User talk:Monkeybark

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Proposed deletion of Buck Spacy


The article Buck Spacy has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * Non-notable fictional character

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Writ Keeper &#9863;&#9812; 17:56, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

Nomination of Buck Spacy for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Buck Spacy is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Buck Spacy until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Writ Keeper &#9863;&#9812; 18:06, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

Your comments
Hey, Monkeybark! I saw your comment on the article talk page, and I just wanted to follow up with you about it. First, it's not actually in the right place; the deletion discussion is taking place here. No worries, though, I moved it for you.

Just so you know, though, that reason isn't going to be enough to keep the article. I sympathize with what you're trying to do, but Wikipedia just isn't the right place for it. The thing is that Wikipedia has a threshold of significance for new articles to meet called notability. Roughly, the general idea is that, if the subject of an article hasn't been discussed in multiple, independent, reliable sources, then it's just not appropriate to have an article about that subject. The reason for this (or at least, one of the reasons) is that we need all our information on Wikipedia to be verifiable; we need to be able to back up what we say with references to reliable sources, so that a reader can check up and make sure that what we're saying is accurate. A subject that isn't notable is one that won't have enough reliable sources about it, and without enough reliable sources, we can't write anything verifiably about it. And without verifiable information, we really don't have anything to put in an article. Our information is only as good as the reliable sources that back it up. Since we're on the Internet, we can't tell who anyone really is, so we can't simply take an authority's word on it. It's not that I don't believe you about your reason for making this article (I totally do, and I honor you for it), but I can't be 100% sure that what you're saying is accurate. I'm sorry, but there's really no way around it.

I hope you don't let this turn you off of Wikipedia, though! It can be a pretty fun place, once you get the hang of it. Having an article be deleted is really no big deal; it happens to almost everyone from time to time (including me!), so don't let it get you down. Thanks! 13:27, 9 May 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Writ Keeper (talk • contribs)