User talk:Gblanck

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Speedy deletion nomination of Forest Lake Camp
A tag has been placed on Forest Lake Camp, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous 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. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.

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 page 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 page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 14:01, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Forest Lake Camp
Hello,. You edited the talk page for Forest Lake Camp after the article had already been deleted. As talk pages of deleted articles are automatically deleted, I have copied your question here for response. You wrote:

Hello - I am an alum of Forest Lake Camp and I posted this page. I tried to be as factual as possible and actually followed the exact format as a number of other summer camps in new york that are listed. Forest Lake Camp has relevance based on the thousands of people that have attended over the years and the location in a very popular tourist destination.

What do you suggest I do to assure you this is not an advertisement and I thought just a fun addition to wikipedia?


 * Reply The first thing you need to do is admit that you are not just an alum of the camp, but one of it's associate directors (see ). This constitutes an inherent conflict of interest.  The fact that you copied great swaths of material from the camp's website also constitutes a copyright violation.  Such violations are often easy to clean up by simply rewording the text, but since the text at the camp's website is specifically intended to promote the camp, any material copied (even if reworded) will be inherently promotional, and therefore not acceptable.  Summer camps, like any other business, are eligible for inclusion at Wikipedia if they meet the criteria of notability for companies.  All material added should ideally be verifiable by reference to reliable sources.  If you can create a neutral, non-promotional article about the camp with proper references, it may well survive.  However, given your close association with the camp, your contributions in this area are likely to be closely scrutinized.  WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 16:34, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Understood. I am new to this and thought I had gone down the right path. I looked at a number of other camps and tried to follow the similar format as they are indeed listed - Camp Dudley for example.

Speedy deletion nomination of Duplicate page of Forest Lake Camp


A tag has been placed on Duplicate page of Forest Lake Camp, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done for the following reason:

duplicate page

Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not meet basic Wikipedia criteria may be deleted at any time.

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; if no such tag exists, then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hang-on tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page 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 page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. demize (t · c) 22:28, 27 February 2011 (UTC)