User talk:Swellesley2014

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Your article Pearl and rind
Can you cite any sources for what you say?

One of Wikipedia's fundamental policies is WP:Verifiability: "'any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable, published source... The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiability, not truth—whether readers can check that material in Wikipedia has already been published by a reliable source, not whether editors think it is true.'" Just saying "sources have suggested" and "it is believed" is not enough. "Secret" societies can seldom pass this test.

Even if you can produce sources from the society, that may not be sufficient: Wikipedia has an entry criterion called notability, which is not a matter of opinion but has to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Significant means more than just listing-type mentions; reliable excludes Myspace, Facebook, blogs, places where anyone can post anything; independent excludes the subject's own website, affiliated ones and anything based on press releases. The test is, have people unconnected with the subject thought it important and significant enough to write substantial comment about?

See WP:Your first article for more general advice.

Regards, JohnCD (talk) 19:05, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

Nomination of Pearl and rind for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Pearl and rind is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Pearl and rind until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Monty 845  17:37, 1 July 2011 (UTC)