User talk:Cal Performances

Dear Wikipedia, I would like to contest the block of my post for Cal Performances. This is my first time using Wikipedia and I do apologize for not being technically savvy. The post for Cal Performances is not a blatant advertisement as it was not meant to appeal that way. Cal Performances is a non-profit organization located in Berkeley, CA and we present world class artists, musicians, and groups to the Bay Area, we feel that it would be beneficial for the public to have our Wikipedia page.

I do plan on improving the page to make it "informational" and not "promotional". We have a lot of history that the public may find interesting and have a community/education area that involves the Bay Area. If was not my intention to make this page seem "promotional" or like an "ad" in any shape or form. My intention was to set up a basic page and have someone more knowledgeable with the computer language to refine the page.

The page will be strictly informational and will not use Wikipedia as a free publicity/advertising tool.

As a non-profit arts organization, our page will have the same feel as the SF Opera, SF Ballet, and other performing arts organizations.

Please let me know what I can do now to unblock the page and start editing it to make to fit with Wikipedia's rules.

Thank you,

Cal Performances (talk) 21:22, 9 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Hello Cal Performances. I understand your desire to have a nice informative article about your organization - it's an issue that comes up fairly regularly.  However, please understand that starting or editing articles about groups or organizations with which you are affiliated is generally considered incompatible with the goals of Wikipedia.  For more information on this, please take a look at Wikipedia's guideline on conflicts of interest.  If the organization is notable, it is very likely that someone uninvolved will eventually start an article about Cal Performances.


 * That being said, I encourage you to try contributing to other articles where you may have an interest - art, music, or the Bay Area perhaps. Although, you may consider creating a different username, as usernames that are the same as groups or organizations are generally discouraged.  Let me know if you have any other questions.-- Kubigula (talk) 01:09, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

User:Cal Performances
A tag has been placed on on your user page, User:Cal Performances, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person, and which is a violation of our policies regarding acceptable use of user pages: user pages are intended for active editors of Wikipedia to communicate with one another as part of the process of creating encyclopedic content, and should not be mistaken for free webhosting resources. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 11, as well as the guidelines on spam and the guidelines on user pages.

If you can indicate why the page is not blatant advertising, you may contest the tagging. To do this, please add  on the top of the page in question and leave a note on this page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Calton | Talk 23:52, 29 July 2008 (UTC)