User talk:Ingunix

Speedy deletion nomination of Titibass
Hello Ingunix,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Titibass for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly say why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Thanks, Writ Keeper &#9863;&#9812; 15:02, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Hey, and (belated) welcome!
Hey, Ingunix, welcome to Wikipedia! Sorry if I was a bit short with my notification: long story short, old habits die hard. Anyhoo, I just wanted to expand a bit on the problem that I saw with your article:

Wikipedia isn't intended to have articles about everyone and everything. Instead, we try to have articles if and only if the subject of the article is notable. Notability has special meaning in Wikipedia. It can mean a few different things in different contexts, but at its most basic, it's expressed in what we call the general notability guideline: subjects must have significant coverage in multiple reliable sources that are independent of each other and the subject. Basically, if someone hasn't been written about in a reliable source--like an article in a major newspaper, for example--then we just can't have an article about them. When I looked at your article, it had no indications of this notability, since it didn't cite any sources. It didn't even give any reasons why such coverage would exist, which is why it got deleted so quickly. I did do a quick search for some sources through Google's variety of search engines, and turned up dry there, too.

Now, don't let this discourage you! Deletions happen all the time; they're not a big deal if you learn from them! Nobody will hold it against you. Moreover, even though this person's article got deleted right now, they could still have a good article about them in the future, if the necessary sources turn up. What I would recommend next time is to try to write an article in your sandbox as a draft first. You should be able to get to your sandbox through a link that says "My sandbox" at the top-right of your browser, but here's a link, just in case: User:Ingunix/sandbox. You can create this page, use it to start a draft of an article, and have as much time as you need to work on it without fear of deletion! Once you think it's ready, you can ask someone to review it; the usual way to do this is through the articles for creation process, though that tends to take a long time, so be patient.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask on my talk page, or you can ask the Teahouse, which is a great place for new users to get any help they need in a friendly, relaxed environment. Thanks, and happy editing! Writ Keeper &#9863;&#9812; 15:22, 3 October 2012 (UTC)