User talk:Pope joan

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Band article
Hi, through your edits to Pope Joan (disambiguation) I noticed that you're preparing an article on your band at User:Pope joan/PopeJoan. From a glance, I don't think that the topiccurrently passes the notability guideline Wikipedia has for bands, which can be found at WP:BAND (the Article Wizard probably told you that already). Unless you know of reliable sources covering the band in-depth that aren't part of your draft? Amalthea 15:04, 5 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi there. Thank you for your message. Can you please clarify this situation - The band have been covered by numerous established national publications, some of which are listed in what are the beginnings of the article. Are these not classified as reliable sources? These publications all have their own specific articles on Wikipedia. Please can you advise as to how I reference these in order to fufil your criteria? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pope joan (talk • contribs) 15:53, 5 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Ah, oops, apparently I've stopped reading just short of that.:)The best way to prepare an article is to extract the facts you can find in reliable sources, build an article from them, and following every sentence you add one or more inline citations stating where that information came from. You do that by placing the code behind the punctuation mark, and by adding the code in the references section. It's done that way because it allows easy verification of the information in an article, which makes Wikipedia a more useful resources (which is why WP:VERIFIABILITY is one of our core policies). You could find out more about that technique at WP:CITE, if you're interested, but if you don't want to bother with it at this point it's just as well to list those reviews in a list in the references or external links section. I can, if you want, go over the article once you're finished with it, and try to bring it in line with the standard style on Wikipedia, so don't worry about it too much. As long as the links are placed somewhere in the article, it's good enough for now. From what you say it sounds like they should be enough to get the topic past WP:BAND. Another small concern I'm having is that I assume you're affiliated with the band, and in all likelihood have a conflict of interest. You will need to take extra care to write about this band from a neutral point of view (WP:NPOV, another core policy). In particular the positive claims should be supported by a reference to a reliable source, such as the reviews you mentioned. One last thing, please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes, like this: ~ . That code will automatically be expanded to your user name and date, which is particularly helpful in longer discussions, to keep track of who said what. Hope that helps,  Amalthea  16:10, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

That's very helpful, many thanks for your advice. I'll be sure to keep the tone neutral and add as many references to reviews as you state. Pope joan (talk) 13:53, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

File source and copyright licensing problem with File:Pope joan plant web.jpg
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February 2011
Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, please do not add promotional material to articles or other Wikipedia pages, as you did to Pope Joan (band). Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Veriss (talk) 07:06, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Pope Joan (band)


A tag has been placed on Pope Joan (band) 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 a band or musician, 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.

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Nomination of Pope Joan (band) for deletion
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