User talk:Gulley2012

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Hello, Gulley2012, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! Shearonink (talk) 05:51, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
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I noticed that you seem to be having issues with listing your references. You don;t need to list them a second time.

The coding will look like this:
 * Sentence sentence text etc.

The sentence will read in the article like this:
 * Sentence sentence text etc.[1]

Because you put ina references section that looks like this:

== References ==

which the Wikipedia coding system will automatically transform into:

References

1. reliably sourced reference

You use the coding within the text to automatically create inline citations, the reason you are getting a bunch of numbers is that the system is getting confused, there are all these coded references stacked in the references section, when they should be used within the text to source specific facts. Please take a look at Referencing for beginners. Also pick any article hit edit at the top and you can see the coding that lies underneath the surface.

Hope this helps, Shearonink (talk) 06:11, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Rebecca D. Costa


A tag has been placed on Rebecca D. Costa, 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 and FAQ/Business for more information.

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". 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 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. 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. Pol430 talk to me 13:31, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Rebecca D. Costa


A tag has been placed on Rebecca D. Costa, 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 and FAQ/Business for more information.

If you think that the page was nominated in error, contest the nomination by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion" in the speedy deletion tag. Doing so will take you to the talk page where you can explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but do not hesitate to add information that is consistent 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. &mdash; KuyaBriBri Talk 19:30, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Status and Advice
I'm one of the Wikipedia administrators who frequently works with bios that appear promotional, trying to get them to fit our standards. Everyone here who has previously look at the article found it promotional--though  thought it was too promotional to be fixed, others thought it fixable. My own view is that almost anything can be fixed if there are good references; checking, some of the references in the article are usable--and there are one or two others available that can be added. WP articles needs references providing substantial coverage from 3rd party independent published reliable sources, print or online, but not blogs or press releases, or material derived from press releases. Mentions of people in articles on other topics are not substantial references.

This article was written in such an inappropriate style that it leads to the suspicion it may have been copied from some other source. And, in fact, a good deal of it is directly copied from her self-provided author bio on Amazon, and those paragraphs would absolutely need to be rewritten (I'm aware her p. on Facebook was copied from Wikipedia which is OK, not copied to WP), Even if you own the copyright and are willing to give us permission according to WP:DCM, the tone will not be encyclopedic and the material will not be suitable. (In fact, some of the material on her pages is such blatant puffery that I don't think it   even works well as PR).

Regardless of whether copied or original, a Wikipedia article  needs to be written like an encyclopedia article, not a press release--don't praise the organization or person, say what they do. As a general rule, a suitable page will be best written by someone without Conflict of Interest; it's not impossible to do it properly with a conflict of interest or as a paid press agent, but it's relatively more difficult: you are automatically thinking in terms of what the subject wishes to communicate to the public, but an uninvolved person will think in terms of what the public might wish to know. And keep in mind that the goal of an encyclopedia is to say things in a concise manner, which is not the style of  press releases or  web sites, which are usually more expansive. The name of her pet is not encyclopedic information.

And some encyclopedic information is missing; perhaps you can supply it: We need the place and year or her birth, and the years of her degrees, and the years of her positions at the various companies.

I warn you of our rules about Conflict of Interest--please do not restore the material I have removed. I very strongly urge you to confine your further editing of the article to inserting the dates I have asked for. If you restore the copyvio parts, I shall be forced to delete the entire article; if you restore  the self-adveertising, the article will be probably nominated for deletion by our regular processes and probably deleted.  DGG ( talk ) 17:02, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

For further information see our FAQ about business, organizations, and articles like this and also WP:FIRST.

However, if the name you have used includes or refers to the subject of the article, you must choose another username. As explained in WP:USER, only individuals may edit. When you have a username that is or includes the name of your organization, you imply that you are editing officially, and have a superior right to edit the page. But that is not the way WP works--all editors are considered equal--and your contributions like those of any editor must be justified by sources. I'm sure you do not intend to give such impression, but that's why we have the rule. Therefore, please choose another name. On that user   page, you should say whom you are working for.