notability of first person to travel overland in antarctica a tag has been placed on first person to travel overland in antarctica requesting that it be speedily deleted from wikipedia this has been done because the article appears to be about a person group of people band club company or web content but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable that is why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia under the criteria for speedy deletion articles that do not assert the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable if you think that you can assert the notability of the subject you may contest the deletion by adding to the top of the page just below the existing speedy deletion or db tag coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm the subject's notability under wikipedia guidelines for guidelines on specific types of articles you may want to check out our criteria for biographies for web sites for bands or for companies feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this talk