Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gamehole Con
1) Welcome to Wikipedia. I have left a template on your talk page which should provide links to much useful information. 2) Writing an article about a subject merely because one would like the subject to appear on a list is quite putting the cart before the horse. List of gaming conventions is a page which exists to compile links to articles which already exist and subjects which meet the criteria for inclusion. The list is NOT intended to be a directory of conventions. It is not intended to advertise the listed events, though it may appear to have that impact. 3) Writing about a subject with which an editor has a personal connection (employment, marketing, ownership) is considered a |conflict of interest and is strongly discouraged, especially by new and less experienced editors. 4) The most basic inclusion criteria, what we call the GNG or |general notability guideline, requires pagespace be anchored with multiple reliable sources independent of the subject, directly detailing the subject. Mere mentions, such as that from Isthmus added today don't pass this test. Wikipedia:Notability_(events)#Inclusion_criteria|Criteria for inclusion of events is even more restrictive. I'd encourage any new editor to thoroughly read the links I've offered in this reply. 5) It is an incorrect assumption that if this page is deleted, it reverts to draft space; it is instead excised from Wikipedia, as are all links to the page. If deleted, restoring it would be much more difficult (requiring a deletion review or a very generous closer willing to revisit the outcome of this procedure) than if it were voluntarily moved to draft space until it meets guidelines for notability and sourcing. I would be willing to withdraw this nomination if
— User:Hitchcock3, 07:02, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:COI||WP:GNG (Wikipedia:Conflict of interest)