User talk:SpacemanSpiff/Archives/2009/August

Speedy Deletions

Please leave me a talk back notice. I am obviously having trouble understanding the speedy process. I have used the templates to consider articles for speedy, but apparently I am using the wrong ones. Is it fair to say that an article could be a candidate for a speedy deletion but be denied because the wrong template was used? Is it best to use a boiler template, or use the "deletebecause" template? I realize that this information is available somewhere, but every time I find it I become confused.

Thank you for you help.keystoneridin! (talk) 07:07, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Please read criteria for speedy deletion. Incorrect templates are a problem, but not all topics are eligible for speedy deletion. Also, read WP:BEFORE for what to do before you take a topic to AfD. -SpacemanSpiff^{Calvin‡Hobbes} 07:13, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Guru Nanak Public Senior Secondary School article

Hi!

I understand that secondary schools are generally notable, but my reason for the PROD was two-fold:

1. The entire article's text is Guru Nanak Public Senior Secondary School is a School situated in Mandi Mullanpur, Ludhiana district, Punjab.
2. I tried to find reliable sources of information for the school, but all I could find were mentions about former pupils basically saying "abc went to school at Guru Nanak Public Secondary School".

If you check the talk page for the creator of the page (Pavanubhi), you'll see that I advised them to find reliable sources of information.

I even looked at AEPAM's website (The Government of Pakistan's Ministry of Education) but their list of districts (Punjab Schools) do not include Ludhiana - and a quick check using Google search of their website revealed a few Guru Nanak schools, but none of them were obviously the above school.

When I put up a PROD, it is never without doing some research!

However, as you are a way more experienced editor than I am, I'll bow to your wisdom! If you could find a way to help the creator of this article find more reliable sources of information (or know where to direct them!) I'd be very grateful.

Regards, -- PhantomSteve (Contact Me, My Contribs) 19:48, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

We generally give high schools a fair bit of leeway in terms of notability, something I found out after I PRODded a high school as it wasn't verifiable. This one is verifiable per this, this and the link already included in the article. Your search would not have returned any results because the school is in India and not Pakistan. cheers. -SpacemanSpiff^{Calvin‡Hobbes} 19:59, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for clarifying that! I continue to learn new stuff on Wikipedia - and not just through the article! Regards -- PhantomSteve (Contact Me, My Contribs) 21:46, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Bombay Sisters

The article looks good to me. I'm going to be bold and send an email to the contact on their website asking for a free picture. Hekerui (talk) 21:57, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

To make it sound official I use a variation of the Example requests for permission for images. Hekerui (talk) 23:18, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Thx, will use that. cheers -SpacemanSpiff^{Calvin‡Hobbes} 23:25, 3 August 2009 (UTC)