User talk:Wikoogle

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[edit] Your edits to Wikipedia:Deletion policy

The article you edited is an official wikipedia policy. The purpose of said article is to inform users about what the policy is, not what others think of it. Additionally, any change to a policy page should be posed on its talk page, and discussed, first, ok? Thanks! Gscshoyru (talk) 23:09, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] December 2007

Welcome to Wikipedia! I am glad to see you are interested in discussing a topic. However, as a general rule, talk pages such as Wikipedia talk:Deletion policy are for discussion related to improving the article, not general discussion about the topic. If you have specific questions about certain topics, consider visiting our reference desk and asking them there instead of on article talk pages. Thank you. Gscshoyru (talk) 23:19, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Please do not use talk pages such as Wikipedia talk:Deletion policy for general discussion of the topic. They are for discussion related to improving the article. They are not to be used as a forum or chat room. See here for more information. Thank you. Gscshoyru (talk) 23:20, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion policy

It seems to me that your problem is basically with Wikipedia's notability criteria, condensed in a nutshell to: "A topic is presumed to be notable if it has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject."

I understand that you would like to see topics covered on the grounds that they have a level of internet popularity (e.g. blogs and webcomics which claim large readerships), but you're unlikely to have much luck instigating such a fundamental change in Wikipedia's policies by ranting and insulting people and insisting that the problem is "elitist" admins deleting topics they've never heard of.

There are plenty of sites out there which have a far more completionist aim on various topics. For instance on the subject of webcomics, Comixpedia is "devoted to complete coverage of all things webcomics-related". But Wikipedia is for notable topics with reliable, verifiable third-party source material. Not just anything that anyone might be interested in. Sorry. --Stormie (talk) 00:44, 9 December 2007 (UTC)