User talk:DeaconBlade

Please do not remove speedy deletion notices from articles you have created yourself. Please use the {{hangon}} template on the page instead if you disagree with the deletion. Thank you.--Jac16888 16:31, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hey there. I'm not too familiar with Wiki so I hope this is right. :) But I'm recreating this page at the request of several of the listeners to Unscripted 360 radio show.

I've seen several other podcast shows/blogs/websites listed with no deletion or hints at deletion so I'm a bit stumped at the deletion tag. At any rate, I hope this message is received and the page continues to exist. I never knew there was a previous page at all but after getting notices about and finding out it was deleted, I decided to recreate it.

It has no malicious links or information and is currently a mirror image to others of its kind so the content is valid, important and correct.

Thanks for the help. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by DeaconBlade (talk • contribs) 16:45:26, August 19, 2007 (UTC).

Simply because your listeners have requested an article on it, does not make it notable, nor do other articles on similar items, see WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. Your article shows little evidence of notability, with no valid references, just two links to its own site, and two to a community forum. There are millions of other podcasts out there, what makes this one more notable than others? Has it been reviewed or even mentioned by a major/reliable source? Do you have millions of listeners? You clearly have a [[WP:COI|conflict of interest, since your username is actually mentioned within the article. Finally, your article is far too spamish with lines such as "Unscripted 360 adds a genuine flavor to the gaming scene by providing a unique take on gaming. DeaconBlade's unique style of writing helps give the previews, reviews and articles posted on U360 a fresh, genuine feel.", or "There are dozens of gaming podcasts being delivered but none of them have the personality and genuine community vibe that Unscripted 360 manages to capture with each episode."--Jac16888 16:55, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I was just going by guidelines that I've seen on other pages when creating this one. I don't think it's spammish at all. No more spammish than pages that are currently up. I linked to a few "notable" sites that have linked to the show. One being Xbox.com which is the official site of Microsoft and the Xbox 360 console. Here's an example like the one you pointed out in the page of what I simply used as an example.

"There are so many different websites that are trying to become more involved with the gaming community but they are all too common. GTR takes a different approach and isn’t only a site with reviews and articles but is a show that consists of everything any gamer would like to know with a fun and hip twist to it."

This is a quote like the one you pointed out as being spammish and it's taken from an existing Wiki page no different than my own. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamertag_Radio. It is not marked for deletion. Both of these shows are 2 of the more popular shows in the Xbox 360 community. I'm just confused that's all at the process. DeaconBlade 17:07, 19 August 2007 (UTC)—The preceding unsigned comment was added by DeaconBlade (talk • contribs) 17:00:23, August 19, 2007 (UTC).[reply]

The Gamertag radio article is clearly better than your article as it has numerous references to useful sites such as MTV, etc, your links are to a community within the xbox site, which does not make it very reliable. And as for your article not being spam, how is "The entire Xbox 360 community has pushed U360 to amazing heights " anything but a shameless and unsourced promotion for your podcast, and the quote you call spammish wasn't written by the sites owners/operators like the ones on this page, it is a word for word quote from the xbox site. Also, you haven't addressed any of the other concerns such as your lack of notablilty, or conflict of interest.--Jac16888 17:12, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmm That's all very odd. Both of the sites are identical. I didn't want to link to every single mention of U360 just yet. Sites such as Electronic Arts, Cryptic Studios and a host of others have mentioned or linked to U360. These are two of the top publishing companies in the gaming industry that have been on the show. I linked to the official site of Xbox by Microsoft talking about the show. The same links that the Gamertag Radio article has and yet they're not relevant for some reason? They're the same links to the same official Xbox site from Microsoft.

It's not a shameless plug or a conflict of interest. Should the page be created by a user? I felt that since I know more about the show naturally, I'd be best to simply create the page.

The links you say are valid from the Gamertag Radio page don't even exist. Have you clicked the MTV link? It doesn't exist. Have you checked these links to be sure that they're active at all and the quotes are valid? The majority of the links on that page are the same Xbox.com pages I've linked to. Should I throw up my Microsoft MVP link as well? The quote you say is not from the author is in fact from the author and not a word for word quote from the Xbox site.

I'm really at a loss trying to figure out the best way to edit/change or create it that's all. 17:27, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

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