Peter Littmann

DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY

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Pow Wow

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My idea behind this edit was not advertising. My idea was: Give people outside the USA a chanve to meet one another. I live in Neukoelln(Berlin), we have 300.000 citizens from 126 nations, we are really international. But it is hard to find other indian people here. The Pow Wow Restaurant I found sells indian food but the last real indian seen was some years ago. The seller of indian music-discs, I found, wants to sell indian music but he has only five vinyl-discs which he dont sell, cause they are like a souvenir for him. So it is really important to build networks! Please assist and show me a way. TIA --Peter Littmann 06:33, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Arabic in Latin

Hi, I would like to know what you find difficult in reading arabic scripts. Cheers. Jidan 11:36, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Restaurant Guru

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November 2023

Hello, Peter Littmann. Thank you for helping to build Wikipedia-- the world's largest free content encyclopedia. A page you created  Restaurant Guru has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This was done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seemed to be unambiguous advertising which only promoted a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to have been fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic.

This article needs to be rewritten from scratch from reliable, third party sources unconnected to the subject. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. It is not an outlet for promotion, advocacy, or advertising.

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Common mistakes or beliefs about promotional editing center on the assumption that promotional editing only applies to promotion for commercial gain. Some tags or G11 nominations are met with confusion by creators, particularly if they spend much time reading or creating corporate documents, mission/vision statements, or similar copy for their organization. The frequent exposure to promotional tone may make it difficult to notice non-neutral phrases or styles, as the editor has grown accustomed to seeing it as everyday writing or speech. This can be difficult, but not impossible, to unlearn.

Another common assumption is that the prohibition against promotional editing applies only to businesses or organizations. Anything can be promoted, including a person, a non-commercial organization, a point of view, etc. and CV/resumé's are by their nature promotional.

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-- Deepfriedokra (talk) 00:05, 17 November 2023 (UTC)