Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Verse the World
We have quite a conversation here, primarily centered on semantics. There is often a wide range of ideas and fields of understanding on Wikipedia, over the definition of publicity, support, promotion, spam, and advertising. Another way to understand the inclusion criteria or recognize an inappropriate promotional article (G11) is to determine if the article has been written or edited in an attempt to manage the public's perception of the subject of the article, or to initiate or enhance the anticipation of an event. In this particular instance, the anticipation of a promotional article in a local newspaper. On Wikipedia, common article subjects that are often written to promote, include persons or groups (for example, political candidates and performing artists), goods and services, organizations and events of all kinds, and works of art or entertainment. Mere publicity, promotion, and advertising need not reference sales or reviews pertaining to the quality or feasibility of the subject of the article. Simply ''announcing the existence of a subject'' prior to notability would be considered inappropriate. The desire of the author is to use Wikipedia as an impetus or catalyst to bring the newspaper article to fruition. This is not the purpose of Wikipedia. The response in this situation would be to address the promotional article, content, and materials through the speedy deletion process. Specifically, to ensure compliance with the G11 guidelines. That said, we're all human here, with varying degrees of interpretation and understanding, i.e., ''semantics''. Arriving at the discussion phase of the deletion process, the article has not presented importance or significance, nor established the ''notability'' of the subject. Notability must be established and presented through significant coverage in reliable and independent secondary and third-party sources before inclusion on Wikipedia can be accepted. In response to this lack, Wikipedia's |guidelines call for deletion of the Verse the World article. Respectfully
— User:Cindamuse, 01:10, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:GNG (Wikipedia:Notability)