User talk:Biligas74

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Good luck, and have fun. ----VS ^talk 09:45, 27 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Spam in Rack N Road

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Rack N Road Deletion

Please note I have put a welcome template on your page above also - so that you have some links as to how to meet wikipedia's guidelines as to writing good articles.

Thank you for your question Biligas74. I note the following history in relation to this article. Firstly it has been deleted 3 times, once on January 20 and January 27 last year, and then again on January 21, 2008. I deleted the article because user:Kesac had nominated it for speedy - which was not contested and the article was by and large written as an advertisment. Almost at the same time user:Figma put it up as a part of an article for deletion discussion here which as you will see was closed by another admin when a consensus of delete was reached - this time on January 26. I would suggest that with that many editors commenting that the article did not meet wiki's guidelines that it probably was not ready to stay up on this site. Particularly I note that the article had problems with notablility. You should also consider carefully the Wiki guideline on conflict of interest. In terms of your comment relating to REI - I'm sorry but I have no idea what you are referring to.--VS ^talk 09:45, 27 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not quite sure how to answer you in a full and complete way so I hope that you don't mind me being candid (without rudeness).

Firstly I should detail that whilst I am an administrator on wikipedia - (of which there are about 1500 and probably half of those regularly active) - there are also 6,000,000 or so editors. Administrators are volunteers and have some extra duties and functions that they are entitled to perform but one of those is not to unilaterally adjust policies such as Notability. This happens only in concert with all wikipedians.
Secondly I'd suggest with respect that the timber of your Rack N Road article was quite different to that of the REI article particular with regards such issues as Verifiability and referencing.
Thirdly because of the way that you are posting discussions to my talk page I am forced to the assumption that you are not very schooled in the wikipedia method and so I would suggest that you should initially spend a fair bit more time getting to understand the system before you return with a possible Rack N Road article.
Fourthly all articles on wikipedia are being constantly viewed considered, reconsidered etc by editors. REI has been around since 2004 and has never been put up for deletion. That doesn't mean it couldn't be but it does mean that it seems to be meeting the guidelines.
Finally - whilst I know you are not suggesting it outright - I thought I would say (despite the believe of some people who recently have come to my talk page) "There is no conspiracy" - or perhaps even more accurately "No-one has ever informed me about such a conspiracy" - in other words you have the right to question the system as much as any editor, put up articles for deletion etc - but only if you do not do so in a way that does not disrupt the project.

I hope that helps in some way. --VS ^talk 03:02, 29 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]