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A tag has been placed on Bedlam (band) 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 {{hangon}} 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. Moonriddengirl 03:13, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Replying to your note

I'm sorry that you're having difficulty establishing articles. As indicated above, you may find it useful to check out the notability guidelines for bands. In order for a band to have an article, it needs to meet one or several of the criteria outlined there. If the article does not at least indicate that it meets one or several of those, it can be speedily deleted. If it indicates but does not prove notability, it may be deleted through WP:PROD or WP:AfD.

Looking at your deletion log, it seems that the problem with your first article was simply that it didn't contain enough information to assert notability. The album has an article about it now, I Need Drugs. The primary difference between the existing and yours, which was deleted, seems to be in the amount of information provided and in the sourcing in the information bar.

I understand that finding sources for small bands can be difficult. As a member of Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums, I've run into that myself. Unfortunately, policy disallows using the band's website unless there are sufficient secondary sources, since the band's website is not verifiable.

I'm sorry that no explanation was given to you when your first article was tagged for speedy deletion. Editors are encouraged to notify creators before their pages are deleted, so that they may possibly address the problems or at least understand what went wrong in order to avoid it in the future. I can well imagine that it must be very frustrating to put your work into an article and have it disappear without explanation. I hope that you're not so frustrated that you stop participating. There's a bit of a learning curve. When I first started contributing articles, I had a hard time with some of the notability guidelines. I've gotten a grip on the music one, but sometimes some of the others are still unclear. If policies were easy to interpret, there wouldn't be so many article listed for deletion at WP:AfD. :)

And if perchance there is a band you think deserves an article but you don't have time or desire to create it yourself, you might consider listing it at Wikipedia:Requested articles. This is a slow process, as that page has quite a backlog. But I know that some articles are born there; I've written a couple myself.

Sorry your first experiences have been negative. --Moonriddengirl 11:53, 28 September 2007 (UTC)