User talk:Xpresitnet

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Boycott RIAA
Thanks for creating the Boycott RIAA. However, it needs to have material sourced from reliable sources in order to meet our verifiability policy. The internal links above might give you some assistance in improving the article. Capitalistroadster 09:58, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Boycott RIAA - Reply
We understand your policies, however, we do not have time to draft for hours before we hit the save button. As my article clearly indicated we wished to take our time to "do it right" and with the assistance of everyone from our website that wishes to help. You have made it impossible for us to do this. I have been informed that others have tried and they even got quite a bit of information up there only for it to be blatantly removed. You are basically asking us to skip any first drafts and eliminate the creativity process and to START with a final draft pretending to be a first draft. We're not too thrilled or appreciative of this "shoot first and don't ask questions" enforcement. We'd like to contribute our content here but if your time demands on us are going to be this hostile then unfortunately we will not be able to add our entry to this website.

If you wish to participate or observe -- we are discussing this situation here: http://www.boycott-riaa.com/article/21138

Let me tell you -- our users are none too pleased. Xpresitnet
 * Please try again. The only thing an article about a website or organization needs to get past "speedy deletion" ("db") is a claim to notability -- some indication, sourced or not, that Boycott RIAA is not just a website or some group with no notability ("nn") beyond its own membership. See the Wikipedia policy page at WP:Notability (organizations and companies) for ideas on how to make your group's notability crystal clear. Just in case the first admin to look at your article is a cranky deletionist, you can insure the article by backing the claim to notability with a mainstream media mention of your website or your activities.  With speedy deletion off the table, you'll have time to work on verifiability and citing additional sources. Please feel free to contact me on my talk page for help.  Though I'm not a participant in your boycott, I've got some experience editing RIAA related articles, and I'd be happy to help you get the article started.  Matt Fitzpatrick (talk) 05:46, 22 May 2008 (UTC)