User talk:Chriswilson22

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The article Zach Walks Away has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This was done because the article seemed to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it did not indicate how or why the subject is notable, that is, why an article about that subject should be included in Wikipedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not assert notability may be deleted at any time. If you can indicate why the subject is really notable, you are free to re-create the article, making sure to cite any verifiable sources.

Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, and for 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. NawlinWiki 19:53, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Zach Walks Away

Please see the above explanation and follow the instructions given to you by NawlinWiki. I have deleted the article for a second time; please don't create it again. Myspace pages and personal websites do not satisfy our criteria for verifiability or notability. Kafziel ^Talk 20:40, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 2 things...

Why is this band page ok then?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deerhunter

and

"My gut feeling is that the band is too new for notability. With no recordings noted and apparently playing only local dates, I just don't think they pass." said by another Wikiadmin person.

someone could of just said that instead of deleting something out of nowhere.

is this all u do all day—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Chriswilson22 (talk • contribs).

To answer your last question first, no, this is not all I do all day. Which is why I didn't waste time repeating what NawlinWiki already told you, since all you had to do was click on the links he gave you above and it would have explained the whole thing to you. I took more time with your situation than I take with most; I read your reasoning on the article's talk page, didn't feel that it held up, deleted the article, left a brief explanation here about how myspace isn't a source, and now I'm spending more time responding to you here. So we're not exactly talking about deleting something "out of nowhere", especially since it had been deleted and explained to you once already before I ever even got there. Normally I would just delete an article without any follow up; I delete tons of articles every day. In fact, it seems the only time I get complaints is when I take the time to try to be nice and leave someone an explanation. No good deed goes unpunished, I guess.

Now, to answer your first question last, the band you linked to has released numerous records under notable labels. Again, if you would take a look at the notability guidelines given to you by NawlinWiki, you would see that doing that is at least a valid assertion of notability, so the article would not be deleted without more discussion. Other ways to assert notability are listed in the guideline. If Zach Walks Away has won awards, toured internationally, been written about in (for instance) Rolling Stone, or has released more than one album under a major record label, then they may have a case for an article. Having a lot of myspace friends doesn't count. Kafziel ^Talk 21:45, 8 March 2007 (UTC)