User talk:Longtimecoming

Welcome!

Hello,, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines for page creation, and may soon be deleted.

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Notability
I have restored a copy to your user space at User:Longtimecoming/Smile Radio, where you can work on it if you think you can demonstrate notability, but before moving it back to the main article space, please check with user, the administrator who deleted it.

The article was deleted, not because it was thought to be a commercial station, but because it gave no indication of meeting Wikipedia's notability requirement. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a listing directory or notice-board, and is selective about its article subjects. What you have to establish is Notability, a requirement to have a Wikipedia article, which is not a matter of opinion but needs to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Significant means more than just listing-type mentions; reliable excludes Myspace, Facebook, blogs, places where anyone can post anything; independent excludes the subject's own website, affiliated ones and press releases. The point is that Wikipedia does not make value judgements on which subjects are suitable for articles; we simply ask, have other people, independent of the subject, thought it interesting and important enough to write about?

If Smile Radio is only now about to go live, it may well not (yet) be able to meet this requirement; but Wikipedia is not here to help spread the word about new things, only to report on established ones.

See also: Regards, JohnCD (talk) 13:43, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
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Speedy deletion nomination of NakedMates


A tag has been placed on NakedMates 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 read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, you can place a request here. § FreeRangeFrog croak 16:55, 16 April 2013 (UTC)