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Thanks for the barnstar! Postoak (talk) 03:01, 18 October 2011 (UTC)Reply

Your request for undeletion

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Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that a response has been made at Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion regarding a submission you made. The thread is University of Houston Creative Writing Program. JohnCD (talk) 09:33, 15 June 2013 (UTC)Reply

University of Houston Creative Writing Program

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What you should do is approach the closing administrator, The Bushranger (talk) and tell him why you think there is evidence of WP:Notability for the program that was not brought out at the deletion discussion. Ask if he will "userfy" the article for you - move it into a sub-page in your user space where you can work on it to show how the program is notable in Wikipedia's sense, which requires references to "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." See WP:Notability (summary) for what we mean by that. The only actual reference in the article, theatlantic.com, shows the program only as one in a list of fifty. That is not "significant coverage".

If he agrees to userfy it, you can work on it and go back to him when you think it is ready. He may agree that it can be posted, or re-list it for a new deletion discussion, or perhaps ask you to go to WP:Deletion review.

If you work on the article, I would advise removing or trimming the enormous lists. Certainly the list of over 100 (!) visiting writers should go - that is presumably available on the program's website for those who want to know. That level of detail is not appropriate for an encyclopedia article, and it looks like an attempt to say "See how notable we are, we had all these notable visitors!" Notability is not inherited by association. I would ditch the list of past faculty as well, maybe mentioning two or three of the most significant.

For general advice, see WP:Your first article, WP:Writing better articles and the WP:College and university article guidelines. JohnCD (talk) 20:01, 15 June 2013 (UTC)Reply

Wiki Loves Pride: Houston

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You are invited to participate in Wiki Loves Pride 2014, a campaign to improve coverage of LGBT-related content on Wikipedia throughout the month of June. On June 21, there will be a multi-national edit-a-thon, if you wish to participate. Here is the project page for Houston: Wikipedia:Meetup/Houston/Wiki Loves Pride 2014. Ways to help? Create or improve LGBT-related articles, host an edit-a-thon at a local coffeeshop, library or other location, or photograph LGBT culture and history in the Houston area. Visit the project page for more information, and if you are interested in contributing, just add your name to the list of supporters or add the results of your work. Thanks for your consideration! --Another Believer (Talk) 20:48, 11 May 2014 (UTC)Reply