[Flag] Re: [WikiEN-l] Another AfD example -- a serious proposal to fix it

Sat Jan 21 01:02:40 UTC 2006

Travis Mason-Bushman wrote:
> So I couldn't AFD [[Bob's Used Cars]], an article on a hypothetical 
> clearly non-notable organization that doesn't meet speedy deletion 
> criteria, unless I had a pointless conversation on how this article 
> which fails all Wikipedia guidelines could somehow magically be made to 
> fit those criteria?

"clearly non-notable" - in this hypothetical, is it a business that 
actually exists?

If so, it's not "clearly" non-notable: it's debatably non-notable. The 
correct action would be not to AFD it, but to put up the standard 
boilerplate template about "fails to state the importance", and make a 
comment on the talk page asking if anyone can demonstrate that it has 
any importance.

If you can't find any evidence of such a business existing, put up 
{{unverified}} on it, and put a note on the talk page asking if anyone 
can demonstrate it exists.

Then go off and do other things. Check back on it at some point, see if 
anyone's provided information that resolves the issue. If not, then you 
could AFD it.

-- Jake Nelson