articles for creation northwest car owners club nwcoc thank you for writing the following message to me thank you for your message regarding my recent submission for northwest car owners club nwcoc you declined it on the fact that there were not enough references in the article there is a reference to the main website which backs up what the article is about what other references would you suggest there has been no books on the subject as of yet no media coverage although that will be coming in the next show season i am now at a loss as to what other reference apart from the website can be used preceding unsigned comment added by talk contribs please review the guidelines for notability of websites help page you will note that your article unfortunately could have been declined for more than one reason i chose to refer to the lack of independent references which also means the subject is not notable as that term is defined by wikipedia i have no doubt the webcite is helpful to its users but wikipedia is an encyclopedia not a web directory at the help page you will read that if as you have indicated there has been no significant media or other independent coverage related to the cite then the cite is not notable as defined by wikipedia and cannot be the subject of a wikipedia article the guideline reads in part in the dictionary notable means worthy of being noted or attracting notice wikipedia bases its decision about whether web content is notable enough to justify a separate article on the verifiable evidence that the web content has attracted the notice of reliable sources unrelated to the web content its authors or its owners notability requires only that these necessary sources exist not that the sources have already been named in the article notable is not synonymous with fame or importance and even web content that editors personally believe are important or famous are only accepted as notable if they can be shown to have attracted notice no web content is exempt from this requirement no matter what kind of content it is if the individual web content has received no or very little notice from independent sources then it is not notable simply because other web content of its type are commonly notable or merely because it exists see if it's not notable below i hope after reviewing this guide you will understand why i was unable to accept your article however if you feel i was wrong and your article meets the criteria for notability of a website you may wish to access the dispute resolution notice board to discuss the issue or seek a third party opinion from another experienced reviewer who may well take a different view best regards snowysusan snowysusan talk