User talk:Gordonforgovernor

Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 2010
Hi. I noticed that you've been adding the independent candidate Rich Gordon to the article Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 2010, which I've now twice reverted. I thought I should explain why. The threshhold for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiability, not truth. This means that a reliable source needs to have written about Mr. Gordon's campaign to satisfy this criteria; at the moment, I can't find any. His campaign website is not an acceptable source, as it's self-published. For this reason, unless you can find an example of a reliable source having mentioned Mr. Gordon, I'd ask you to stop adding his name, as it will continue to be removed. Finally, having noticed your username, I thought you might want to take a look at Wikipedia's guideline on conflicts of interest. Feel free to ask any questions you may have either here or at my talk page. Thanks. – Hysteria18 (Talk • Contributions) 12:11, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

verified
http://checkingthebalance.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/09/the-longshot.html

http://www.pa2010.com/2009/09/truck-driver-making-independent-run-for-governor-video/

http://www.ourcampaigns.com/NewsDetail.html?NewsID=61953

Is this the information you need to leave Richard's Information on the site?
 * The PA2010 ref looks reliable, so I don't see why not. I'll add it to the article now. Thanks. (As a side note, please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four tildes.) – Hysteria18 (Talk • Contributions) 14:31, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Rich Gordon


A tag has been placed on Rich Gordon requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article, which appears to be about a real person, individual animal(s), an organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, 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. Staberinde (talk) 13:11, 20 November 2009 (UTC) Your account has been blocked from editing Wikipedia because it appears to be mainly intended or used for publicity and/or promotional purposes. Please read the following carefully.

Your account's edits and/or username indicate that it is being used on behalf of a company, group, or organization for purposes of promotion and/or publicity. You have violated one or more of our rules, including rules against adding inappropriate external links, posting advertisements, using Wikipedia for promotion, and editing inappropriately with a conflict of interest. This kind of activity is considered spamming and is forbidden by Wikipedia's policies. Although Wikipedia has a great many articles on companies, groups, and organizations, it is considered inappropriate for such groups to use Wikipedia to write about themselves. In addition, usernames like yours are disallowed under our username policy.
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