User talk:Oraclematt

Welcome!

Hello, Oraclematt, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as Guerilla cricket, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.

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Speedy deletion of "Guerilla cricket"

Guerilla cricket, a page you created, has been tagged for deletion, as it meets one or more of the criteria for speedy deletion; specifically, it is about a company or corporation, but it does not indicate how it is important or significant, and thus why it should be included in an encyclopedia. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, and the guidelines for companies in particular..

You are welcome to contribute content that complies with our content policies and any applicable inclusion guidelines. However, please do not simply re-create the page with the same content. You may also wish to read our introduction to editing and guide to writing your first article.

Thank you. David.moreno72 13:49, 3 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Guerilla Cricket

You were welcomed just yesterday and touched a hot topic already ;) - The infobox for Guerilla Cricket was deleted but partly restored, and then deleted again by another user. Did you see the word compromise in the discussion? If more discussion is needed, it is best on the article talk page, Talk:Guerilla Cricket. You may have seen that people disagree about infoboxes. Some love them, some hate them, I just find them useful. - Happy editing! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:27, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Gerda - I thought your compromise was a good one, but then it's been deleted again since then. I'm just finding things a bit confusing and conflicting at the moment - I cribbed the Infobox from Test Match Sofa (since they were sibling stations), which is why I'm still confused about why it's OK to be on one page but not on another. I'm not going to make a big deal of it at all, though, I don't want to risk the page being deleted again!

Thank you. It must be confusing. The main problem is that instead of serving readers, Wikipedia serves the writers, - the incentive for no payment I guess ;) - We could be so much more productive if we deleted only vandalism, but you may have seen that for some editors, an infobox equals vandalism. I haven't found a remedy in the four years since I noticed the conflict. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:39, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]