User talk:Jthumphrey

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Speedy deletion nomination of I am Second
A tag has been placed on I am Second 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 an organization or company, 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 organizations and companies. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.

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Copied from Talk:I am Second
I am a relatively new user of wikipedia and wanted to provide information on something that I have been seeing references to in the Dallas area--I am Second. A lot of well known people (sports figures and other celebrities) are wearing shirts saying I am Second- one of them, Cowboys linebacker Bradie James was on a sports news show wearing an I am Second shirt. So with some research I found about five articles from newspapers and magazines as sources and wrote a short article,. I could have written more, but being a novice user I figured I would keep it short and then maybe add more later. I guess I didn't do a good job because it was deleted because it wasn't found to be worthwhile. I guess that confuses me since all these prominent folks are involved. I mean isn't something that involves the leading hitter in the American League (Josh Hamilton), a leading literary novelist (Anne Rice), a well-known political figure (Mike Huckabee), a Hall of Fame football coach and Race Car owner, and so many more of interest?

The articles say that 2.5 million people have been involved from 212 countries, which would seem it is touching a considering number if interested parties.

Can someone explain to me what I did wrong and whether it can be turned back on?

Thanks. Jthumphrey (talk) 04:15, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I copied your comments here because talk pages of deleted articles are generally deleted. If you would like I am Second copied to your user page so you can work on developing it, you can contact the administrator that performed the deletion and ask them to userfy it. When it is ready you can start a request at Requests for undeletion for it to be moved back into the article space. Please familiarize yourself with the policy on inclusion of organizations before pursuing undeletion. Thanks! If you have any questions, please feel free to reply here or on my talk page. VQuakr (talk) 04:26, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I see you have a copy of the article at User:Jthumphrey/iamsecond. If this is the most current version, you can skip the userfication step above. You may also be interested in submitting your article at WP:Articles for creation for review before it is created. VQuakr (talk) 04:29, 30 July 2010 (UTC)