Wikipedia:Don't assume negative notability
 | This is an essay. It contains the advice or opinions of one or more Wikipedia contributors. This page is not an encyclopedia article, nor is it one of Wikipedia's policies or guidelines, as it has not been thoroughly vetted by the community. Some essays represent widespread norms; others only represent minority viewpoints. |
We've all been there. We're surfing the Wiki, and makin' good time, browsing new articles, when - aha! - we come across one that is simply too terrible to be true. The dreaded No Notability Article, freshly made. It doesn't qualify for speedy deletion, and we know the that a prodding will be simply removed, won't it? So, off to AFD it goes!
Right?
Alas, all too often, this happens. An article is seen that, from its title and contents, fits a likely pattern of articles about non-notable subjects, so it's put in the AfD bin - sometimes less than ten minutes after it's created, even while the author is still working on expanding it, and sometimes when a search would show notability, or at least the potential of such. Not everybody works on a page in userspace to get it Wiki-Ready before having it go live; in fact, newcomers to the Wiki may not even know you can, and could easily be scared off by having their tender young contributions bitten in this way.
So assume good faith, take a look to see if the article's subject could be notable after all, and give an article a little time (and perhaps a prodding) before sending it AFD's way. And please, don't automatically assume non-notability. After all, when you assume, you make...