David Alexander Flinn

June 2017

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. We welcome and appreciate your contributions, but it appears you have written or added to an article about yourself, at David Alexander Flinn. Creating an autobiography is strongly discouraged – see our guideline on writing autobiographies. If you create such an article, it may be deleted. If what you have done in life is genuinely notable and can be verified according to our policy for articles about living people, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later (see Wikipedians with articles). If you wish to add to an existing article about yourself, please propose the changes on its talk page. Please understand that this is an encyclopedia and not a personal web space or social networking site. If your article has already been deleted, please see: Why was my page deleted?, and if you feel the deletion was an error, please discuss it with the deleting administrator. Thank you. 331dot (talk) 16:01, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of David Alexander Flinn

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A tag has been placed on David Alexander Flinn, requesting that it be deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which pages can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly-defined criteria, then it may be soon be deleted by an administrator. The reasons it has been tagged are:

• It seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. (See section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Business for more information.
• It appears to be about a person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), individual animal, or web content, 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. (See section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

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 removed 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, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. 331dot (talk) 16:01, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

Contested deletion

This page should not be speedily deleted because... (your reason here) --David Alexander Flinn (talk) 16:08, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

Hi there,

I hope this message finds you well. My name is McKenna Joesten (employee of The Lions Models. I wrote this biography on behalf of David Alexander Flinn. All information was taken from his site with his permission. Could you please provide me with some additional feedback on what I need to change to get his page posted? All information is accurate and cited. David Alexander Flinn (talk) 16:08, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

@David Alexander Flinn: Thanks for your reply. I would tell you that you will need to do the following:

• Since you say you are not David Alexander Flinn, you will need to change your username ASAP; you can request a change by visiting this page and following the instructions.
• Since you state that you work for a company that (I assume) represents Mr. Flinn, you will need to review and comply with the paid editing policy(which is required by Wikipedia's Terms of Use) You will also need to review the conflict of interest policy before you edit further.
• If you simply copied this information from Mr. Flinn's website, that is a copyright violation even if you have his permission; If Mr. Flynn wants to grant permission, he must donate the materials to Wikipedia himself. He will need to read this page for information on how to do that, and for what exactly that means.
• You have posted a couple of links as sources, but these are not appropriate. What is needed is independent reliable sources that indicate how the notability guidelines for people are met.

I would lastly suggest that due to your conflict of interest, that you consent to deletion, and then visit Articles for Creation where you can submit a draft for feedback and an independent review before it is posted; that's likely the only way you will be permitted to create a page about Mr. Flinn. I apologize for giving you a lot of information, but these are important Wikipedia policies. If you have any questions, please ask. Thanks 331dot (talk) 16:16, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

I'm afraid that after a review, I found the content on the page you created to be both promotional and violating copyright. I have therefore deleted the page. I suggest you follow all of the pertinent advice given to you by 331dot, which I have copied over to this page for your convenience. Vanamonde (talk) 17:41, 1 June 2017 (UTC)