User talk:Poppadom09

XCM (Xtreme Card Manipulation)
Unfortunately, I had to tag this article for deletion. It had a variety of problems:
 * 1) It had an advertising tone. Especially linking to commercial sites is frowned upon (see WP:EL). It looks like you are trying to get traffic/customers. Everything you write needs to follow WP:NPOV.
 * 2) You describe too much. Instead of focussing on one topic, you write about side topics as the magicians themselves, Ullman trials and the like.
 * 3) The article doesn't say what XCM is exactly. It doesn't give a definition in the lead section, it only says it was coined by De'vo.
 * 4) The article contains false information. You state that "Unlike magic, XCM is not aimed at deceiving people". Neither is magic. Magic is to entertain people.
 * 5) The article misses reliable unrelated third party sources.

You seem interested in magic though - and that's a good thing. Why don't you write an article on De’vo? He looks like a notable magician. I saw he improved the record on coin rolling and I'm sure there's lots of other verifiable and interesting stuff you can write about him. If you do, I'd be happy to lend a hand with the formatting. - Mgm|(talk) 18:12, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

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Extreme card manipulation
I have reverted the article to a redirect and protected it, because there seems to be a consensus that it doesn't belong to Wikipedia; at least, not in this form. (See Articles for deletion/Extreme card manipulation and Articles for deletion/XCM (Xtreme Card Manipulation).) Who are you to say that flourishes etc. don't constitute card manipulation? To me, "card manipulation" means "manipulation with cards". "Extreme card manipulation" seems to be a neologism, which generally don't get to have an article on Wikipedia (yes, there are exceptions). At best, it deserves a brief mention in card manipulation that some people engage in it as a show of skill, not as a conjuring trick.

If you disagree with this reasoning, you may challenge the decision at deletion review. Regards, Mike Rosoft 13:06, 18 February 2007 (UTC)