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Wikipedia is not a game ofWhac-A-Mole. You don'tscore points for seeing how manyarticles facing deletion that pop up daily you can mark down in as quick a time as possible.
One of the biggest stumbling blocks newcomers can face on Wikipedia is having to deal with an article that issitting inArticles for Deletion and staring at the onslaught of "Delete perWP:RSDelete perWP:ORDelete perWP:GNG", often quickly following the article's nomination. In particular, they may feel that you're tryingto pull rank by deleting their work.
Stop and think for a second. Does the articlereally have noreliable sources, or couldn't you just be botheredto find any? While online citations are the easiest references to uncover, citations can also take the shape ofbooks,journals andnewspapers. Because they may take more time and effort to find, it can be easy to assume that nobody'shonestly going to look for them, you've done your due diligence, sodelete already! Wham! That's another one out of the way. That'll keep that pesky lot at theArticle Rescue Squad at bay for a bit!
If you're confident an article will not satisfy thegeneral notability guidelines,take time out to explain why not. Maybe the newcomer will understand. Maybe somebody else will suggest sources you haven't tried and reverse the consensus. Please do not do anything that you think is not appropriate.