User talk:Theibm

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Speedy deletion nomination of Lump Ball
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Lump ball
I noticed your comment on User:Nyttend's talk page. Let me fill you in about the unsuitablity of the topic. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, which means that it only includes notable topics and summarized material from third-party reliable sources. "Lump ball" does not appear to be the topic of any book, news article, magazine, or website. It's not become notable by having been taken note of by a third party that reports on it. Since Wikipedia requires verfiability, obviously there have to be sources. They cannot be first-person sources, so your credentials or lack thereof have no bearing on the matter. Yworo (talk) 22:34, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the delay; I'm a grad student, and Monday is perhaps my busiest day of the week. As Yworo said, lump ball doesn't really seem to fit our standards for what articles should be, since it appears to be something that was just recently made up.  I presumed that it was a hoax because the article said that it took place in a country called "Alphaland"; since there is no such country, I had no reason to believe that it wasn't all a joke.  Given your explanation, I can understand that it's set in such a place; however, for the reasons that Yworo has already given, this doesn't appear to be a suitable article topic.  Finally, please understand that some of what you said in your email and on your note at my talk page actually indicates that this really shouldn't be kept as an article; if I understand you rightly, you're asking me to undelete the article because its presence would serve a good cause.  Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a webhost; if it's so essential to have this information online, there are plenty of other places on the Internet that will serve as webhosts for free.  Nyttend (talk) 05:41, 7 September 2010 (UTC)