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February 15

MESSGAGE

Hi i wrote my article YzOfficialMusic Has been deleted and i want to know the reason why. I mean,It looks good i talk about how i get signed to my record and how im gonna help change the world by making a commercial called #BeActive. I tried to make my article 3 times but nothing still. i got excited because you guys didnt delete it the first 10 minutes. Can i know what wrong and if i can make it better but please give good explaining and good english level so i understand. Thank you. Message ASAP — Preceding unsigned comment added by Garry202 (talk • contribs) 08:30, 15 February 2014 (UTC)

This is a question for the Help desk, not the Reference desk. But anyway: Don't write an article about yourself, wait for one of your numerous fans to do so. Wikipedia is not for self-promotion. —Tamfang (talk) 08:39, 15 February 2014 (UTC)

The issue is not necessarily that you can't write about yourself (see WP:COI regarding conflict of interest) but that the article has to be based on references to independently published materials, like an article about you in your local version of Rolling Stone Magazine or The Guardian, and not just what you report. See also WP:NOTABILITY and WP:RS. μηδείς (talk) 18:11, 15 February 2014 (UTC)

And what exactly is a MESSGAGE ? A device that tells you how messy your room is ? StuRat (talk) 19:02, 15 February 2014 (UTC)

A messgage is what the naughty Zoot gets between a spanking and what comes after. μηδείς (talk) 01:00, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

That's pretty darn obscure, and sadly, I got it. Sigh. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:40, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

"What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?" ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 04:32, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

Olympics - broadcasting in North Korea

2022 Winter Olympics#Broadcasting currently lists Seoul Broadcasting System as the broadcaster which will have the right to air that Olympics in both North and South Korea. And the cited source on the Olympic web site confirms that. But what does it mean for the South Korean network SBS to have the broadcasting rights in North Korea? In North Korea, televisions are sold pre-tuned to only receive North Korean stations, and it's illegal to watch or listen to South Korean broadcasts (see Media of North Korea#Television and radio). Why would the International Olympic Committee sell the broadcast rights for a country to a network that can't legally be received in that country? --Metropolitan90 (talk) 22:15, 15 February 2014 (UTC)

Contingency in case political situations change? 8 years is a long time... --Jayron32 02:14, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

The IOC still recognizes North Korea (see North Korea at the Olympics. They last sent athletes to London 2012). Thus somebody has to have the rights, true? Zzyzx11 (talk) 04:33, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

But then, why don't they separately sell television rights to North Korea to the North Korean television network, Korean Central Television? Granted, I doubt that KCTV would pay much, or would provide a lot of coverage, but they probably would pay something and broadcast something. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 04:44, 16 February 2014 (UTC)