User talk:Talkingfish

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Help me!
Please give me some feedback on the article named 'Bitcoin OTC' I have just created. And how could it appear in the public space?

Talkingfish (talk) 01:33, 4 January 2017 (UTC)Talkingfish
 * It looks like you created it in the article space. Did you want it in the draft space or in your sandbox to continue working on it? Primefac (talk) 03:13, 4 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Firstly, the article is in the "public space" already. Secondly, it is in dire need of inprovement, starting with the very title and with the references. You cite two references; one of them is a wiki, not a reliable source. The other does not use the terms "Bitcoin OTC" and speaks of "Bitcoin-OTC" only when referring to a specific IRC channel - the same IRC channel the wiki talks about. There is no indication that "Bitcoin-OTC" is a commonly used term for trading Bitcoin over the counter. Naming the article after a specific marketplace obviously is inappropriate. Similarly, the list of external links to various bitcoin exchanges or trading desks should be removed; for those desks which have Wikipedia articles we'll need reliable sources confirming that they do OTC trading - for Kraken, for example, I don't see it. In general more than a single reliable source will be necessary for a Wikipedia article. I'll deal with some of those issues and may add maintenance tags for others. Huon (talk) 03:21, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I just saw that you have since tagged the page for deletion. I have deleted it. If that's the best reference on OTC trading of bitcoint, it may be better to write something on that topic in the article on bitcoin exchanges. Huon (talk) 03:24, 4 January 2017 (UTC)