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AfC notification: Draft:John Paul has a new comment edit
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AfC notification: Draft:John Paul (scientist) has a new comment edit
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Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:John Paul (scientist) edit
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A tag has been placed on Draft:John Paul (scientist), requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.
If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. Bbb23 (talk) 15:42, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
- Bbb23 - are you able to email me a copy of the coded up article before it was deleted? Gcwcd (talk) 19:15, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
Gowcd, you copied at least one part of that article from the obituary published in the Independent--that alone is reason enough to delete it. In addition, the tone was just really promotional, and that is not a thing you can do. You asked about uploading documents--no, our articles need to be based on secondary sources. If you had paraphrased from the obituary and cited that, that would have been better already. Drmies (talk) 16:06, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
- The person that this article was about is long deceased. On the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research website (now CRUK) there are Wikipedia articles for all the other directors. This was the founding director of this Institute so the lack of a Wikipedia site represents a gap. Thinking that it was still just going through revisions, I had hoped that someone would point out if the article appeared overly promotional. However, everything was based on facts. There was a genuine attempt to stick to facts and not overdo it. Presumably if the facts are true and not exaggerated then it can't be classified as overly promotional? If a way can be found for the article to be rebuilt then I will be happy to take feedback on how facts can be stated without sounding overly promotional. Gcwcd (talk) 19:13, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
I restored part of it--a part that looked like it wasn't copied. Please be careful: no copyright violations, no promotional, non-neutral language. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 16:22, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
April 2024 edit
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. Bbb23 (talk) 17:51, 9 April 2024 (UTC)- Why the block Bbb23? Gcwcd (talk) 18:14, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
- i.e. what did you consider advertising and promotion about what was being said? Gcwcd (talk) 18:15, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
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Request reason:
I'm a beginner here. The original article was about a scientist long deceased at the end of last century and no-one can gain in any way from it by advertising or promotion. I've asked for help from the Wikipedia community because it was speedy deleted. I have now been blocked from talking and am totally baffled about what is happening here. I can't get an answer which makes sense of any of these actions to me so that they can be resolved. The user who deleted my article and who blocked me from discussion are the same person. The Wiki administrators guide states not to block without messaging the author about it first. There was no warning. Gcwcd (talk) 18:35, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
Decline reason:
There is no policy that requires a warning; admins can act to protect disruption without warning if necessary- and as copyright violations potentially put Wikipedia in legal jeopardy, Bbb23 was well within their ability to act. It is possible to promote something or someone without gaining something from it; we see it every day. This request does not address the concerns. 331dot (talk) 20:01, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
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- I was working on the draft when you tagged it for speedy deletion, why would you do that? Theroadislong (talk) 18:40, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
Sorry Theroadislong, I thought it was finished and decided to take it out because it was missing citations and I thought people might start to pick up on that. I'll put it back if I can. Must admit to being totally lost about all this. And big thanks for helping.