Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not Whac-A-Mole

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
WP:SFoD
!* New high score!
It is not this, either.

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