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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 15:10, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Script-a-thon[edit]

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Contested prod. No evidence that this competition is notable. E. Fokker (talk) 01:56, 29 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I'm trying to address the concerns raised as the process goes on, although I'm not sure if I'm writing these messages in the correct place. I believe the contest is notable for it's high profile judges, and it's marathon aspect. Thanks for your patience as I bring the quality up to speed! Mattgieg (talk) 02:02, 29 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- It's notable if knowledge of it is properly documented and published by people independent of the subject who have good reputations for fact checking and accuracy. Since you aren't telling everyone else where you got your knowledge of this subject from, as you properly should be from your first edit onwards, you aren't demonstrating that you are, indeed, writing down properly, and already, documented knowledge, rather than making things up out of thin air or documenting the undocumented. Uncle G (talk) 02:09, 29 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, no reliable sources (or any sources) cited to show that this event is notable per WP:N. NawlinWiki (talk) 02:07, 29 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- And what did your searches for sources turn up? Uncle G (talk) 02:09, 29 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - The event's own site and Facebook pages, blogs, and this Wikipedia article. NawlinWiki (talk) 02:18, 29 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

wait! I can prove it! Mattgieg (talk) 02:12, 29 December 2010 (UTC) Editing article to provide citations. Namely http://www.thescriptathon.com Mattgieg (talk) 02:13, 29 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Do you need sources outside of the scriptathon site for this to be approved? Do blogs suffice or no? Mattgieg (talk) 02:15, 29 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please see our reliable source guidelines. Nakon 02:17, 29 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Viewing guidelines. Apologies for poor preparation. Will review and post links within the next few minutes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mattgieg (talk • contribs) 02:17, 29 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Having trouble with ref tags. Searching for example. Can ref tags be for a web address? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mattgieg (talk • contribs) 02:22, 29 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Are the references found by Nawlin Wiki inappropriate to include here? Mattgieg (talk) 02:26, 29 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

They are not appropriate. The event's own site and Facebook pages are not independent. Blogs are not reliable sources. Please look at WP:RS again. NawlinWiki (talk) 02:29, 29 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 13:43, 29 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 13:44, 29 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
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