User talk:Akritenbrink

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Speedy deletion nomination of Luna the Fashion Kitty

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A tag has been placed on Luna the Fashion Kitty 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 person, organization (band, club, company, etc.) or web content, but it does not 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 see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

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Hello!

Just came across your article on Colin M. Maguire and wanted to say hi. I'm pretty new to editing here too, but if there is anything you'd like help with or have any questions, just drop me a note here or on my talk page. Tbennert (talk) 21:49, 23 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Luna The Fashion Kitty

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A tag has been placed on Luna The Fashion Kitty 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 person, organization (band, club, company, etc.) or web content, but it does not 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 see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

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Removing Speedy at Luna The Fashion Kitty

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Proposed deletion of Colin Maguire

The article Colin Maguire has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Non-notable author. Does not meet any of the notability criteria in WP:AUTHOR. No coverage in WP:RS reliable sources can be found.

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Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Livit⇑^Eh?/_What? 14:27, 20 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure how to reference an internet personality without using blogs and online resources as references? Many of the references I have included do have editors, including Fashionista, Racked, and Catster, and the newspaper El Imparcial.

I'd like to hear some advice about how to make this better before it is deleted. There are a ton of references online about this internet personality. In case you think I am her owner or her owner's advocate, I'm not. I am just a person who ran across her on the internet about a year ago and has been following her online.

Proposed deletion of Luna The Fashion Kitty

The article Luna The Fashion Kitty has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Non-notable web personality. No coverage in reliable, third party sources. See WP:RS. Sources can not be self-written (under the control of the subject of the article). Sources should have editorial oversight.

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Livit⇑^Eh?/_What? 14:29, 20 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

thanks

Thanks for the explanation - I knew about the notability requirement but hadn't looked at the criteria for a long time. On Colin Maguire, I think you should take another look because similar users decided about a year ago that the references I had were OK. On Luna the Fashion Kitty, I probably do need more references, and some of the references are just silly blogs, but I also think some of the references I used are OK as they are more reputable/professional blogs with editors.

I'd like to hear more feedback if you are willing to respond to this - thanks - Akritenbrink

Since we're really talking about two different articles here, I'll respond for each one.

For Colin Maguire, the problem is that he has to meet the notability guidelines set up in WP:AUTHOR. By far the easiest one to meet is this: The person has created, or played a major role in co-creating, a significant or well-known work, or collective body of work, that has been the subject of an independent book or feature-length film, or of multiple independent periodical articles or reviews. (emphasis mine.) So if you could find a few reviews of his works in any kind of independent (not affiliated with Maguire) publication (print, or on-line), that would be enough to satisfy the criteria. The problem is that simply publishing short stories that are sold by Amazon is not enough to convey notability. There's another problem here, in that the article also contains biographical information (birthdate and place, etc.) which is totally unsourced. Unless you can find this information printed in a reliable source, then it would have to be taken out of the article, leaving almost nothing left. See WP:BLP for information on how seriously Wikipedia treats biographies of living people.

For Luna The Fashion Kitty I'll admit, it's a lot closer... I edited the article and stripped out all of the stuff that doesn't belong. What we are left with is a reasonable article, if the subject is notable. I'm not sure it is. The mentions in Racked are good. Racked for sure has editorial oversight, Catster might have oversight, but Catsparella for sure doesn't. For this one, I will post the question at the Reliable Source Noticeboard where other editors can give their opinions as well.

In the mean time, look for some sources on Colin Maguire and we'll work on writing the article to include them (if you can find them...) Livit⇑^Eh?/_What? 20:27, 20 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Don't get discouraged...

Hi Akritenbrink,

I hope you aren't getting discouraged about editing at Wikipedia. I realize that it can be frustrating to have the articles you have created proposed for deletion. I think that you would benefit from reading the policy on notability, which can be found here: WP:N. This policy explains what the criteria are for having an article on any given subject. Wikipedia has a fairly high standard for article subjects. In a nutshell articles are written on subjects "that have gained sufficiently significant attention by the world at large and over a period of time, and are not excluded for other reasons. We consider evidence from reliable independent sources such as published journals, books, and newspapers to gauge this attention." The main trouble that you are running into is that the subjects you have written articles on are not covered in reliable independent sources. If you want to learn more about what is (and what isn't) a reliable independent source, read this: WP:RS. I hope you keep editing Wikipedia, but I also hope you take the advice in these policies to heart. If you have any questions just let me know by leaving me a message here: User Talk:Livitup. Good luck! Livit⇑^Eh?/_What? 14:37, 20 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

OK, thanks. i need to work on my work for my job now, but I will work on this stuff more later. For Colin's bio info, I will find the info online somewhere. For Luna the Fashion Kitty, don't forget about Fashionista and El Imparcial as the editorial sources. I can find more too - just need time over the weekend.

No problem... I won't do anything with deleting the articles until after the weekend. Update our discussion here and then drop me a {{talkback}} on my talk page when you've worked on it. Livit⇑^Eh?/_What? 20:44, 20 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Also, in the mean time, I have posted my questions on Luna at the Reliable Source Noticeboard. Livit⇑^Eh?/_What? 20:52, 20 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Colin Maguire for deletion

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The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Colin Maguire until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-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 notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.

--Hirolovesswords (talk) 17:22, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]