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Proposed deletion of SpikeTime

The article SpikeTime has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

No indication of notability

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Speedy deletion nomination of SpikeTime

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A tag has been placed on SpikeTime 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 web content, but it does not 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.

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spiketime article, lists

Hello,

I see that you added spiketime to Comparison of time tracking software, which was removed for being a red link, then created a page for it and re-added it. The article was deleted and I've just removed it again from the comparison. This is a common and frustrating scenario, so I thought I'd leave a message in the hope you will stick around and help to improve Wikipedia.

A brief explanation: Since Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, it's important for it to have some quasi-objective standards for what should and should not be the subject of an article, rather than relying on individual editors' subjective determinations of importance. As a tertiary source that does not contain original research, Wikipedia relies on secondary sources like books, magazines, and newspapers for determinations of what is and is not "notable." In general this means that a subject is fit for an article if it has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject.

The same is true for items in lists. There are exceptions, but the rule of thumb is that because non-notable articles are deleted fairly quickly most of the time, we can assume something is notable if (and only if) it is already the subject of an article. Hence the essay "write the article first".

A full explanation of these criteria can be found at Wikipedia:Notability.

Let me know if you have questions. --— Rhododendrites ^talk |  16:02, 6 June 2014 (UTC)