User talk:Coached

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Hello, Coached, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as The orlando file, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may soon be deleted.

There's a page about creating articles you may want to read called Your first article. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{helpme}} on this page, followed by your question, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Here are a few other good links for newcomers:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Wikipedia:Questions or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! | Uncle Milty | talk | 12:06, 6 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of The orlando file

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A tag has been placed on The orlando file requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person, organization (band, club, company, etc.) or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think that the page was nominated in error, contest the nomination by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion" in the speedy deletion tag. Doing so will take you to the talk page where you can explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but do not hesitate to add information that is consistent with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. | Uncle Milty | talk | 12:06, 6 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Broadwood Clyde SAFC

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A tag has been placed on Broadwood Clyde SAFC requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a club, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think that the page was nominated in error, contest the nomination by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion" in the speedy deletion tag. Doing so will take you to the talk page where you can explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but do not hesitate to add information that is consistent with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. | Uncle Milty | talk | 12:08, 6 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of The orlando file for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article The orlando file is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The orlando file until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. | Uncle Milty | talk | 14:16, 6 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Advice: notability

The issue with both your articles is Wikipedia:Notability. In the very early days it was thought that Wikipedia might be a "list of everything" with articles about every person, building, band, club, song... but it was soon realised that it would be a more useful encyclopedia if it was more selective. The criterion used, argued out over the years by the Wikipedia community, is called notability and is not a matter of opinion but has to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Significant means more than just listing-type mentions; reliable excludes Myspace, 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 not, do we think it's important? but the more objective one, have people independent of the subject thought it significant enough to write substantial comment about?

There are more detailed guidelines for particular subjects, e.g. WP:Notability (books), WP:Notability (organizations and companies).

Also, it is preferred that people do not write about subjects they are close to - see Wikipedia is not about YOU and User:JohnCD/Not a noticeboard.

If you like, I can userfy your football club article - move it into a user sub-page for you to work on - but I would like you first to think hard about whether you can really show notability. It seems to me unlikely that your club can meet that requirement: many local institutions, and clubs cannot, which is not at all to their discredit, it simply means they are not suitable subjects for a global encyclopedia. Fixture listings and match result entries in local media would not count - read WP:42. I have known people waste a lot of time and energy trying, by piling up trivial references, to make something appear notable which simply was not - see WP:AMOUNT.

For good general advice about how to write articles that will not be deleted, see WP:Your first article, to which I would add: find references to show notability before you start, and include them in your first version. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 22:09, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]