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Speedy deletion of Dito Godwin

A tag has been placed on Dito Godwin requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be a blatant copyright infringement. 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 as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words.

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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 article 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 article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Blair^{Speak to Me}/_Breathe 08:51, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Stephen D Duffy

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Stephen D Duffy, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process because of the following concern:

Notability: A7

All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised because, even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. OliverTwisted (Talk) 09:02, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

December 2008

Please do not remove speedy deletion notices from pages you have created yourself, as you did with Dito Godwin. Please use the {{hangon}} template on the page instead if you disagree with the deletion. Thank you. Dekisugi (talk) 09:04, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Please stop removing speedy deletion notices from pages that you have created yourself, as you did with Stephen D Duffy. If you continue, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Also: removed deletion notice on: Dito Godwin... OliverTwisted (Talk) 09:07, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

This is the last warning you will receive for your disruptive edits.
The next time you remove a speedy deletion notice from a page, as you did with Dito Godwin, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Dekisugi (talk) 09:10, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Stephen D Duffy

A tag has been placed on Stephen D Duffy 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 a person or group of people, 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 biographies.

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 article 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 article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. OliverTwisted (Talk) 12:02, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Stephen D Duffy

I have nominated Stephen D Duffy, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stephen D Duffy. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. --VS ^talk 12:42, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing in accordance with Wikipedia's blocking policy because your account is being used only for spam, advertising, or promotion. If you believe this block is unjustified you may contest this block by adding the text {{unblock|your reason here}} below.

Daniel Case (talk) 21:28, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

{unblock| The purpose of these entries are to highlight the career of Dito Godwin, who has had and continues to have an impact on the music industry. During the course of my research, notable people and organizations involved such as Stephen Duffy, Kevin Carlberg, Stand Up Against Cancer who are involved in current projects Dito Godwin is working on as well as organizations such as the University of Sound Arts, TNT Records, among others from his past works were not present and did not have entries, thus I researched and provided entries. I have since found other references, such as "The Story of Gwen Stefani", where Gowdin is highlighted in the book among others.

Being new to the guidelines, I did not fully read and understand them. I have since familiarized myself with these guidelines and will not update any further entries without making sure all guidelines are followed and I do apologize. I am certainly not doing anything regarding spam or ads as suggested here. I request to be unblocked with the understanding that all guidelines will be carefully followed in the future. The unblock will also allow me to request a user name change that is in accordance with user name policies, realizing now that the selection of "efmrecords" was in violation. I have read the guidelines of the user name policy and shall request a user name change accordingly.}

What articles are you interested in editing? I'm inclined to unblock, but you need to let us know your other areas of interest before I or anyone else considers doing so. Blueboy96 01:16, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

In response to Blueboy ... Currently I am interested in completing my article on Dito Godwin and related notable people and organizations. For instance I have found additional organizations and artists in association with Godwin that do not have entries since my article. Greg Sutton being one for example, Sutton played with Bob Dylan and has written multiple hits for various artists including Dolly Parton. I am still researching, but from what I have found he has had at least 10 "hits" across various artist. Kevin Carlberg additionally has no entry, although I am still researching to see if he fits the guidelines. The more I dig into the 30 years career of Godwin the more I find. As far as editing, I certainly would like to edit existing articles where Godwin is noted, but has no link since his article did not exist until I put it together. Music is a large interest of mine, especially older contributions like those of Godwin that have not been added. My initial interest in Godwin spawned from the Charity work he is currently doing. I had not heard of him, but once I dug around, I found he had quite the industry impacting career as you can see from my initial article. I suppose Musical History is a very large interest of mine, especially those that do not have articles yet as well as newer folks that haven't been entered as well as a result of the older ones, however I know there are guidelines on that now. My other interests include classical art and music as well as modern art. For instance I recently viewed a charcoal sketch Van Go in Houston, TX that I never knew even existed and that is currently being showed.

I also am now more familiar with the sandbox. I posted multiple updates for real when they were not yet ready for release. I will certainly get my articles and article updates in better order prior to posting moving forward.

I admit I did not fully research the guidelines and my actions were a result of being "new" to everything. I will make sure I follow these guidelines moving forward and I hope everyone can accept my deepest apologies for the violation. Since The Godwin label was new and on my brain, I just entered it. I had not read ANY of the guidelines when I setup the account. So I didn't have a clue as to the fact that I was committing a violation.

Thank you for considering unblock, I now know that I did clearly violated guidelines, however it was completely unintentional as I certainly wish to maintain the integrity of this organization.

Let me seek input from the blocking admin. Blueboy96 04:52, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Since he seems to have understood his mistake and is interested in editing a broad range of articles, I have no objections to an unblock as long as he changes his name. Daniel Case (talk) 06:44, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Your contributed article, The stick people

Hello, I notice that you recently created a new page, The stick people. First, thank you for your contribution; Wikipedia relies solely on the efforts of volunteers such as you. Unfortunately, the page you created covers a topic on which we already have a page - The Stick People. Because of the duplication, your article has been tagged for speedy deletion. Please note that this is not a comment on you personally and we hope you will to continue helping improve Wikipedia. If the topic of the article you created is one that interests you, then perhaps you would like to help out at The Stick People - you might like to discuss new information at the article's talk page.

If you think that the article you created should remain separate, 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 - if no such tag exists then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hangon tag is unnecessary), 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 administrators to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Additionally if you would like to have someone review articles you create before they go live so they are not nominated for deletion shortly after you post them, allow me to suggest the article creation process and using our search feature to find related information we already have in the encyclopedia. Try not to be discouraged. Wikipedia looks forward to your future contributions. Cindamuse (talk) 09:28, 13 October 2010 (UTC)