User talk:Rellium

Speedy deletion nomination of The Stone Portraits


A tag has been placed on The Stone Portraits requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article, which appears to be about a real person, individual animal(s), an organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, does not indicate how or why the subject of the article is important or significant: that is, why an article about it should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

If you can assert the importance of the subject,. Clicking that button will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit |the article's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. You may freely add information to the article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.

See the guidelines for specific types of articles: biographies, websites, bands, or companies.  Blanchardb -Me•MyEars•MyMouth- timed 19:56, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Your hangon rationale
Why does it have to be Wikipedia that provides information about the band? Why not MySpace or Facebook, both of which are suited specifically for that purpose? You see, Wikipedia isn't about letting the band present itself to the world at large. It's about telling how the world at large views the band. And that implies that if the world at large doesn't already know that the band exists, then that means there's just nothing with which to write an article. --  Blanchardb -Me•MyEars•MyMouth- timed 20:16, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

This is balls. As far as encyclopedias go, the entry for The Stone Portraits took up no space in the Wikipedia book. It's not like you have to take time to flip past it to get to the entry for "The Stone Porta-Potties". It doesn't even share a common name or expression! The only way to find The Stone Portraits on Wikipedia would have been to have had typed that specific name in exactly! Wikipedia is the database of the internet, and while other sites as well as Wikipedia may reside at the fingertips of internet surfers, Wikipedia is on the surface of the mind; it's where people go first for knowledge containing dates and figures. Letting the page be would have been an added convenience for all of humanity. (Rellium (talk) 20:35, 9 January 2012 (UTC))


 * Here are our inclusion guidelines. Which one(s) does this band already meet? --  Blanchardb -Me•MyEars•MyMouth- timed 20:44, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

That's a direct avoidance of everything I typed above. Wikipedia states clearly, and right up top of that page, "failure to meet any of these criteria does not mean an article must be deleted." (Rellium (talk) 20:53, 9 January 2012 (UTC))
 * So which one of the outlined criteria does the band meet? --  Blanchardb -Me•MyEars•MyMouth- timed 21:06, 9 January 2012 (UTC)