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Deleting Recording Studios On Your Kitchen Table
Hi Tom Poe,

Wikinews does not accept either press releases or reviews, as is explained in What Wikinews is not and Content guide. The article at the time I viewed it appeared to be a review written by someone associated with the product (also known as a press release) which qualifies under #6 in the Speedy deletion guidelines as advertising.

If there were a news event associated with the product and which was the focus of the article, this would not have qualified for a speedy deletion. I may have deleted in error - we all make mistakes and I more often than many - and if so the article can be restored. If I've made a mistake, please leave me a message on my talk page. - Amgine 19:42, 15 November 2005 (UTC)


 * News stories focus on a single current event or phenomenon. A review such as yours does not focus on an event, but on a product. An example of another not-for-profit organization which has a product is a political party, which produces candidates and platforms; we do not allow their reviews either. The spring haircut event *was* discussed as possibly a review or support, except the article was written after the event and focused on the event itself.
 * News is factual. And, incidentally, all factual statements must be sourced from a qualified source, one which is considered unlikely to be biased in its assessment of the facts.
 * Articles must be written from a neutral point of view. Generally speaking, it is not possible to write a review or an editorial which complies with NPOV.
 * News is relevant. On this point alone your article meets the content guidelines; it is relevant. This is not enough to overcome its other shortcomings, in my opinion.


 * Please realise I am not making a judgement about your article itself; it seemed well-written and reasonable. I am making a judgement as to how it fits the Wikinews policies and guidelines as they have been created by the community at large; I've personally argued in favour of reviews. Based on those policies and guidelines your article, as it was written, would qualify for speedy deletion.
 * A different article, perhaps based on a software version release, or inclusion in a noteworthy distribution/industry event, or some other news event, could certainly be written and published at Wikinews. And I encourage you to write it. - Amgine 20:38, 15 November 2005 (UTC)