User talk:BromleyArtsCentre

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Hello, BromleyArtsCentre, 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 Colin Earl, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may soon be deleted.

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Proposed deletion of Colin Earl


The article Colin Earl has been proposed for deletion because, under Wikipedia policy, all newly created biographies of living persons must have at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the prod blp tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within ten days, the article may be deleted, but you can when you are ready to add one. Theroadislong (talk) 15:44, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Colin Earl


A tag has been placed on Colin Earl requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be a clear copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

If the external website belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text — which means allowing other people to modify it — then you must verify that externally by one of the processes explained at Donating copyrighted materials. If you are not the owner of the external website but have permission from that owner, see Requesting copyright permission. You might want to look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines for more details, or ask a question here.

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February 2012
Hello BromleyArtsCentre. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Colin Earl, 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:


 * 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. Theroadislong (talk) 16:19, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

Colin Earl
I am surprised that there wasn't already an article on him. However, no matter who wrote this, it cannot be used on Wikipedia as it stood. Please see WP:COPYVIO which will tell you (in more detail) that we can only accept text or images that have been published elsewhere if the copyright therein is released under Creative Commons. It tells you how to do this, as well. (Obviously, stuff that's in the public domain can be used here, but that's old stuff and certain government stuff.) Also, while I'm here, I would very strongly suggest that you change your username. It appears to represent an organisation, and that is against our rules - see WP:USERNAME. If you do decide to rewrite or release, you will need to look at WP:RS about the reliable independent sources needed to back up your article. Shouldn't be too hard with someone like Earl. It's WP:CHU for changing username - go down the bottom of it and use Simple. You may get blocked - if so follow the instructions and someone will look at your new name - don't try something like BAC - and let you back to change it. Peridon (talk) 17:20, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames that give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please take a moment to create a new account with a username that represents only you. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of what username you choose. If your username doesn't represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text below this notice. Thank you. 7 00:13, 20 February 2012 (UTC)