User talk:Corey Johnson (Defenders)

Speedy deletion nomination of User:Corey Johnson (Defenders)/sandbox/Biography


A tag has been placed on your user page, User:Corey Johnson (Defenders)/sandbox/Biography, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be blatant advertising which only promotes or publicises a company, product, group or service, 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 guidelines on spam, the guidelines on user pages, and, especially, our FAQ for Organizations.

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 "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, then please contact the deleting administrator.  DGG ( talk ) 16:13, 14 August 2016 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of User:Corey Johnson (Defenders)/sandbox/Biography


A tag has been placed on User:Corey Johnson (Defenders)/sandbox/Biography requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be a clear copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from https://about.me/coreyjohnsonuk. 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 or other printed material 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 or image belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text or image — 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 or image 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.

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 "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. JohnCD (talk) 18:41, 14 August 2016 (UTC)

This material would not be acceptable
Even if the copyright issue were resolved, this material would not be suitable for Wikipedia. An encyclopedia is not a place for organizations or people to post copies of their own promotional literature. Wikipedia has an inclusion test called notability, which is not a matter of opinion but has to be demonstrated by references showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Those independent references serve two purposes: to confirm that the subject is important or significant enough to have an article, and to provide material for writing an article which is more than just the story the subject would like to tell the world. There is advice on how to write an acceptable article at WP:Your first article.

Writing about oneself on Wikipedia is strongly discouraged, for reasons explained at Autobiography and Conflict of interest. JohnCD (talk) 18:46, 14 August 2016 (UTC)