User talk:Secondguessor

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Speedy deletion nomination of YMCA Guangzhou


A tag has been placed on YMCA Guangzhou 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 company, corporation or organization that does not credibly 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 read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the. Robert McClenon (talk) 05:33, 14 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi! It looks like this was pretty quickly deleted as lacking notability. This looks to be because the article lacked sourcing to show where it was independently notable of the main YMCA organization. The English language Wikipedia is pretty strict about notability guidelines for organizations and corporations, moreso than some of the other language Wikipedias. My recommendation here is to continue developing the draft in your sandbox and continue to look for sourcing to help show where this specific YMCA is notable. The best sourcing will be independent of the YMCA and go into some depth about the Guangzhou YMCA in specific. Foreign language sourcing is perfectly fine to use for this. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:08, 15 October 2018 (UTC)