User talk:Gyrojoe

Notice of Conflict of interest noticeboard discussion
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Conflict of interest/Noticeboard regarding a possible conflict of interest incident in which you may be involved. Thank you.

Further to this, I strongly recommend you read the Conflict of interest policy. AndyTheGrump (talk) 01:56, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Straw bale gardening


A tag has been placed on Straw bale gardening, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising that only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an acceptable page. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item G11, as well as the guidelines on spam.

If you can indicate why the subject of this page is not blatant advertising,. Clicking that button 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. You are welcome to edit the page to fix this problem, but please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. As well as removing promotional phrasing, it helps to add factual encyclopaedic information to the page, and add citations from independent reliable sources to ensure that the page will be verifiable. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. AndyTheGrump (talk) 01:54, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

Response to your contest of the speedy deletion of Straw Bale Gardening
The page Straw Bale Gardening has already been speedily deleted as it was judged to be purely promotional and an advertisement for the books of Joel Karsten. The article was problematic for this and other reasons. Wikipedia articles are supposed to be neutral, conveying facts as described in reliable sources. The deleted article was not neutral; it was a list of claimed advantages of growing crops within straw bales, ending with an assertion that descriptions of more advantages can be found by reading Joel Karsten's books. The name "Gyrojoe" has been linked to "Joel Karsten" (see here), suggesting a conflict of interest of the article's main contributor. Although it may be that straw bale gardening is sufficiently notable to have a Wikipedia article, whether or not that is the case depends upon the concept garnering mention in reliable secondary sources - being searched on google and mentioned on Facebook do not count in this regard. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 03:05, 10 December 2012 (UTC)