User talk:Antfantastic

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Speedy deletion nomination of The Hypnobirthing Association


A tag has been placed on The Hypnobirthing Association, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Organizations for more information.

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 "Click here to 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. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, you can place a request here. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 14:48, 14 February 2014 (UTC)

Why your article was considered spam
On Talk:The Hypnobirthing Association, you wrote:
 * This page is not unambiguously promotional, because... It is an association for the whole of the hypnobirthing movement and has no commercial purpose. Also I have read the guidelines and thought I had it right! so pointers as I clealy have not would really be appreciated?

The fact that the association may or may not have a legitimate purpose is not the issue here. The article you wrote consisted entirely of echoing (probably in violation of Wikipedia copyright rules, but that's a separate issue) the organization's mission and vision statements. Such statements are often made by organizations to serve their own purposes, and that is a fine and legitimate thing for organizations to do. However, since such statements are invariably self-serving, they have no place on Wikipedia. If you would like to try writing a valid article about this organization, write it in your own words, and use reliable secondary sources to verify the contents. That is, find articles in journals, magazines, newspapers, etc, that have already been written about this organization, and summarize them into the Wikipedia article. If no such sources can be found, perhaps the organization is not notable enough to be included. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 15:10, 14 February 2014 (UTC)