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[[Category:Wikipedia wp:bais|List of bad article ideas]]

The following is a list of article ideas that show up repeatedly in Articles for deletion. Please think twice before creating an article about any of the following:

Yourself or your organization.
A band of which you are a member or employee.
The street you live on (unless a verifiable encyclopedia article can be written about it).
The nursery school you used to attend (unless a verifiable encyclopedia article can be written about it).
Another article on an existing topic (you can edit the existing article). Use the Search button. It's there for a reason.
Your dormitory (unless it's on the Historic Register, or for some other reason, a good, verifiable encyclopedia article can be written on it).
Your club, society, fraternity, sorority or any other school/college group (unless it's verifiable, and a good article can be written).
Secret societies that are truly secret, and other secret information that is being revealed for the first time. (Unless it's being revealed by a reliable source, and is verifiable, see Wikipedia:No original research)
Anything which you cannot be bothered to write one complete sentence about.
Anything which is so unverifiable that only hardcore fans of [topic] would know about; e.g., starships from the Star Trek universe or fanon that have never been shown nor mentioned in a television episode or movie.
An article you have written while tired and emotional or under the influence of recreational substances.
Any article written while in a highly emotional state or reflecting personal opinions.
A new article to supplement an already existing one which you think is not putting your point across forcefully enough.

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 * [[Wikipedia:Don't create articles about yourself|Yourself]] or [[Wikipedia|your organization]].
 * A band of which you are a member or employee.
-* The street you live on (unless it is [[Park Avenue (Manhattan)|internationally famous]]).
+* The street you live on (unless [[Park Avenue (Manhattan)|a verifiable encyclopedia article can be written about it]]).
-* The nursery school you used to attend.
+* The nursery school you used to attend (unless a verifiable encyclopedia article can be written about it).
 * Another article on an existing topic ([[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|you can edit]] the existing article). Use the [[MediaWiki:Search|Search]] button. It's there for a reason.
-* Your dormitory (unless it's on the Historic Register).
+* Your dormitory (unless it's on the Historic Register, or for some other reason, a good, verifiable encyclopedia article can be written on it).
-* Your club, society, fraternity, sorority or any other school/college group (unless it's famous).
+* Your club, society, fraternity, sorority or any other school/college group (unless it's verifiable, and a good article can be written).
-* Secret societies that are truly secret, and other secret information that is being revealed for the first time. (See [[Wikipedia:No original research]])
+* Secret societies that are truly secret, and other secret information that is being revealed for the first time. (Unless it's being revealed by a reliable source, and is verifiable, see [[Wikipedia:No original research]])
 * Anything which you cannot be bothered to write one complete sentence about.
-* Anything about which only hardcore fans of ''[topic]'' care about; e.g., starships from the ''[[Star Trek]]'' universe or [[fanon (fiction)|fanon]] that have never been shown nor mentioned in a television episode or movie.
+* Anything which is so unverifiable that only hardcore fans of ''[topic]'' would know about; e.g., starships from the ''[[Star Trek]]'' universe or [[fanon (fiction)|fanon]] that have never been shown nor mentioned in a television episode or movie.
-* Subjects that cannot be studied, or the knowledge of which amounts only to the fact that it pertains to another topic.
 * An article you have written while [[tired and emotional]] or under the influence of recreational substances.
 * Any article written while in a highly emotional state or reflecting personal opinions.

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