User talk:EHS Robotics Club

Speedy deletion nomination of User:EHS Robotics Club


A tag has been placed on User:EHS Robotics Club, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be unambiguous advertising that only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item G11, as well as the guidelines on spam.

If you can indicate why the subject of this article is not blatant advertising,. Clicking that button will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit |the article's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. You may freely add information to the article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would help make it encyclopedic, as well as adding any citations from independent reliable sources to ensure that the article will be verifiable. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Mean as custard (talk) 08:11, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

Blocked
I've blocked this account as a role account: our policies (see the "role account" link) say that accounts must be for individuals, so group accounts are not permitted. All of you are free to create your own individual accounts, because you've not made any type of problematic edits to pages. If you have questions about this, you can still edit this page; type

and replace "our question" with your question. Nyttend (talk) 12:12, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

I've read through the rules, and I have several questions concerning this account. Firstly, this was initially intended to be a "Group" account, but only one user (myself) has had access to it. Would it be permissible to have an individual represent the group, under the alias "EHS Robotics Club", or would a more personalized role be preferable? (i.e. "EHSRC President" or "EHSRC Spokesperson"). This account was created for the purpose of keeping the FIRST FTC Robotics page updated with the current rules and any other changes, as we heavily research the rules and monitor any changes within the FIRST program. If there is any other suggestions or alternatives, I would gladly listen to them and change this account accordingly, so as to avoid any problems while attempting to update the previously mentioned FIRST pages. Thank you for the assistance.}}EHS Robotics Club (talk) 00:09, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

This page should not be speedy deleted because...
This page was initially created to represent our club, the EHS Robotics Club. However, upon reviewing the rules, I realize that this is in clear violation of the "Group" usage policy. Therefore, the intent of this account will be changed to represent one person (i.e. "EHS Robotics Club President") and thus, the user page will be updated to reflect the individual user rather than the group, so as to avoid any perceived advertising. Thank you for your assistance.EHS Robotics Club (talk) 00:08, 3 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia accounts must represent individuals only, who are personally responsible for them. "EHS Robotics Club President" would be unacceptable, because that post might be held by different persons at different times - see second bullet point in WP:ISU. Even an individual editing on behalf of a club is subject to the rules on WP:Conflict of interest.


 * There is a more serious problem with what you want to do, and I think Wikipedia may not be the right place for it. This is a project to build an encyclopedia, and that is all it is, and to keep to that role there is a longish list of WP:What Wikipedia is not, including WP:NOTWEBHOST. It sounds as though you want a website or "home page" for your club, where you can list the rules, officers etc, but that would not be appropriate for a user page: they are for the individual volunteers who are here to build the encyclopedia to say something about themselves and their Wikipedia activities, to assist communication within the project. They are not for "substantial content... that is unrelated to Wikipedia".


 * Subjects for actual encyclopedia articles need to have WP:Notability, which is not a matter of opinion but has to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." The test is, have people not connected with the subject found it important and significant to write substantial content about?


 * I'm afraid it is extremely unlikely that a high-school robotics club can meet the notability requirement to have an article. We generally find that student clubs do not - see the section Student life in the College and university article guidelines, and Articles for deletion/KCL Netball Club as an example where a college netball club, disregarding advice, spent a great deal of time and energy trying to get an article, without success.


 * I am sorry to be so discouraging, but I think an attempt to list your club here would end in frustration, and you would be better off to make a page for it at a site such as Myspace. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 22:51, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Alright, thanks for the reply. I appreciate the work the admins invest in keeping Wikipedia correct and unbiased, and I understand the reason behind deleting/blocking this account. EHS Robotics Club (talk) 01:15, 7 October 2012 (UTC)