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Vanity articles

Please don't create articles about yourself or your friends. We're building an encyclopedia here, and it's very unlikely that your article fits in with that. Creating such articles also makes work for others as we rush to delete them. The Wikipedia policy on vanity articles can be reviewed here and here and the reason your article was deleted can be reviewed here. If you have any questions or need any help, please contact me. Thanks.➨ ❝REDVERS❞ 20:18, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Robbie Bray

Hi there, Multimedium.

Your wrote to me asking why the following article was deleted:

As President and CEO of Ultimate Image Inc. Robbie Bray lends over 20 years of experience to his clients in the motivation and sales industries; personally overseeing all corporate functions to ensure the highest quality standards for his company's training and software products. Mr. Bray is responsible for formulating state of the art strategies to assist you in identifying your company's short and long term goals and hitting those targets.

1. It did not assert notability. You have told me what you think makes Mr Bray notable, but you failed to tell anyone else by putting it in the article itself. Applicable rule: Wikipedia's rules on notability.
2. It was a straight copyright violation from this page. Applicable rule: Wikipedia's rules on copyright infringement.
3. It was clearly an advertisement. Applicable rule: Wikipedia's rules on advertisements masquerading as articles.
4. The article was unencyclopedic. This is an encyclopedia, not MySpace or the Yellow Pages. Applicable rule: Wikipedia:Your first article.

Additionally, we generally don't accept argument-by-exception as a valid reason for changing rules. If you feel that Gisele Bündchen is a vanity article, that is no reason to create a vanity article of your own. Instead, nominate the offending article for deletion.

I hope this helps explain Wikipedia's rules for you. ➨ ЯЄDVERS 19:22, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

It's not a copyright violation, I work for Mr. Bray and my actions were at his request.

I think I understand what the requirements are now, and it seems quite fair to me. It is possible for us to write something new and re-enter it, correct? Thank you for the clarification.