User talk:BookHopper

BookHopping
Thanks for writing this article. Unfortunately it doesn't conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines for new articles. However, please do not be disheartened by what may happen to your first article, if indeed it is deleted. Please continue to edit Wikipedia and add articles which conform with the inclusion criteria. For more help, see Help:Contents and to find out what will probably be deleted, see Criteria for speedy deletion. Thanks, and if you have any questions, please ask them on my user talk page. To do this, click on my name (just after this sentence) and click Discussion at the top and then the (+) button at the top. omtay38 18:55, 31 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Hello again. Thank you for commenting on my talk page. First and foremost, I did not delete the article. I merely placed the Speedy Deletion tag on it. It will not be deleted unless another administrator agrees with my reasoning behind its speedy deletion. I would also like to elaborate on my reasoning behind placing the article up for deletion. In your posting on my talk page you stated "If the pastime of BookCrossing can have a whole section, I don't see why BookHopping can't have a short entry." Although I am not very familiar with the practice of BookCrossing, upon looking at its page on Wikipedia, I notice that the BookCrossing page on wikipeda explains the practice of BookCrossing and is not focused only on the web site. Thus it cannot be considered advertising. Also, I would like to let you know that the reason I placed both the articles BookHopping and BookHopper up for deletion is because the contained almost the exact same text. Also, your username is BookHopper and according to your recent post on your User page, you are the owner of the bookhopper website. All of this evidence leads me to believe that these articles are only for self promotion. If I am wrong and your actual intent was to provide wikipeda users with all the necessary background information about BookHopping, please feel free to make one of your articles more encyclopedic and, thus, no longer worthy of deletion. If, however, your main intent was self promotion, please know that any further addition of spam links or articles to wikipedia will result in the blocking of this account. Also, on a much minor note, please put new notes on my talk pages at the bottom and give them their own header like this: ==Heading goes here== . --omtay38 20:09, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion of BookHopper
A tag has been placed on BookHopper, 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 the guidelines on spam as well as the Business' FAQ for more information.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (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. Themfromspace (talk) 18:11, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Blocked
Because of your edits in connection with your business/project BookHopper, it is clear that your username serves a promotional purpose. This is not allowed per our username policy, so I have blocked this account indefinitely. Please realize this is not a judgment on you or your edits as much as it is a judgment on your username. You can fix the problem either by (1) logging out and creating a new account with a valid username, or (2) by picking a new username and posting " " on this page; you can then be temporarily unblocked so you can post a request at Changing username. If you feel this block is unjustified, you can post " " and another administrator will review the block. Mango juice talk 20:03, 2 September 2008 (UTC)