User talk:DavidGamingeff
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[edit] AfD nomination of WhatIfGaming
I have nominated WhatIfGaming, an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WhatIfGaming. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. BoL (Talk) 03:41, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] TfD nomination of Template:Usman Ihtsham
Template:Usman Ihtsham has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. BoL (Talk) 03:43, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] April 2008
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, we would like to remind you not to attack other editors, as you did on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WhatIfGaming. Please comment on the contributions and not the contributors. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. BoL (Talk) 03:47, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
Please do not remove Articles for deletion notices from articles or remove other people's comments in Articles for deletion pages, as you did with WhatIfGaming. Doing so won't stop the discussion from taking place. You are, however, welcome to comment about the proposed deletion on the appropriate page. Thank you. BoL (Talk) 03:48, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
Please stop. If you continue removing Articles for deletion notices or comments from articles and Articles for deletion pages, as you did with WhatIfGaming, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. BoL (Talk) 03:49, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
Hello. In case you didn't know, when you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion, you should sign your posts by typing four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment. You may also click on the signature button 
located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your username or IP address and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when. Thank you. Fattyjwoods (Push my button) 04:17, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Notability of WhatIfGaming
A tag has been placed on WhatIfGaming requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article appears to be about a real person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable. If this is the first page that you have created, then you should read the guide to writing your first article.
If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.
For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Torchwood Who? (talk) 06:44, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Comment at AfD on Notability
I tagged the article for A7 deletion because of your comment at AfD. Yes, you are reading the notability guideline correctly. All articles need to have extensive coverage in reliable third party sources. When the site gains some of these you are free to recreate the article citing the new sources.--Torchwood Who? (talk) 06:47, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
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- That's correct again, for example the New York Times would write an article called "WhatifGaming takes the world by storm" and they write an entire review of the site and interview the creators. Although that is an extreme example it is "in theory" the definition of a non-trivial mention in a reliable third party source.--Torchwood Who? (talk) 06:54, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
- No problem. If sources become available in the future just send me a message and I'll help you edit a new article in a better tone so that you can avoid the "advertising" accusations. All the best.--Torchwood Who? (talk) 06:58, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
- That's correct again, for example the New York Times would write an article called "WhatifGaming takes the world by storm" and they write an entire review of the site and interview the creators. Although that is an extreme example it is "in theory" the definition of a non-trivial mention in a reliable third party source.--Torchwood Who? (talk) 06:54, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Shacknews
In researching your question about Shacknews I've found a few interesting points. It was up for deletion in 2004 but was kept. It has not been sent there since, this is not really in indicator that it meets any specific criteria, but it has had a showing once and is obviously not immune to ending up there again. As for the sources, while the article itself doesn't seem to show anything of value a quick google search shows us that Shacknews was covered by PC Magazine in August 2007's Top 100 Undiscovered Websites by Kyle Monson, just last month Joystiq wrote an article ABOUT Shacknews here [1], Just yesterday Gamasutra touted adding a former Shacknews writer to its fold [2], and MCV recently cited Shacknews as the source of a major poll [3]. Apparently there is also a large section of article written about technological advancements made by Shacknews themselves in terms of forum development and in the first two goodle search pages I discovered at least one link discussing plugin developments [4] and here is another PC Magazine review this time for Fileshack.com [5] which is featured as a large part of the article. So right off the bat it's easy to verify that Shacknews meets the guidelines for notability. I hope that clears it up.--Torchwood Who? (talk) 08:43, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
