User talk:EdAtAAFR

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Flagging AAFR (The American Association of Future Retirees) for further review
Hello, … I recently encountered the article about AAFR (The American Association of Future Retirees) and in my opinion, it either lacks sufficient Attribution that it satisfies the Notability criteria for, or it may violate the Conflict of interest guideline, or perhaps it violates a copyright.

I am considering tagging  for deletion according to the Deletion policy … I do not have time to examine the article in depth at the moment, and it may improve over time, in which case this warning was premature.

I have created this initial entry on your Talk page because you are either the original author of the article, or else a recent contributor to it; I will leave more detailed information regarding my specific concerns about the article on its Discussion page … please respond either there or on this Talk page, instead of on my Talk page, in order to avoid fragmenting the conversation.

Be sure to read Ownership of articles, and remember that Some Other Editors (including at least one administrator) may not share your opinion about the notability of the article's subject.

I do not mean to imply that your contribution is unappreciated … perhaps you should read Your first article … and remember, there was a time when I knew less about how Wikipedia works than you know right now

To better understand why I have used this template, please read Flag templates for deletion warnings ... I realize that some of the expressed possible concerns may not be appropriate in this case. Happy Editing! &mdash;  17:27, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

==Notability of AAFR (The American Association of Future Retirees)== A tag has been placed on AAFR (The American Association of Future Retirees) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article appears to be about a real person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable. If this is the first page that you have created, then you should read the guide to writing your first article.

If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the article (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's 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 confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. 72.75.91.179 (talk) 17:44, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

On deletion
I've copied my response from my talk page:

Wikipedia users are volunteers and are generally not affiliated with Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation. New pages are listed at Special:NewPages. Some volunteers patrol this area and flag new articles for copyediting, verification, deletion, etc. Since Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and not a directory, articles should only be about subjects that have received nontrivial third-party coverage. This is to ensure that all articles maintain a neutral point of view (one of the project's core policies). Deletion is not a reflection of anyone's views of the subject - all it reflects is that there haven't been enough independent sources for it to meet all of the core policies: neutrality, verification, and no original research.-Wafulz (talk) 13:43, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Article restored in userspace
I've restored the article in a subpage of your userpage. It can be reached at User:EdAtAAFR/AAFR (URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:EdAtAAFR/AAFR). Please have a read through our guidelines on writing your first article, notability of organizations, and avoiding a conflict of interest.-Wafulz (talk) 13:42, 25 August 2008 (UTC)