User talk:Abalard
Please do not create an article to promote yourself, a website, a product, or a business (see Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not). If you wish to promote your dojo on your personal page instead of the main article space, feel free to move it there. Other than that, welcome to the club! My brother's a karate instructor, BTW. - Lucky 6.9 2 July 2005 00:09 (UTC)
Welcome to Wikipedia! This article needs some serious work. It's very short and there are no sources showing that this martial art is popular/widespread/notable enough for an article. I got around 100 hits for Barokai on Google which is very low for a martial art. Please see WP:NOTABILITY and WP:RS for guidelines. Without some attempt to address these issues it's likely your article will be nominated for deletion at some point. Exxolon (talk) 23:30, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
Speedy deletion of Streetboxing
[edit]Please refrain from introducing inappropriate pages such as Streetboxing, to Wikipedia. Doing so is not in accordance with our policies. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox
If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}}
to the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Gromlakh (talk) 00:22, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
AfD nomination of Streetboxing
[edit]I have nominated Streetboxing, an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Streetboxing. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Gromlakh (talk) 01:52, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
AfD nomination of Barokai
[edit]An editor has nominated Barokai, an article on which you have worked or that you created, for deletion. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also "What Wikipedia is not").
Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Barokai and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~).
You may also edit the article during the discussion to improve it but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate. Thank you. BJBot (talk) 04:14, 25 January 2008 (UTC)