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Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a notice that the page you created, The Madison All-City Spelling Bee, was tagged as a test page under section G2 of the criteria for speedy deletion and has been or soon may be deleted. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. Uncle Roy (talk) 00:24, 11 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but you removed a speedy deletion tag from The Madison All-City Spelling Bee, a page you have created yourself. If you believe the page should not be deleted, you may contest the deletion by clicking on the button that says: Contest this speedy deletion which appears inside the speedy deletion notice. This will allow you to make your case on the talk page. Administrators will consider your reasoning before deciding what to do with the page. Thank you. Meters (talk) 00:33, 11 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

A tag has been placed on The Madison All-City Spelling Bee requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person, a group of people, an individual animal, an organization (band, club, company, etc.), web content, or an organized event, but it does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. Meters (talk) 00:38, 11 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It's no longer a test page, but it does not seem to make a credible claim of significance. It's just a junior high school spelling bee. Meters (talk) 00:38, 11 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not remove speedy deletion notices from pages you have created yourself, as you did with this edit to The Madison All-City Spelling Bee. Please make your case on the page's talk page instead if you disagree with the deletion. Thank you. GorillaWarfare (talk) 00:53, 11 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

If you want your two spelling bee articles to survive you will need to provide some reliable, independent sources to show their notability. I'm not sure that kids' spelling bees will be notable, but right now the articles don't even seem to make the attempt. Meters (talk) 01:00, 11 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Metters,

I am having a computer woman at school help me put together two Wikipeida pages for Wisconsin and also Madison spelling winners --dating back to 1920s and 1940s.

I do not have time now---but this weekend I will fill the blanks we made on both Wikipedia pages....all research I found and confirmed from reading old newspapers on microfilm---there is no linked references for many before the 1990s......please email me if you have deep concerns, i am not an expert, I am lucky to have this female student help me greatly in organizing these spellling bee winners rchives....jrwisconsin@hotmail.com...thanks much.JRWisconsin (talk) 02:23, 11 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The point is that the articles make no attempt to demonstrate that the spelling bees are notable. Just because they exist and have been around for a long time does not make them notable. Is there any non-local coverage of these spelling bees that would show their notability?

This is a good example of why it is often a bad idea for new editors to attempt to create a new article in article space. If it's not ready for article space when you first put it up, it should not be there at all. It's liable to be deleted before you can finish it. Work on it as a draft or in your user space until it is ready. Meters (talk) 04:58, 11 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I looked at your new articel Wisconsin's Dairy Queen and Alice in Dairyland‎ and it has exactly the same problems. The only source you provided is a page that does not exist, heh winners' names are not sourced at all, and there is nothing to show that the event is notable. I'll give it a bit of time before I tag this one, but you need to provide independent reliable sources to show the event is notable. See WP:RS. Don't bother adding more unsourced winners' names unless you do this. Meters (talk) 17:00, 11 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello JRWisconsin,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged The Badger State Spelling Bee for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly say why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions.

^{Atsme📞📧} 15:01, 16 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The article The Badger State Spelling Bee has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Unsourced, and doesn't qualify per GNG.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. ^{Atsme📞📧} 02:41, 17 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]