User talk:Danwhite1743

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Speedy deletion of Dan White (Singer / Songwriter)
A tag has been placed on Dan White (Singer / Songwriter) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for biographies.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the article or have a copy emailed to you. -- moe.RON   Let's talk  02:31, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

December 2008
Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but you removed a speedy deletion tag from a page you have created yourself. If you do not believe the page should be deleted, you can place a tag on the page, under the existing speedy deletion tag (please do not remove the speedy deletion tag), and make your case on the page's. Administrators will look at your reasoning before deciding what to do with the page.  role player 02:42, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Conflict of interest
If you have a close connection to some of the people, places or things you have written about, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred from the tone of the edit and the proximity of the editor to the subject, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:
 * 1) editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with;
 * 2) participating in deletion discussions about articles related to your organization or its competitors;
 * 3) linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Spam); and,
 * 4) avoid breaching relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for businesses. For more details about what, exactly, constitutes a conflict of interest, please see our conflict of interest guidelines.  Blanchardb - Me•MyEars•MyMouth - timed 02:46, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

December 2008
Please do not remove speedy deletion notices from pages you have created yourself. Please use the template on the page instead if you disagree with the deletion.  Blanchardb - Me•MyEars•MyMouth - timed 02:48, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Maybe I can help
If you want a Wikipedia page, follow these steps:


 * 1) Read Notability and Notability (music).
 * 2) Do what it takes to advance your career so one of these criteria is met.  Check back often as these criteria change slightly every few weeks.
 * 3) Wait.  If you are lucky, someone will read about you in the newspaper, look you up on Wikipedia, find there is no article, and write an article about you.  If the article meets the criteria for inclusion, including notability criteria, it will stay, otherwise, it will be deleted.
 * 4) If it's taking too long, go to WP:Articles for creation and write an article there, state who you are and that due to a conflict of interest, you cannot create the article yourself.  Let the editors there fine-tune the article.  They will copy it into the main encyclopedia when it meets minimal standards.

'''Step 2 is the most important step. Without it, the task is hopeless.''' It's also the one step your fans can all participate in collectively:  They can buy your albums. They can attend your concerts. They can talk about you to their friends. davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail)  05:47, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Please help in other areas of the project
If you are like me, doing something "different" an hour or two a day helps keep the creative juices flowing. You are more than welcome to spend that hour or two editing any part of the encyclopedia that you don't have a conflict of interest in, provided you understand the rules. So are your fans, provided they follow the rules as well. davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail)  05:49, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

File:ALBUMCOVER_copy.jpg
File:ALBUMCOVER_copy.jpg has a licensing tag of PD-ineligible. This looks like it probably is eligible for copyright and, if created after your country adopted the Berne Copyright Convention, probably in the '80s or early '90s, it is covered by copyright. If you own the rights to it, please change the licensing tags. If you do not own the rights to it, please have someone who does sign in and release it under a free license. Yes, you can have your album cover in the Wikimedia commons even if the article it's used in is deleted from the English Wikipedia. However, it needs to be properly tagged.

If I'm wrong, and the album cover is not eligible for copyright, a brief explaination on Commons:File talk:ALBUMCOVER_copy.jpg explaining why should prevent future misunderstandings. davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail)  06:01, 30 December 2008 (UTC)