag has been placed on The Basement Sublet of Horror, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read our the guidelines on spam as well as the Business' FAQ for more information.

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. ukexpat (talk) 21:22, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

I don't understand why you are deleting my entry. It's not advertising... it's not even a product. It's a public access (free) TV show with historic cross-references.

Speedy deletion of The Basement Sublet of Horror
A tag has been placed on The Basement Sublet of Horror, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read our the guidelines on spam as well as the Business' FAQ for more information.

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. LegoTech &middot;(t)&middot;(c) 08:03, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Gunther Dedmund
A tag has been placed on Gunther Dedmund 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 or group of people, 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 biographies.

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. LegoTech &middot;(t)&middot;(c) 08:04, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of The Basement Sublet of Horror
A tag has been placed on The Basement Sublet of Horror, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read our the guidelines on spam as well as the Business' FAQ for more information.

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. LegoTech &middot;(t)&middot;(c) 08:12, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

The Basement Sublet of Horror
Hi Gil. I've done a bit to get the article past the CSD stage. The main points to keep in mind from here are to: Generally, I've tried to organise the article a bit, but it isn't ideal - you'll probably want to improve it. It might be worth wandering around to look at some similar articles and see how they approached the problem. Aside from that, if you need any help let me know. - Bilby (talk) 11:54, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Make sure that the article is firmly on topic (I've moved some of the content to the "Background" section, but I'm not sure that it all needs to be there, and some careful culling might be in order)
 * Keep the article neutral. Anything that can be regarded as spam - like contact information - will get you in trouble, as will anything that reads like an advertisement. (If you choose to hang around for a bit you'll see why - we get huge numbers of advertisements every day, and many editors need to spend a lot of time keeping them under control).
 * Add some reliable sources to establish notability. I've added two, and I noticed that there might be others - you need to demonstrate that the show was significant enough to get coverage in good sources. This is partly to make sure that Wikipedia doesn't suffer too badly from bloat (if every garage band that formed added an article - and many try - we'd be in real trouble), and partly because we need to have sources to show that claims are accurate. Which brings me to the last point:
 * Try to provide references for almost every significant claim, and certainly every claim that might be questioned. Personally, I love references, but I suspect I'm in the minority. Nevertheless, they solve another danger on Wikipedia, by making sure that (possibly contentious) claims have reliable support, and avoiding the risk of original research.
 * I should have added - there is still a chance that the article will be nominated for deletion. At this point I expect it to be a formal AfD rather than a speedy, but many contested CSD articles go through this process to work out which way community consensus lies. (It may not be nominated at all, of course). The best method of avoiding this is to add references to establish the notability of the show as soon as you can. If it does go to AfD, you generally have five days in which to show that the article fits within Wikipedia, unless it is clearly not going to be kept. So generally the recommendation is to make your case at AfD, then to spend some time working on the article to address the concerns. It might all seem overly complex, and it probably is, but one of the problems we need to cope with is that Wikipedia is one of the most heavily used sites in the world, so a lot of effort is put into keeping the standards as high as possible. It makes it harder to create new articles, but is (hopefully) improving the value of Wikipedia. - Bilby (talk) 12:03, 17 June 2008 (UTC)