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Speedy deletion nomination of Silicon Park Africa

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A tag has been placed on Silicon Park Africa requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be a clear copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from http://siliconpark.io/. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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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. for (;;) (talk) 13:51, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

Copyright and conflict of interest

Thank you for your interest in creating an article for Silicon Park Africa on Wikipedia. There are multiple problems with your submission. You cannot post copyrighted material on Wikipedia even if you are the copyright holder. In short, a copyright owner cannot offer Wikipedia a one-time license for use. Rather, the copyright to the material has to be released – permanently and irrevocably – into the public domain or under a free copyright license that is compatible with Wikipedia's licenses. This is because Wikipedia aims to be freely distributable and copyable by anyone, so all content must be licensed for that purpose. You can learn more about this policy at Wikipedia:Copyrights.

The second problem is conflict of interest. Writing an article about your own organization or that of a client is strongly discouraged, as it is difficult to maintain the required neutral point of view.

If you'd like to use the copyrighted content in an article, you can follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission on how to obtain the proper licensing. If you are the copyright holder, refer to Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for how to grant us permission to use your content. Alternatively, you could write a new article that does not closely paraphrase the material available onlineHowever you would then still have to abide by the conflict of interest guideline. In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

I'm sorry this message could not be more favourable. If you have any questions, you can leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. --Drm310 (talk) 16:40, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

July 2016

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Thank you. Drm310 (talk) 16:43, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

Nomination of Silicon Park Africa for deletion

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

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Silicon Park Africa until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. for (;;) (talk) 10:28, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

July 2016

Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia, as you did to List of technology centers. While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not intended to be a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion. Thank you. for (;;) (talk) 13:02, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

"Website now has verifiable sources."

Neither the company's website, nor your addition of links to it elsewhere on wikipedia, count as reliable sources. for (;;) (talk) 13:05, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

Please advise what would be acceptable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 197.77.162.189 (talk) 13:17, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

July 2016

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to remove Articles for deletion notices or comments from articles and Articles for deletion pages, as you did at Silicon Park Africa, you may be blocked from editing. The caution for removal also applies where you've used HTML to comment it out. The discussion continues regardless, you're just decreasing the chances of other people adding to the discussion. for (;;) (talk) 07:46, 28 July 2016 (UTC)