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Whilst Wikipedia is one of the most comprehensive collections of information anywhere in existence, there are some things which we do not, and should not, have articles about. Despite this, such articles are often created - when this happens, it is sadly necessary to delete them.
The deletion criteria are quite comprehensive, but basically boil down to two policies: WP:NOT and WP:NOTE. Between them, these govern what can and can't be included in the encyclopedia. WP:NOT covers things that are simply not appropriate (advertising, speculation, personal essays and so on) whilst WP:NOTE covers things that are appropriate, but may not (yet) be sufficiently noteworthy (for a dedicated article at least). Make sure you have at least a passing familiarity with these two policies before you tag anything for deletion.