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[edit] Vernon Vipers

Paul, excellent work on the Vipers page. I am from Ontario, so I only know as much as I've been told or have read... so if you can do this with any BCHL, VIJHL, KIJHL, or PIJHL team or the league article... it would be greatly appreciated. I'm also looking for someone with a BC hockey background to do the Cyclone Taylor Cup. Also, do you have any knowledge of BC Junior "C" leagues? Just a note... when you are doing pages, only use bolding at the very start of the article unless it is like this:

Good work on the articles. DMighton 04:08, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] License tagging for Image:Abbott cup.jpg

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[edit] License tagging for Image:Mowat Cup.jpg

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[edit] Edward Abbott

I notice you created both Edward Lynn Abbott and Edward Lyman Abbott about the same person. Is the first a typo of the second? In any case, they should be merged. You may want to comment at Talk:Edward Lynn Abbott. Cheers—Ketil Trout (<><!) 21:47, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Abbott_cup.jpg

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[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Abbott cup.jpg

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[edit] Image:Mowat_Cup.jpg

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:TOJLL.jpg

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Hello Paulywog54, and Welcome to Wikipedia!

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[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Vernon tigers logo.jpg)

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[edit] What is Wikipedia? Or, Why I deleted your article

OK, I won't/can't really tell you everything you need to know about Wikipedia (WP). It's a big place with lots of nooks and crannies. Click on the links in the text below to see a much fuller explanation of the points I'm making.

While anyone can start an article on WP, there is no guarantee that it will stay on WP. There are all kinds of criteria for whether a person, sports team, event, etc. is able to support an article, not the least being having verifiable and reliable sources supporting the content. Sports teams below the professional, semi-professional or college level are generally not suitable for WP articles. This isn't universal but it's a fair rule of thumb.

The article you started, Vernon Tigers Junior Lacrosse Club, was tagged for speedy deletion with a reason of A7: "An article about a real person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content that does not indicate why its subject is important or significant." While of course every team and person is important and significant to someone, in encyclopedic terms WP editors have to decide what is "notable" and decide where to draw the lines on inclusion. Unfortunately, a Junior level Lacrosse club isn't really at such a level that it would be considered for inclusion. One reason is that finding verifiable and reliable sources to support the info in the article is very difficult to find. You may know the info in the article was true and accurate but other WP editors have no way of factchecking it. WP is, above all, an encyclopedia. While there are certainly plenty of inaccuracies on WP, we try our best to verify info by sourcing it to newspapers, books, magazines, etc.

Any WP editor can tag and nominate an article for Speedy Deletion, giving a very specific criterion as to why the article should be deleted. Only an admin (like me) has the ability to actually delete it. I looked at the article and agreed with the nominator. If you look at the speedy deletion criteria, the reasons are very specific and limited. I can't just delete any article I don't like; I'm bound by those reasons and limited to only those reasons to delete an article without consulting other Wikipedians. Part of this is also because I'm an experienced Wikipedian, familiar with the policies of WP. It's probably no consolation but if I hadn't deleted your article, another admin would undoubtedly have done so with pretty much the same reasoning. It's highly unlikely the article would have stayed on WP very long. Sorry.

Hope I haven't overwhelmed you with all this. I realize WP is a strange place, full of policies, guidelines, rules, etc. that aren't at all obvious to the newcomer. Much of it probably seems like gibberish and too complex to easily understand. If you have more questions, don't hesitate to ask me. Cheers, Pigman☿ 03:30, 23 April 2008 (UTC)