User talk:AndrewCStuart

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Str8ts

Do you have any third party sources for any of this?©Geni 11:44, 11 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I assume I am correctly replying to this question by simply editing 'this page'. Jeff Widderich and I are the 'source' of str8ts and I am the initial author of the Str8ts article. Fans may expand and add to the article given time and awareness of it. I didn't want to sprinkle the article with links to our sites and personal home pages as that seemed gratuitous. Simply linking to the Str8ts website for further information seemed appropriate. I am acknowledging the tradition from which this puzzle derives by linking to Sudoku. There are no other third party sources. - Andrew Stuart, 11 January 2010

The datestamp is produced by signing your posts with ~~~~. The problem is that if there are no third party sources the article doesn't meet the requirments of Wikipedia:Verifiability and will need to be deleted.©Geni 17:01, 11 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have added sources to sudokuwiki.org and str8ts.com. Regards notability, for which it has been tagged: This subject has equal merits with kenken, Futoshiki, Kakuro and a dozen other puzzles that have established articles. The fact that the puzzle is relatively new and unique and therefore lacks external sources does not imply non-notability. Internet users will be looking for an article as the puzzle will be soon inside newspapers. Andrew C Stuart (talk) 15:08, 12 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

regards a link to str8ts.com I have assumed this is valid based on the comments in the Talk:KenKen page, section 'External Links'.

Yeah, I think it's great to have a link to the subject's website on an article. Of course, it is not an "independent" source, so it does nothing to establish notability, but it is still great to have the link there. ErikHaugen (talk) 17:51, 12 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Str8ts

The article Str8ts has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

There is no significant coverage of the subject in reliable independent sources. See discussion and WP:N.

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 {{dated prod}} 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 {{dated prod}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. ErikHaugen (talk) 17:51, 12 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]