User talk:Etiltd

Speedy deletion of Garden Thermometers
A tag has been placed on Garden Thermometers, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be blatant advertising which 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 guidelines on spam as well as FAQ/Business for more information.

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 a copy be emailed to you. —Largo Plazo (talk) 14:43, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

The site in question contains a large amount of factual, helpful content for gardeners. All references take the user to pages that are factual assistance and not commercial content.Etiltd (talk) 15:00, 22 October 2008 (UTC) Etiltd (talk) 15:00, 22 October 2008 (UTC))


 * Advertising can be factual; it's still advertising, which isn't permitted here. An encyclopedic article on gardening thermometers (if, indeed, it were possible to have a discussion of gardening thermometers that rose to the level of an encyclopedia article) wouldn't be preoccupied throughout with a particular company that sells them, using WP:PEACOCK terms to describe the company.—Largo Plazo (talk) 15:14, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Am trying to see how the following are not classed as even more blatant advertising - Cadbury Caramilk Pepsi Pot Noodle. Is this how I need to go in order to get a page accepted? Etiltd (talk) 08:16, 23 October 2008 (UTC)


 * My boilerplate response is here.—Largo Plazo (talk) 09:23, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the link to the 'boilerplate' answer... sounds almost like the current F1 stewards situation. I will be revising the article accordingly tomorrow - thanks for the info Etiltd (talk) 15:05, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

User:Etiltd
A tag has been placed on User:Etiltd, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be blatant 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 11, as well as the guidelines on spam.

If you can indicate why the subject of this article is not blatant advertising, you may contest the tagging. To do this, please add  on the top of User:Etiltd and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. 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. —Largo Plazo (talk) 11:29, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Explanation of what's going on
You moved your own user page to a main article. That caused your page to "become" that article, and your talk page to become that article's talk page; your own pages' histories went along with them, leaving your user and user talk pages as redirections to them. This was incorrect. You should have just created the new article as an empty article, and then copied in the material from your draft.

However, advertising isn't allowed anywhere on Wikipedia, so the speedy deletion tag I had placed on the main article when I first discovered it, which is now on your user page, remains. I've discussed Wikipedia's policy concerning advertising with you before.—Largo Plazo (talk) 11:27, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

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