User talk:Mad lensman

Proposed deletion of "Star Traks"
The deletion of an article you created, Star Traks, has been proposed for the following reason:


 * No asserted notability

You are welcome to improve the article to meet Wikipedia's quality standards and remove the deletion notice from the article. You may also remove the notice if you disagree with the deletion, though in such cases, further discussion may take place at Articles for deletion, and the article may still be deleted if there is a consensus to do so.

Wikipedia has certain standards for inclusion that all articles must meet. Certain types of article must establish the notability of their subject by asserting its importance or significance. Additionally, since Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, content inappropriate for an encyclopedia, or content that would be more suited to somewhere else (such as a directory or social networking website) is not acceptable. See What Wikipedia is not for the relevant policy. You may wish to read our introduction to editing and guide to writing your first article.

Thanks. Blanchardb- Me • MyEars • MyMouth -timed 14:57, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Why is does this have no noted notability? A fansite which has had web presence since 1996? 12 years of web presence AND it's own maintained wiki? Perhaps I need the non-notability pointed out to me?

The article Star Traks has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This was done because the article seemed to be about a real person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, but it did not indicate how or why the subject is notable, that is, why an article about that subject should be included in Wikipedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the notability of the subject may be deleted at any time. If you can indicate why the subject is really notable, you are free to re-create the article, making sure to cite any verifiable sources.

Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, and for specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for musicians, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. . The phrase "star traks" gets 7000 Google hits - a tiny number for something that exists only on the web. Many of those are for things other than the website described here. If you think that there should be an article on this subject then you will need to establish notability for it; this is best done by finding references to the site in mainstream media: newspapers, television, or websites of prominent, reputable organizations. Please see Notability and WP:WEB for more information. DJ Clayworth (talk) 15:33, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

I was in the process of obtaining information from Blanchardb on how to reformat the information and prove notability when you deleted the article. Thank you for your ignorance. The discussion page of the article included the text between myself and Blanchardb, a little reading would go a long way next time.


 * If you can establish the notability of this site, according to the criteria I mentioned above, then you are at liberty to recreate the article. If you want to preserve the conversation on the talk page then I can copy it to this page. Just let me know by editing here. DJ Clayworth (talk) 15:44, 13 June 2008 (UTC)