User talk:Ianchilvers

Why Was My Article Deleted?

That's the question you are probably asking yourself right now. Well, there are a couple of reasons your article could have been deleted:

It may not have met the General notability guideline. This is the guideline that all articles must meet before they can be included on Wikipedia.
It may not have been notable. If a subject isn't notable, it isn't included. Your little brother's garage rock band with 5 fans isn't notable, but Metallica...that's notable.
It may not have been verifiable. If a subject hasn't been covered by third-party reliable sources, then we can't tell if an article on it is original research or even a hoax.
It may have been deleted as advertising. We are writing a neutral encyclopaedia, sometimes fans, enthusiasts and marketing folk find it difficult to write neutrally about the organisation that they care enough to write about. Any page about a company of any sort must meet strict guidelines so it isn't considered advertising. A page about the local quickie-mart is probably advertising and also probably not notable.

We welcome articles written as part of educational assignments. But such articles must still meet our requirements. It might be useful for your project to be registered at the School and university projects WikiProject, and you can look there for some help specifically with educational projects. If your article is a translation of a Wikipedia article from another language version of Wikipedia, please remember to supply attribution by linking to the page you've translated in your edit summary

Sometimes we can get a little overhasty. So apologies if your article was deleted before you had the chance to add references or mention why the subject is notable. Please request it to be undeleted at Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion.

We welcome new articles, but do encourage new authors to read WP:FIRST for advice on writing articles. Then read all the information you can on the subject. If you prefer working on a draft before submitting it, you can start articles in your sandbox (a subpage of your userpage). Add all the information, references, reliable sources and more to the page. Make sure it meets the General notability guideline. If you aren't sure, ask an admin; they will be glad to help. Then move it to where you want it in the main namespace (on the Wikipedia). From there, keep it updated with pertinent updated information, so the article doesn't become stale. When in doubt with anything, ask the Help desk or an admin. Hope this helps...Neutralhomer • Talk • 10:58, 19 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome!

Hello, Ianchilvers, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:

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Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or click here to ask for help on your talk page, and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome! JohnCD (talk) 13:38, 19 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Advice

First, some Wikipedia bureaucracy: the article was deleted under a process called WP:Proposed deletion or PROD, intended for uncontroversial deletions. If a PROD is challenged, deletion is evidently not uncontroversial, so the article is restored without question (and may not be PRODded again). However it may still be nominated at WP:Articles for deletion. That would start a discussion, normally lasting seven days, to which anyone interested may contribute, after which an uninvolved administrator will decide what to do, based not on a count of heads but on the arguments advanced in terms of Wikipedia's policies and guidelines.

The test for inclusion in Wikipedia is called Wikipedia:Notability and is not a matter of opinion but has to be demonstrated by references showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Significant means more than just listing-type mentions; reliable excludes Youtube, Facebook, blogs, places where anyone can post anything; independent excludes the subject's own website, affiliated ones and anything based on press releases. The test is, have people not connected with the subject thought it significant enough to write substantial comment about? See also Wikipedia:Notability (summary) and WP:Notability (people), particularly the section WP:ENTERTAINER.

You should preferably not edit your article yourself (see WP:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide and WP:Autobiography) but may make suggestions on the article talk page. A note of what you have been doing for the last few years and, particularly, links to references about you would be useful.

There is helpful advice at WP:Biographies of living persons/Help, and a noticeboard at WP:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard where you can ask for assistance.

Regards, JohnCD (talk) 13:38, 19 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]