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The American Civil War Society (ACWS) is an American Civil War re-enactment and living history society in the UK.

http://www.nares.org.uk/#!members/c8mi

Speedy deletion nomination of The American Civil War Society


A tag has been placed on The American Civil War Society, 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 encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Organizations for more information.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, 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 from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, you can place a request here. Ruby  Murray  14:25, 23 March 2014 (UTC)

March 2014
Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but you removed a speedy deletion tag from The American Civil War Society, a page you have created yourself. If you believe the page should not be deleted, you may contest the deletion by clicking on the button that says: Click here to contest this speedy deletion and appears inside the speedy deletion notice. This will allow you to make your case on the article's talk page. Administrators will consider your reasoning before deciding what to do with the page. Thank you. Ruby  Murray  14:44, 23 March 2014 (UTC)

Help me!
Help me with...I am trying to add an entry for the American Civil War Society in the UK. Whatever I am doing is not being excepted. I know other re-enactment groups have entries on here (including Sealed Knot), so I am wondering what I am doing wrong.

I cant event get it to work by putting something as simple as:- The American Civil War Society (ACWS) is an American Civil War re-enactment and living history society in the UK.

http://www.nares.org.uk/#!members/c8mi

Please help - THANKS

Clairemorris01 (talk) 16:40, 23 March 2014 (UTC)Claire Morris (ACWS member)
 * I will answer in more detail in a couple of hours, but for a start read User:JohnCD/Not a noticeboard. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 18:54, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Clicking on the "redlink" The American Civil War Society shows you who deleted the file (and that would normally be the first person to ask about it) and the reasons:
 * G12 - copyright violation, see Copy-paste. We cannot accept copied material without a formal copyright release, as described in WP:Donating copyrighted materials. Someone on the end of a wire saying "But it's OK, they asked me to publish this" is not enough.
 * G11 - promotion. It is very seldom worth making a copyright release because, as in this case, material written for other purposes is unlikely to be suitable for an encyclopedia article. Although we do not make it as clear as we should to new users, Wikipedia is not a place for people or organizations to tell the world about themselves, and your article:
 * "'The Society provides an absorbing hobby for its members, excellent entertainment for its audiences... We aim to give an exciting, colourful, noisy spectacle... Over the years we have helped to raise money... The ACWS is very much a FAMILY SOCIETY. The annual membership fee is very modest.... You can join in a non-combat role... if you want something special at your event please contact us.'"
 * is very obviously the Society, writing in the first person, boosting itself to prospective members. That is fine for your website, but an encyclopedia article would be nothing like that. Wikipedia is not for promotion of any kind, and is very resistant to being used in that way.
 * For what you can do next, see User:JohnCD/Advice, which I have written because I have this conversation so often. Leave a note below here if you have any questions - I will watch this talk page. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 20:58, 23 March 2014 (UTC)

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