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Speedy deletion nomination of Florida Board of Accountancy


A tag has been placed on Florida Board of Accountancy requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article or image appears to be a clear copyright infringement. 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 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.

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Florida Board of Accountancy
Hi, thanks for message. It's a long story. If you have any queries let me know. I can post you the deleted text (my edited version) if you want.  Jimfbleak -  talk to me?  06:09, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
 * When I first saw this article, my first thought was to delete it as spam. Articles must be neutral and encyclopaedic. Examples of unsourced claims presented as fact in the opening paragraphs include: whose mission is to ensure that professions and businesses provide quality services... great state of Florida... ensuring only qualified licensees practice public accountancy in accordance with established professional standards in Florida... The BOA’s mission is “to promote consumer protection by ensuring that certified public accountants and firms meet and adhere to the statutory requirements for licensure.
 * It was all about what the organisation does, little about the organisation itself. No location for its offices. How many employees? Funding? Profits? Has the organisation ever received negative publicity?
 * I decided that the article was salvageable, and spent some time fixing the non-standard formatting (itself pretty spammy with all the "big" tags) formatting the references correctly and removing spam and trivia (such as names of board members)
 * At that stage another edit tagged it for speedy deletion as a copyright infringement of various pages of this. 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. In this case the page said Copyright 2007-2010 State of Florida 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.
 * I deleted the page. If my improved version read like a copyright infringement, the original would have been even more obvious
 * The article was recreated in its original version, effectively undoing the edits I had made (I appreciate that you may not have even been aware of these). I deleted again.
 * An article must provide independent verifiable sources to enable us to verify the facts and show that it meets the notability guidelines. It looks as if your organisation is probably notable, and you did give references, but much of the text was unreferenced, and the article had little independent referencing outside the organisation itself. The context is unclear, at least to a Brit. Why is what I assume is a private trade body sharing services with its regulator?