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Gibson App

Hey there! I noticed the submnissiom about Gibson App was declined. The app is a free standing product partly connected to gibson but developed and owned by zoundio AB. Many of its competitors have independent wikipedia pages such as ultimate guitar, chordify and more. So it makes sense for also Gibson App to have its own wikipedia page. Does it need to be bigger and contain more content? Or any other suggestion?

Thank you! 83.187.165.254 (talk) 10:02, 1 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. Can you link the draft so I can see? Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 00:14, 2 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Totalitarianism

Didn’t you know that allowing everyone on the site to contribute their views is completely totalitarian and completely contrary to any democratic process? 🤣 Danners430 _{tweaks made} 17:58, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Request on 07:25:25, 10 November 2025 for assistance on AfC submission by Elias314

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  • Draft:Minimum detectable activity (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Those are good sources. Why did you decline my draft?

Elias314 (talk) 07:25, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There were only 2 sources, which is not the strongest indicator of notability that I'd prefer to see. Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 04:01, 11 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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