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Speedy deletion of Women in Distress

A tag has been placed on Women in Distress, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read our the guidelines on spam as well as the Wikipedia:Business' FAQ for more information.

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 (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. (EhJJ)^TALK 15:31, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi, I saw the request for help on the talk page for WID. I'd also add that you should not copy material from your website unless it says on your website that the material is licensed under the GFDL (which includes commercial use). It's not a particularly good idea to write an article for an organisation that you're so close too, since it is difficult to establish a neutral tone. However, if you want to try again, and would like comments before you post, you could create it here and let me know. Not obligatory, but the offer's there. Jimfbleak (talk) 15:58, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

April 2008

Hello. Please don't forget to provide an edit summary, which wasn't included with your recent edit to Women in Distress. Thank you. (EhJJ)^TALK 20:47, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Offer of help

Dear people from Women in Distress,

Your article was again recently nominated for deletion, due to style issues, and the lack of third party published sources. Fortunately the nomination didn't succeed, thanks in part to some work I'd done on the article to try to save it, and in part to the last minute discovery of some excellent references by SarahStierch. I think the article is now reasonably safe, as it is quite well sourced.

In the course of doing research for your article I found out a great deal about your organisation. I am deeply impressed at your achievements, and the remarkable, lifesaving work that you do. I realise that you rarely if ever log on to Wikipedia, but if you do, please get in touch. I'd be more than happy to help ensure that future amendments to the article meet Wikipedia's standards, and to help keep it up to date.

Kind regards

Rubywine . talk 23:37, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

Date of foundation

Hi again,

There's just one question in my mind about the date of your foundation. Roxcy Bolton is said to have founded Women in Distress in 1972, and her article supports this, but your website says that Women in Distress of Broward County, Inc. was established in 1974 by Edee Greene and some others, with no mention of Roxcy Bolton. So I'm just wondering if these are two separate organisations or the same one. If there is an error in the article when you see this, please let me know.

Rubywine . talk 00:34, 16 August 2011 (UTC)