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Zooillogix
Hola. Would you mind taking a look and telling me how the Zooillogix entry in the sandbox is shaping up in your opinion? --DeKreeft27 19:27, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks for your note. What occurred to me as I was looking over the article is not something that is in any way a mistake or error. Simply, I think it's important to establish the notability as soon as possible in the article, so that it doesn't get tagged/deleted by a zealous editor/administrator like me <grin>. So I would recommend that you take the citations -- where you name the three magazines/sites in which the site has been featured, etc. -- and make them the second sentence of the article. If this doesn't seem logical to you, well, after the article has been around for a month or so, you can change everything back. You know, I kind of hate "gaming" the system this way... but as an administrator who does a lot of new page patrol, I can say that having the citations right up front would sway me and make it easier for me to leave it alone. And if the article lasts beyond a few hours, it is MUCH more likely to remain untagged, so anything you can do to further that end, I suppose, is legitimate.
- I would definitely try and find as many citations as you possibly can. Three is good -- nine is better -- 24 is great. Any source with any pretension to being a reliable source that mentions the site would be useful. No blogs or forums -- those tend to weaken your case rather than strengthen it, unless the blogs themselves are really, really well known. The IgNobel connection is really good.
- You might also keep a close eye on the article for an hour or two after you remount it, and use the (hangon) tag quickly if the article is tagged. You might also wait to remount it until you're sure I'm around and on-line -- I'll examine the article and tag it as having been examined, which may help. I can't defend the article for you against all other editors/admins, but I can help you bring the notability of this topic to the attention of other editors/admins with the use of the hangon tag to gain some time.
- There is one more thing that you can do, although I think this would come under the heading of "if all else fails". You may want to enter this article for an articles for deletion (AfD) process (or have me do it). If the article passes AfD, I believe it would be fairly safe (it's very rare that something gets proposed for AfD twice). On the down side, if it fails AfD, it really will be gone, pretty much once and for all -- the only alternative remaining would be WP:Deletion review. So, I don't really think this is a good idea unless "all else fails".
- I hope this helps. Let me know if I can help you further. Accounting4Taste:talk 22:10, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
- you're the man. thanks a ton. i realize there are no gaurantees here but appreciate the strategy lesson. i will let you know when i make the updates. --DeKreeft27 22:19, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
- I made my updates, including an ABC News reference which I had totally forgotten about. I also deleted the origins section because I think it only undermined the creditibility of the piece. Let me know if you think any other changes would be helpful. The rest of the non-blog references I have are weak so I'm hoping 4 will cut-it. Let me know when if you are around and I'll put it up. Thanks again. --DeKreeft27 22:46, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
- you're the man. thanks a ton. i realize there are no gaurantees here but appreciate the strategy lesson. i will let you know when i make the updates. --DeKreeft27 22:19, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
God Complex???
It looks like someone at our favorite wiki site has a serious God complex. It is very unfortunate, mind you, that certain people feel so much responsibility to decide what may or not be important to anyone else, especially in such an important collection of information. I hear so much today about censorship by the Government and various other groups, but I don't see how that is any different from your desire to restrict so much valid content.
This is simply a collection of information for all to share, and not your personal responsibility. But thanks for keeping us in dark.