User talk:Scraiclads

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Speedy deletion nomination of Dominican affair
A tag has been placed on Dominican affair 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, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for musical topics. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page 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 page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Ks0stm If you reply here, please leave me a  message on my talk page. 16:31, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Promotion and notability
Hello, Scraiclads. I see that on the talk page of Dominican affair you have written "BECAUSE THE BAND DESERVE FAME!THIS WILL BOOST THERE FAME AND LET MORE FANS HEAR ABOUT THEM!", apparently as an explanation for contesting the speedy deletion nomination of that article. However, after you have been editing Wikipedia for a while you will be aware that there are two reasons why that is not regarded as a justification for keeping an article; I would encourage you to have a look at the pages I have given you links to above, and also read some of the pages linked in the welcome message at the top of this page. if you do this you will be able to learn what sort of things are likely to be acceptable in Wikipedia, and that means any articles you write or edit in the future are more likely to be kept. I wish you success with your editing. If you have any questions please feel welcome to contact me on my talk page. JamesBWatson (talk) 16:51, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 1) Wikipedia's notability standards mean that we accept articles only on subjects which have already received significant attention in independent published sources: we do not accept articles on subjects which may one day receive attention, but have not yet done so.
 * 2) We have a quite strict policy that Wikipedia is not used for promotion. What you have said is precisely that you are intending the article to promote the band, and so this will not encourage an administrator to keep the article; if anything the opposite.

Speedy deletion nomination of Dominican affair


A tag has been placed on Dominican affair 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 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. Hairhorn (talk) 20:27, 15 December 2009 (UTC)