User talk:Bcminemuseum

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Speedy deletion nomination of Britannia Mine Museum


A tag has been placed on Britannia Mine Museum, 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 an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Business for more information.

If you think that the page was nominated in error, contest the nomination by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion" in the speedy deletion tag. Doing so will take you to the talk page where you can explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but 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 yourself, but do not hesitate to add information that is consistent 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. → Σ  τ  c. 21:16, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because your username, Bcminemuseum, does not meet our username policy. '''Your username is the only reason for this block. You are welcome to choose a new username (see below).''' A username should not be promotional, related to a "real-world" group or organization, misleading, offensive, or disruptive. Also, usernames may not end in the word "bot" unless the account is an approved bot account. You are encouraged to choose a new account name that meets our policy guidelines. Alternatively, if you have already made edits and you wish to keep your existing contributions under a new name, then you may request a change in username by:
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If you feel that you were blocked in error, you may appeal this block by adding below this notice the text, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. &mdash; RHaworth (talk · contribs) 21:34, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

COI warning
Hello Bcminemuseum. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, 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 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:


 * 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.
 * 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.
 * Avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Spam).
 * 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. &mdash; RHaworth (talk · contribs) 18:43, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Try again
I work for an organization that recently had its new entry on Wikipedia deleted by yourself: Britannia Mine Museum. My colleague who created the page has had her IP blocked indefinitely and so has not been able to redo the text and so I was about to try this instead. I read on the page about contacting you if recreating a page similar to the previously deleted page and so am doing this. I hope this is the right channel to do this.

Currently there is no content for the page and we would really like to change this. Can you please advise what our next steps should be. I have drafted alternative content and attached it here. Thank you. [name withheld. Via e-mail]


 * No, e-mail was not the right channel - why could you not use my user talk page? I am extremely dubious as to whether your colleague's IP address has been blocked indefinitely. If you provide evidence by way of a block log entry such as this one, I will investigate. The user name Bcminemuseum has been blocked indefinitely for the reasons stated above. Given your blatant COI (also see above) we would prefer it if you were to wait until someone with no COI decides the museum is notable and writes about it. But since you have gone to the trouble of writing a new, less spammy version, I will point you to articles for creation. But note that your draft will be rejected unless you add links to significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources. &mdash; RHaworth (talk · contribs) 18:43, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Hello
Thank you for your assistance. I (under my own account, not BCMinemuseum) have created a new article with citations. I created it in the draft section and went through the process to Save to submit for review. When I click on the 'click here and press Save page' I follow the instructions and end up with the same Article not currently submitted for review box. So I am unsure if the article is submitted or not. Can you please confirm if this is the case? I have done this twice, both with the same result. FYI, we had wanted to create an article as an empty Wiki entry comes up on a Google search in the first page of results (not our creation). So we wanted to put something in there so that it wasn't a headline with no text. As for my colleagues blocked IP, this was a pink box that came up on her screen. I am leaving it to her to review with you if she wants. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BMMcurator (talk • contribs) 17:58, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I really don't believe it - I give you the COI warning above - so what do you do? You go and create a user name that screams COI. Also you ask if your article has been submitted - you clearly did not read the message "the submission-received box appears at the bottom of the page at first". Please read the information prepared by patient editors. You tell me it was a pink box - do you think I am interested in its colour - I want to know the text.
 * Further advice - please read it: create a new account with a name that gives no hint of your connection with the museum. Find some genuinely independent references about the museum - not govt. websites or press releases. I would rate Miss 604 as qualifying - but wikipurists might say "it calls itself a blog so it is not reliable". Upload some images to the Commons and use not more than two in the draft article. Ask what changes he would like to see in the text, because I had rated it acceptably non-spammy. (Or, preferably as I said before, wait until someone with no COI writes about the museum. See also this suggestion of finding a sponsor.) Incidentally, Google has now forgotten about the previous submission and I am pleased to see that you know how to spell sulphate.  &mdash; RHaworth (talk · contribs) 11:32, 20 March 2012 (UTC)