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Speedy deletion nomination of ETheory edit

 

A tag has been placed on ETheory requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about an organization or company, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for organizations and companies. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.

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New Zealand bank account prefix edit

Nice start there with New Zealand bank account prefix. On Wikipedia, we must cite our sources to verify information. So, where did you get all this information from? Also, you may like to join ikiProject New Zealand. Regards, Adabow (talk · contribs) 04:30, 8 December 2010 (UTC)Reply

License tagging for File:Sci-fi-books-cover.jpg edit

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Proposed deletion of Sci-fi Shapes edit

 

The article Sci-fi Shapes has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Not notable book. No evidence of awards, charting or in depth coverage in independent reliable sources.

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Proposed deletion of Nerdy Numbers edit

 

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Proposed deletion of My Little Geek edit

 

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Non-free rationale for File:Sci-fi-books-cover.jpg edit

 

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Non-free rationale for File:Nerdy-numbers-book-cover.jpg edit

 

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File permission problem with File:Andrew-in-auckland-restaurant-2012.jpeg edit

 

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Nomination of Nerdy Numbers for deletion edit

 

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Nerdy Numbers is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Nomination of My Little Geek for deletion edit

 

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Nomination of Sci-fi Shapes for deletion edit

 

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Nomination of Andrew Spear for deletion edit

 

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March 2014 edit

  Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to add soapboxing, promotional or advertising material to Wikipedia, you may be blocked from editing. DGG ( talk ) 01:46, 28 March 2014 (UTC)Reply

Conflict of interest edit

  Hello, Candrias. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about ensuring their edits are verified by reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of problems:

  • Avoid or exercise great caution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with.
  • Be cautious about deletion discussions. Everyone is welcome to provide information about independent sources in deletion discussions, but avoid advocating for deletion of articles about your competitors.
  • Avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam).
  • Exercise great caution so that you do not accidentally breach Wikipedia's content policies.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. Tokyogirl79 (。◕‿◕。) 07:59, 28 March 2014 (UTC)Reply

  • Through a little searching I was able to find that you are the author of the books you're adding to Wikipedia. I would highly recommend that you exercise caution with adding yourself to Wikipedia as several of the things you've added come across as self-promotion. If the pages are eventually deleted, please do not re-add them to Wikipedia as this can be seen as disruption. Tokyogirl79 (。◕‿◕。) 07:59, 28 March 2014 (UTC)Reply
  • A look at all of your edits shows that you seem to have only really edited about yourself and things that you are related to. I would highly, highly recommend that you not edit about anything related to yourself. The problem is that even if you have come here with good intentions, editing about things you're personally involved in is really not a good idea. You can't always guarantee that you'll be neutral when writing and sometimes you'll see more notability than there actually is. There are just so many ways that COI editing can go wrong, so I would like to request that you not add yourself, your projects, or anything related to you to Wikipedia in the future unless you have an experienced editor from one of the various WikiProjects to help oversee and ensure that the article subject(s) pass notability guidelines. Tokyogirl79 (。◕‿◕。) 08:14, 28 March 2014 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion edit

 

A tag has been placed on your sandbox, User:Candrias/ETheory, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group or service, and which is a violation of our policies regarding acceptable use of user pages. Although you may start a draft about your company, user pages are intended for active editors of Wikipedia to communicate with one another as part of the process of creating encyclopedic content, and should not be mistaken for free webhosting resources. Please read the guidelines on spam, the guidelines on user pages, and, especially, our FAQ for Organizations.

If you can indicate why the page is not blatant advertising, contest the deletion by clicking on the button that looks like this:   which appears inside of the speedy deletion ({{db-...}}) tag (if no such tag exists, the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate). Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would help make it encyclopedic. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Tokyogirl79 (。◕‿◕。) 08:14, 28 March 2014 (UTC)Reply

Orphaned non-free image File:Sci-fi-books-cover.jpg edit

 

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. TLSuda (talk) 00:26, 6 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

Orphaned non-free image File:Nerdy-numbers-book-cover.jpg edit

 

Thanks for uploading File:Nerdy-numbers-book-cover.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 08:46, 17 April 2014 (UTC)Reply