User talk:Cindy Bowen

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Speedy deletion nomination of Playing with Gaia... discovering the spirit of Mother Earth
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September 2009
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advice
As reviewing administrator, I deleted the article. To copy  advice from the deleted talk page there, you said
 * My Book was sold at Book of Knowledge, so they put my title on their page. I also did a book reading there. Immediate deletion is unnecessary. Thanks!

An editor correctly replied
 * The book may meet notability guidelines but not in the current form. The current article is copied word for word from a copyrighted source.  As an author I'm sure you can appreciate protecting the copyright of another writer.  Also as the author of this book, you need to stay away from this article as you have conflict of interest and any edits you make are going to likely be seen as promotional of the book.--RadioFan (talk) 20:59, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

To explain a little further
 * as for notability, this depends on the notability of your work-- see WP:CREATIVE. It would depend upon whether the Moonbeam awards is to be considered significant . This will depend upon references providing substantial coverage from  3rd party independent published reliable sources, print or online, but not blogs or press releases, or material derived from press releases.  For books, this is normally shown by book reviews. As you have so far published only one book, the article should normally be about you, not the book--if you have the references
 * as for copyvio, even if you got us permission according to WP:DCM, the tone with not be encyclopedic and the material will not be suitable.-- as indeed the tone of this is not. Praise is not wanted, but facts, and a short neutral description of the book. For further information see our FAQ  about business, organisations, and articles like this--much of it applies.    DGG ( talk ) 21:44, 26 September 2009 (UTC)