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January 2009

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Kevin Harrington

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Please stop adding your own biography to the Kevin Harrington article. You shouldn't be adding yourself at all (see the above section) however if you are notable an article about you should go on a separate page, not on the back of someone else's article. -- roleplayer 00:55, 5 January 2009 (UTC)Reply


Hi -

Wikipedia is a source for information (one of the categories being: People; Dead or Alive) I would like to write about a DRTV Pioneer that has been in the business 25 years. How do I add a new page? His name is Kevin Harrington, but that is already taken. (KevinHarringtonTV (talk) 01:42, 5 January 2009 (UTC))Reply

Hi, sometimes you just have to accept that not everyone is notable enough for Wikipedia. Relatively few people are. I would read some of the links that were left for you at the top of this talk page before posting again. -- roleplayer 13:11, 5 January 2009 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion of "Kevin Harrington - DRTV Pioneer"

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A page you created, Kevin Harrington - DRTV Pioneer, has been tagged for deletion, as it meets one or more of the criteria for speedy deletion; specifically, it is obvious advertising or promotional material.

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Thank you. --Avant-garde a clue-hexaChord2 01:31, 5 January 2009 (UTC)Reply

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page Kevin Harrington - DRTV Pioneer has been reverted. Your edit here was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove unwanted links and spam from Wikipedia. The external link you added or changed is on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. The external links I reverted were matching the following regex rule(s): rule: '\bblog(?:cu|fa|harbor|mybrain|post|savy|spot|townhall)?\.com\b' . If the external link you inserted or changed was to a blog, forum, free web hosting service, or similar site, then please check the information on the external site thoroughly. Note that such sites should probably not be linked to if they contain information that is in violation of the creator's copyright (see Linking to copyrighted works), or they are not written by a recognised, reliable source. Linking to sites that you are involved with is also strongly discouraged (see conflict of interest).

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Speedy deletion nomination of Kevin Harrington - Infomercial King

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A tag has been placed on Kevin Harrington - Infomercial King requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an article with no content whatsoever, or whose contents consist only of external links, a "See also" section, book references, category tags, template tags, interwiki links, a rephrasing of the title, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, 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 render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Acroterion (talk) 17:32, 27 August 2009 (UTC)Reply