User talk:AlanCatto

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Hello, AlanCatto, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as The VICTOR Foundation, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may soon be deleted.

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Speedy deletion nomination of The VICTOR Foundation


A tag has been placed on The VICTOR Foundation 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 an organization or company, 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.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, 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. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. Shadowjams (talk) 08:47, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

August 2011
Hello AlanCatto. If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article The VICTOR Foundation, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about following the reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of problems:


 * 1) Avoid or exercise great caution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with.
 * 2) Be cautious about deletion discussions. Everyone is welcome to provide information about independent sources in deletion discussions, but avoid advocating for deletion of articles about your competitors.
 * 3) Avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Spam).
 * 4) Exercise great caution so that you do not accidentally breach Wikipedia's content policies.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. In addition, the article was more like an advertisement or brochure on behalf of the organisation than an encyclopaedia article, and it was a clear copy of http://www.thevictorfoundation.org/. Unless clear evidence of copyright release is provided to the wikimedia foundation, such copies are not acceptable. JamesBWatson (talk) 09:04, 18 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Hello, Alan. I have just read your recent post at Talk:The VICTOR Foundation. I am answering here, because that page will soon be deleted as a talk page of an article which does not exist. Unfortunately, you do not seem to have grasped the nature of Wikipedia. Wikpedia emphatically does not exist for organisations to publish announcements or publicity about themselves. It is almost never appropriate for a person closely involved in an organisation to write an article about that organisation, and it is certainly not appropriate to do so in a way which reads as promotion of the organisation, as yours did. If the organisation satisfies Wikipedia's notability standards then probably some uninvolved third party will write an independent account of the organisation, and if not then the subject does not qualify for inclusion. As for the copyright issue, if you like I can give you a link to instructions as to how to provide Wikipedia with evidence of copyright permission. However, my advice is that doing so would be a waste of your time, as the article would still be deleted for other reasons. I have, unfortunately, frequently see people in your position go to some trouble to deal with the copyright problem, carefully providing the necessary evidence of permission, only to see their work thrown away when their article is deleted again, usually because the article is promotional in character, the subject of the article is not notable, or both. You may possibly also find FAQ/Organizations helpful. JamesBWatson (talk) 10:05, 18 August 2011 (UTC)