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Jeff Kollman
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Speedy deletion nomination of Jeff Kollman


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May 2011
Hello Guitarscreams. If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:
 * 1) editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with;
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Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. Phearson (talk) 19:37, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I have redirected Jeff kolman, since the person does not appear to be notable. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 21:09, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Jeff Kollman
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Speedy deletion nomination of Jeff Kollman


A tag has been placed on Jeff Kollman requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be a clear copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites 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.

If the external website belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text — which means allowing other people to modify it — then you must verify that externally by one of the processes explained at Donating copyrighted materials. If you are not the owner of the external website but have permission from that owner, see Requesting copyright permission. You might want to look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines for more details, or ask a question here.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion," which appears inside of the speedy deletion tag (if no such tag exists, the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate). Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, 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. Eeekster (talk) 21:31, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of File:JeffKollman.jpg


A tag has been placed on File:JeffKollman.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be a clear copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites 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.

If the external website belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text — which means allowing other people to modify it — then you must verify that externally by one of the processes explained at Donating copyrighted materials. If you are not the owner of the external website but have permission from that owner, see Requesting copyright permission. You might want to look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines for more details, or ask a question here.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion," which appears inside of the speedy deletion tag (if no such tag exists, the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate). Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, 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. Eeekster (talk) 21:35, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Jeff Kollman, Jeff kollman, JeffKollman.jpg etc
Jeff Kollman was speedily deleted. I'm about to return Jeff kollman to its proper status--given that it is an unverified BLP. No: I just noticed that the whole thing is copied and pasted from http://www.jeffkollman.com/bio.htm, and without any kind of licensing information (which you could have acquired through OTRS) that's a copyright violation, not to mention, as I suspect, a pretty clear conflict of interest. Furthermore, JeffKollman.jpg is also speedied as a copyright violation. Because you are being uncommunicative and simply restored what other editors have reverted, it's more than likely that Jeff kollman also will be removed, in which case you will have gained nothing: you won't even have "Jeff Kollman" left as a redirect to the band he's in. I urge you to be more communicative, to pay attention to what other editors (by now three or four) are trying to say, and to not think of Wikipedia as a web server where anything goes. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 22:29, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Jeff kollman


A tag has been placed on Jeff kollman requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be a clear copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites 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.

If the external website belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text — which means allowing other people to modify it — then you must verify that externally by one of the processes explained at Donating copyrighted materials. If you are not the owner of the external website but have permission from that owner, see Requesting copyright permission. You might want to look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines for more details, or ask a question here.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion," which appears inside of the speedy deletion tag (if no such tag exists, the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate). Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, 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. Drmies (talk) 22:29, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Removing Speedy at Jeff kollman
Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but you removed a speedy deletion tag from Jeff kollman, a page you have created yourself. If you do not believe the page should be deleted, then you may contest the deletion by clicking on the button that looks like this: which appears inside of the speedy deletion notice, which will allow you to make your case on the page's talk page. Administrators will look at your reasoning before deciding what to do with the page. Thank you. - SDPatrolBot (talk) 22:40, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Produced By The Crumb Bros. Jeff Kollman & Mark Renk
Template:Produced By The Crumb Bros. Jeff Kollman & Mark Renk has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Drmies (talk) 22:46, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Removing Speedy at Jeff kollman
Please do not remove speedy deletion notices from pages you have created yourself, as you did with Jeff kollman. If you do not believe the page should be deleted, then you may contest the deletion by clicking on the button that looks like this: which appears inside of the speedy deletion notice, which will allow you to make your case on the article's . Administrators will look at your reasoning before deciding what to do with the article. Thank you. - SDPatrolBot (talk) 22:53, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Please stop removing speedy deletion notices from pages that you have created yourself, as you did with Jeff kollman. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. - SDPatrolBot (talk) 22:56, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Mixed By Jeff Kollman
Template:Mixed By Jeff Kollman has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Drmies (talk) 01:47, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

May 2011
Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to introduce inappropriate pages to Wikipedia, as you did at Jeff kollman, you may be blocked from editing. If you need guidance on how to create appropriate pages, try using the Article Wizard. After Jeff Kollman was protected to prevent re-creation, creating Jeff kollman instead to get round the protection was not acceptable. You need to understand that Wikipedia does not exist for self-promotion. JamesBWatson (talk) 09:45, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Jeff Kollman


The article Jeff Kollman has been proposed for deletion because under Wikipedia policy, all biographies of living persons created after March 18, 2010, must have at least one source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't take offense. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners or ask at Help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the prod blp tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within ten days, the article may be deleted, but you can when you are ready to add one. Phearson (talk) 10:43, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
 * The article has been speedily deleted, as it was yet again a copyright infringement. JamesBWatson (talk) 11:33, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 1 week for persistent copyright infringements, despite numerous warnings, and also using Wikipedia for promotional purposes. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you would like to be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding the text, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. JamesBWatson (talk) 11:33, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Reply to email
Thank you for your email. There are several problems. First of all, have you read the information linked to above about how to donate copyright? There are good reasons for specifying procedures for this, rather than just accepting a user's word for it that they own the copyright. Since anyone can edit Wikipedia, anyone can make false claims about such matters, and unfortunately people frequently do so. If you wish to post material copied from elsewhere you will have to follow the procedure. Having said that, I think it is only fair to warn you that in my experience it is rarely worth donating copyright. Material taken from the web site of the subject of an article is usually of such a nature that it is deleted as being promotional, even if there is no copyright problem. Secondly, have you read the message about conflict of interest? You should not be writing an article about yourself. If you are truly notable then probably sooner or later someone else, uninvolved, will independently write one. Thirdly, as you will see from the deletion log, one of the deletions cited promotion as a reason for deletion, and, although the reason given in the log for the latest deletion was copyright infringement, the article still looked promotional, and even if there had been no copyright issue would probably have been deleted for that reason. Wikipedia is not a free advertising service, a free web host, or a social networking site, and articles which appear to exist for self-promotional purposes are deleted. Finally, any article needs reliable third party sources to confirm the information given and to establish that the subject is notable. JamesBWatson (talk) 08:25, 22 May 2011 (UTC)