User talk:Georgesmith1975

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Hello, Georgesmith1975, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as Floyd woodrow, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Floyd woodrow


A tag has been placed on Floyd woodrow, requesting that it be deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which pages can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly-defined criteria, then it may soon be deleted by an administrator. The reasons it has been tagged are:
 * It seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. (See section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Organizations for more information.
 * It appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement of militaryspeakers.co.uk/speakers/floyd-woodrow. (See section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material 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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Conflict of interest
Hi - I noticed that most of your edits so far have been about a couple of motivational speakers. As you can see, I just nominated your new article about one of them for speedy deletion, because it was entirely copied and pasted from a promotional website. So, I'd like to ask you straight up - do you work for that website, or are you connected with it in any way, or otherwise connected to these people? If so, you need to read a few guideline pages - there are some good links in the welcome template above, but these in particular may apply to you: WP:COI, WP:PAID, and WP:NOTPROMO. Cheers Girth Summit  (blether)  15:34, 24 October 2019 (UTC)

Hey Girth, thanks for your input. I'm new to WikiPedia and trying to learn the platform by doing. The new article about Floyd Woodrow was an experiment, I now understand that I have to create the page in it's entirety before publishing it. And yes, I just copied the text from a Google Search found via a motivational speaker website (that I'm not connected with in any way whatsoever I can assure you). If you can suggest a topic that needs a new page creating then I'll happily give that a go and try again. Thanjs again for your help! All the best, GeorgeSmith1975Georgesmith1975 (talk) 15:48, 24 October 2019 (UTC)
 * , OK, thanks for that assurance. What you write about is up to you - personally, I mostly do historic buildings, with the odd historic biography thrown in, and I'm thinking of getting into writing about notable mountains. The ideal subject to get started with is probably something you're somewhat interested in personally, but not something you're passionate about (we have to remain neutral) and certainly not something you have any financial stake in. I always work up an article in draft space and only publish it when it's ready. Just be careful not to make copyright violations, even in draft space - we can't host copyvio anywhere on the site. Cheers Girth Summit  (blether)  16:27, 24 October 2019 (UTC)

I was hoping to write about inspiring individuals who go under the radar (such as Tom Avery and Floyd Woodrow) who have achieved so much in their lives yet don't get any recognition. I've read their books and can't understand why they 're not lauded by society. Anyhoo, thanks for the pointers and I'll read through the articles provided and have another go. All the best George Georgesmith1975 (talk) 16:31, 24 October 2019 (UTC).
 * , if you want to write about living people, you'd do well to read WP:BLP, and have a read of WP:NOTABILITY too. Basically, you can write about them, but you must have sufficient reliable, independent secondary sources to support the article - not books by them, or websites promoting them, but stuff that other people have written about them; you also have to write neutrally and dispassionately, without trying to puff up their significance. If you can do all that, you're good to go. Cheers Girth Summit  (blether)  16:44, 24 October 2019 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Ski Verbier Exclusive Limited (June 4)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Passengerpigeon was:

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 Passenger pigeon  ( talk )  11:35, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Ski Verbier Exclusive Limited (July 27)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Spicy was:

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.


 * If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Ski Verbier Exclusive Limited and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
 * If you now believe the draft cannot meet Wikipedia's standards or do not wish to progress it further, you may request deletion. Please go to Draft:Ski Verbier Exclusive Limited, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window, add "Db-g7" at the top of the draft text and click the blue "publish changes" button to save this edit.
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Spicy (talk) 19:14, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Ski Verbier Exclusive Limited (September 28)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Theroadislong was:

The comment the reviewer left was:

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Theroadislong (talk) 12:53, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

September 2020
Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to add promotional or advertising material to Wikipedia, as you did at Tom Avery, you may be blocked from editing. Theroadislong (talk) 13:14, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Ski Verbier Exclusive Limited (October 14)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Sagotreespirit was:

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.


 * If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Ski Verbier Exclusive Limited and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
 * If you now believe the draft cannot meet Wikipedia's standards or do not wish to progress it further, you may request deletion. Please go to Draft:Ski Verbier Exclusive Limited, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window, add "Db-g7" at the top of the draft text and click the blue "publish changes" button to save this edit.
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— Sago tree spirit  (talk) 13:56, 14 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia is likely not the right place for this. See WP:OUT. Thanks for the draft submission though. — Sago tree spirit  (talk) 14:04, 14 October 2020 (UTC)


 * I would personally suggest checking out Wikivoyage. All the best. — Sago tree spirit  (talk) 14:08, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

Hi Sagotreespirit. I've moved the article to Wikivoyage as suggested and added several notable sources. I've also added a sentence explaining why Ski Verbier Exclusive are notable (they're the original Verbier luxury ski tour operator) in an effort to incorporate the feedback provided. Please advise if you feel this meets the criteria for a Wikivoyage article (if you can as I appreciate you may have time constraints. If any other administrators are able to offer guidance it would be very gratefully received. Thank you! Georgesmith1975 (talk) 10:32, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Ski Verbier Exclusive has a new comment
 I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Ski Verbier Exclusive. Thanks!  DGG ( talk ) 07:13, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:Ski Verbier Exclusive
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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 08:10, 7 April 2021 (UTC)