User talk:Cosdat

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Hello, Cosdat, and welcome to Wikipedia!&#32;Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was User:Cosdat/sandbox, which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article.&#32;Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

To reduce the chances of your contributions being undone, you might like to draft your revised article before submission, and then ask me or another editor to proofread it. See our help page on userspace drafts for more details. If the page you created has already been deleted from Wikipedia, but you want to save the content from it to use for that draft, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page.

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! Girth Summit  (blether) 11:38, 10 May 2019 (UTC)

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Hi - I wanted to drop you a more personal note, over and above the standard template I left you above. I saw the draft in your sandbox, and wanted to let you know that an article like that won't be accepted if you submit it - it looks like it belongs on the organisation's website, rather than Wikipedia. Articles should be written from a neutral point of view, from a third person perspective - we never have 'About Us' sections or anything like that, because 'We' are Wikipedia, not the subject we are describing. If you are connected to this subject (e.g. you are employed by them, or they have paid you to write the article), you need to read and comply with the relevant policies (WP:COI, WP:PAID). You will also need to add sourcing to the article that demonstrates that it is notable: these sources need to be reliable and independent of the subject - use newspaper articles written about the subject, rather than their own website. Finally, ensure that you avoid any copyright issues - you can't copy and paste text from online sources. I hope this is all clear - if you have any questions, you are welcome to ask them on my talk page. Cheers Girth Summit  (blether)  11:45, 10 May 2019 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Sports development authority of tamilnadu


A tag has been placed on Draft:Sports development authority of tamilnadu, requesting that it be deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which pages can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly-defined criteria, then it may soon be deleted by an administrator. The reasons it has been tagged are:
 * It seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. (See section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Organizations for more information.
 * It appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement of https://www.sdat.tn.gov.in/. (See section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken 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 use it for any reason — then you must verify that externally by one of the processes explained at Donating copyrighted materials. The same holds if you are not the owner but have their permission. If you are not the owner and do not have permission, see Requesting copyright permission for how you may obtain it. You might want to look at Wikipedia's copyright policy 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 deleted 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. creffett (talk) 12:49, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

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Hi, thanks for message. You can sign your comments automatically using four tildes ~.

I deleted your article because
 * it did not provide independent verifiable sources to enable us to verify the facts and show that it meets the notability guidelines. Sources that are not acceptable include those linked to the organisation, press releases, YouTube, IMDB, social media and other sites that can be self-edited, blogs, websites of unknown or non-reliable provenance, and sites that are just reporting what the organisation claims or interviewing its management. Note that references should be in-line so we can tell what fact each is supporting, and should not be bare urls.
 * The notability guidelines for organisations and companies have been updated. The primary criteria has five components that must be evaluated separately and independently to determine if it is met:
 * significant coverage in
 * independent,
 * multiple,
 * reliable,
 * secondary sources.
 * Note that an individual source must meet all four criteria to be counted towards notability.


 * It was written in a promotional tone. You said on my talk page This page is not unambiguously promotional... a Government Department created for promotion of sports; so an organisation created to promote isn't promotional? Articles must be neutral and encyclopaedic. Examples of unsourced or self-sourced claims presented as fact include: Our vision is to empower a sustainable sports culture and create world-class sports infrastructure in the State of Tamilnadu. To promote and encourage quality participation and performance by Tamilnadu sports persons at national and international events through recognition, quality training, support schemes and world-class infrastructure.. The rest is much the same, no facts, just spam
 * it's all about what the organisation claims to do. To show notability you need hard verifiable facts such as the number of employees, funding or expenditure. You don't even say where it is based in the text
 * there shouldn't be any url links in the article, only in the "References" or "External links" sections. That's particularly the case when they are spamlinks to affiliated sites.
 * the article was a copyright violation. Copyrighted text is not allowed in Wikipedia, as outlined in this policy. That applies even to pages created by you or your organisation, unless they state clearly and explicitly that the text is public domain. I can't see anything on that page that suggests that it is public domain as you claim. We require that text posted here can be used, modified and distributed for any purpose, including commercial but there is no indication that the copied site allows free use, and I don't think that the Indian government allows modification and commercial use of its publications. Text is considered to be copyright unless explicitly stated otherwise. There are ways to donate copyrighted text to Wikipedia, as described here; please note that simply asserting on the talk page that you are the owner of the copyright, or you have permission to use the text, isn't sufficient. But in any case the copyrighted text is far too promotional to be useful for Wikipedia's purposes, so there would not be any point in your jumping through all the hoops that are required.
 * You have an obvious conflict of interest and you must declare it. Thank you for declaring your interest. If, after reading the information about notability linked above, you still believe that your organisation is notable enough for a Wikipedia article (and that there is significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources), you could, if you wish, post a request at Requested articles for the article to be created. See also guidance for editors with conflicts of interest.
 * Since you work for the organisation, or otherwise are acting on its behalf, you are very strongly discouraged from attempting to write an article at all. At best, any proposed article creation should be submitted through the articles for creation process, rather than directly. Regardless, if you are paid directly or indirectly by the organisation you are writing about, you are  required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at User:. The template Paid can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form:     . Please provide the required disclosure. Note that editing with a COI is discouraged, but permitted as long as it is declared. Concealing a COI can lead to a block. Please do not edit further until you respond to this message.

We often restore deleted text on request, but for legal reasons we don't do so for copyright violations. In any case, there was little factual content in your draft, so better to start from scratch.

Before attempting to write an article again, please make sure that the topic meets the notability criteria linked above, and check that you can find independent third party sources. Also read Your first article. Jimfbleak - talk to me?  10:27, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Sports development authority of tamilnadu
Hello Cosdat,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Sports development authority of tamilnadu for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly indicate why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=&action=edit&section=new&preload=Template:Hangon_preload&preloadtitle=This+page+should+not+be+speedy+deleted+because...+ contest this deletion], but don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Thanks!

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Hughesdarren (talk) 09:09, 27 June 2019 (UTC) --UTRSBot (talk) 09:52, 29 June 2019 (UTC)

June 2019
You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for advertising or promotion. From your contributions, this seems to be your only purpose. If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page:. 331dot (talk) 10:30, 29 June 2019 (UTC)

Unblock decline July, 2019
PS You will also find pertinent information at User:Dlohcierekim/g12  Dlohcierekim (talk) 09:59, 10 July 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Dlohcierekim

This is my first article. It may not be proper as per the rules of Wikipedia. It is not a promotional post. Kindly, help me to publish this article. If any changes has to be made on it, please guide me on that.---CosdatCosdat