User talk:Margaretbissell

Speedy deletion nomination of Sustainable World Coalition
Hello Margaretbissell,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Sustainable World Coalition for deletion, because it seems to be inappropriate for a variety of reasons.

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, YuMaNuMa Contrib 10:08, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

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Sustainable World Coalition
I read what you wrote on the talk page, and I see that you started a new article. I have "userfied" that for you - moved it to a sub-page in your user space - at User:Margaretbissell/Sustainable World Coalition where you can work on it, because in its present state it would just be deleted again.

What it needs is independent references. The acceptance criterion Wikipedia uses is called Notability, and is not a matter of saying so but has to be demonstrated by references 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 anything based on press releases. The test is, have people not connected with the subject thought it significant enough to write substantial comment about? See WP:ANS and WP:Notability (organizations and companies) for more explanation

This applies to worthy causes and non-profit organizations just as much as to other subjects - we have an explanatory essay entitled Wikipedia is not here to tell the world about your noble cause.

There is good general advice on how to make an acceptable article at WP:Your first article.

Regards, JohnCD (talk) 11:33, 5 February 2013 (UTC)