User talk:Bmckim

Hello, Bmckim, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I notice that one of the first articles you created was Brian mckim, which appears to be an article about yourself. This is a common mistake made by new Wikipedians—as this is an encyclopedia, we wouldn't expect to have an article about every contributor. Your user page, however, is a great place to write about yourself, making sure to stay within user page guidelines. Just click your user name at the top of the screen when you are logged in, and edit it normally.

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Notability of Sheckymagazine.com

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Hi. The problems with the article are:

It's written in first person (we've been quoted...)
You mention several references but you actually provide none.
It's written in WP:POV. Exclamation marks and words like impressive don't really fit.
The style is bad. See WP:MOS.

Anyway, from what you told me, I think the magazine meets the notability criteria. I am sure you can rewrite it, considering my comments. I'll post the copy of the text on your talkpage but I suggest you start from the beginning. Regards. --Tone 13:29, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

SHECKYmagazine.com is an online magazine about standup comedy. The publishers and editors of SHECKYmagazine.com, Brian McKim and Traci Skene, are professional standup comics who tour the United States and Canada and who blog regularly about the art, the craft, the business and the lifestyle of standup comics. Their publication is read by thousands of standup comics, standup comedy fans, entertainment industry figures and media figures worldwide.

Launched April 1, 1999, as a monthly, the editors offered columns, news and interviews with standup comics like Shelley Berman, Richard Lewis, Mitch Hedberg and Dick Cavett and lesser known acts such as DJ Hazard, Tom Ryan, Wayne Cotter, Bob Zany and Carole Montgomery. Early columns were written by Brian Whalen, Jim "Klaus" Myers, Adam Gropman and Rich Williams. Every word of original content has been penned by standup comics.

In June of 2005, McKim and Skene changed the format of their publication to a "blogazine," a term they coined to describe the site's combination of the popular blogging technology with archived interviews, occasional features and commentary. Also included are the photographs and text of the pair's travels throughout North America, in their capacity as professional standup comics, in such venues as comedy clubs, casinos and colleges.

The website is linked by hundreds of websites throughout the WWW, and has been cited by numerous MSM outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, WCBS NewsRadio, USA Today, the Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer, Milwaukee Sentinel-Journal and National Public Radio's "All Things Considered. We have been quoted in dozens of newspapers in the U.S. and in Canada as experts on the art, the craft, the business and the lifestyle of standup comedy.

SHECKYmagazine.com received 1,000,000 hits in March 2007 and averaged 600,000 hits per month over the past year. Monthly unique visits average 65,000 with 50 per cent growth over each previous year.

The magazine's coverage of the world's largest comedy festival, the Festival Just For Laughs, held each year in July in Montreal, has been the world's number one source for information on that annual gathering. Their blogging on NBC's Last Comic Standing is eagerly anticipated by standup comedy fans throughout the world and their sources have enabled them to publish "spoiler" information about the results of the show far in advance of any info available anywhere else. SHECKYmagazine was the first media outlet, on or off the WWW, to break the news of the death of comedian Mitch Hedberg and the first to verify the death of comedian Richard Jeni. SHECKYmagazine was the first publication, on or offline, to interview Triumph The Insult Comic Dog, through his creator Robert Smigel.

Readership is made up of standup comics, entertainment industry figures, media figures and standup comedy fans who seek something other than mainstream information on standup comedy.

BRIAN MCKIM is a writer and professional standup comic who has performed in all 50 states! He has appeared on numerous network, syndicated and cable TV shows including "Evening at the Improv," "Into the Night," "Star Search" and on "The Bob & Tom Show." He has a degree in Journalism from Temple University.

TRACI SKENE is a writer and professional standup comic who has performed in all 50 states! In 1988, she was named "Funniest Woman in Philadelphia," which led to her first national television appearance on "The Wil Shriner Show." She appeared on VH-1's "Fools for Love," "VH-1's Standup Spotlight," and A&E's "Comedy on the Road." She is a regular contributor to US Weekly's "Fashion Police" feature as a "Top Cop."

Speedy deletion nomination of Brian mckim

A tag has been placed on Brian mckim requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for biographies.

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Proposed deletion of Sheckymagazine.com

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All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page.

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Articles for deletion nomination of Sheckymagazine.com

I have nominated Sheckymagazine.com, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sheckymagazine.com. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.

Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. Toddst1 (talk) 18:34, 24 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Article issues

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Unreferenced BLPs

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Brian McKim - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

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Nomination of Brian McKim for deletion

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The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brian McKim until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Boleyn (talk) 20:22, 6 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]