Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not Whac-A-Mole
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Essay on editing Wikipedia
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Wikipedia is not a game of
articles facing deletion
that pop up daily you can mark down in as quick a time as possible.
One of the biggest stumbling blocks newcomers can face on Wikipedia is having to deal with an article that is sitting in
WP:OR
Delete per WP:GNG
", often quickly following the article's nomination. In particular, they may feel that you're trying
to pull rank by deleting their work.
Stop and think for a second. Does the article really have no
reliable sources
, or couldn't you just be bothered
to find any? While online citations are the easiest references to uncover, citations can also take the shape of Article Rescue Squad
at bay for a bit!
If you're confident an article will not satisfy the
general notability guidelines
, take time out to explain why not. Maybe the newcomer will understand. Maybe somebody else will suggest sources you haven't tried and reverse the consensus. Please do not do anything that you think is not appropriate.
See also
- WP:ASSERTN
- WP:BEFORE
- WP:CITE
- WP:JNN
- WP:SFoD
- WP:VAGUEWAVE
- WP:WINNING