User talk:Rebeccaste

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[edit] Re: Your question here

Sorry for the late reply; a lot of people were leaving messages on my talk page that day and I must have missed yours at the top.

The issue of inclusion criteria in Wikipedia is one that has been discussed and debated ever since the web site started. Consequently, from these debates, there have been developed guidelines for deciding whether a subject should be represented. These guidelines can be seen here: WP:N. They are still and always up for tweaking — you can say your piece whenever you like at the talk page.

In most cases (at least from my experience), the decision is clear-cut. In some cases, though, it's not so clear, and that's why we have arenas to discuss them such as Articles for Deletion, and even arenas to contest/overturn a deletion that has already taken place (Deletion Review).

You would not be wrong to say that some deletions are due to an administrator's own biases, but that can't be helped when there are mere humans involved. Hence the fail-safes I just mentioned.

Administrators don't really know more than the general public, but they usually have been around for a while and have spent a lot of time on Wikipedia, so they would "know the ropes".

Is there is a specific article that you are concerned about? If you have any other questions feel free to drop me a line. ... discospinster _talk 02:54, 22 March 2008 (UTC)