User talk:Salcowan

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Notability of Sal Cowan
A tag has been placed on Sal Cowan requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article appears to be about a real person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject 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 this is the first page that you have created, then you should read the guide to writing your first article.

If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the article (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position, 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, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. JohnCD (talk) 13:04, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Reply
Hey Sal - the first thing you'll need to do is ensure that the subject that you are trying to make an article on is notable enough - WP:N should help you decide that. The main reason that articles are ever deleted is because they aren't notable enough, so that should help in that area. Next, instead of creating an article straight away, you should create a draft of it on your User Page. This way, you can write what you have thought of, then add more and more bits to it until you think that it's satisfied the notability criteria - articles are usually deleted as part of the WP:SPEEDY criteria mere minutes after they're completed, so this will be the best way to ensure that the article isn't deleted on sight. Hope that helps! ≈  The Haunted Angel  14:16, 25 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Yeah, provided that the article isn't protected to prevent recreation - but that's usually only done in extreme circumstances. ≈  The Haunted Angel  14:29, 25 May 2008 (UTC)