Talk:Criminals Hall of Fame

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Why I think we should keep this article on Wikipedia

This museum has been standing for more than 40 years, or at least a very long time, so it is indeed a notable article. I am sorry that there are not many references, but the more content people add, the more references there will be, so even if you haven't actually been to this great wax museum, I haven't either, but feel free to Google the topic and add content/references and we will be able to keep this article. Just tell me what you want me to add, and I will add it. Pictures? Great. I'll find them. References? I'll look. Just tell me. And feel free to reply to this talk page section, too. ;D -BluWik (talk) 12:01, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What's needed here are reliable sources that are not connected with the museum (advertisements, self-published pamphlets and websites) to help verify that the museum meets the notability guidelines for organizations. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:42, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
OK, I will work on that. Thank you. -BluWik (talk) 13:01, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. Google books and google news archive will probably be helpful. I don't have time to pitch in on this one, but I did see quite a few hits there. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:04, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
On Wikipedia, "reliable sources" has a specific meaning, which is explained at WP:RS. These are reliable sources; most of these will be reliable sources, too. Random websites frequently are not. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:16, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
If all of the images are owned by the museum, then why are pictures of the statues that people took allowed on the internet? Wouldn't the museum sue? Well, anyways, I'm extremely sorry for my mistakes. I'm brand new to Wikipedia. I think I'm going to need some help on this one... -BluWik (talk) 13:23, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
They certainly can sue, and we don't want them to sue us or our downstream reusers. :) Wikipedia doesn't expect newcomers to know everything about policies and guidelines. There's a learning curve and starting off with building articles is a bit challenging, but the welcome template I provided includes links to many of our central policies as well as instructions on how to receive additional, personal help. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:25, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! ;D -BluWik (talk) 13:27, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Caution: two entities

I decided to try to see if I could find sourcing for this, and I want to warn that there are evidently at least two wax museums named the Criminals Hall of Fame. This one claims at its website to have been founded in 1977. There was an older one in the same city that was evidently listed as a "must see" on the Official Niagara Falls Guidebook, per [1]. Contributors to this article should be careful that any sources they might use are not referring to the one that was evidently in existence in 1964. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:52, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I did not know that... Thank you for informing me! -BluWik (talk) 16:04, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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