User talk:Hardware editor

This page is intended to describe what the Midwest Hardware Association is and was. It is strictly encyclopedic and is not intended to promote or advertise any of our services.

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Speedy deletion nomination of User:Hardware editor/Midwest Hardware Association
A tag has been placed on User:Hardware editor/Midwest Hardware Association, 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 as well as FAQ/Business for more information. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, 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. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Wuh Wuz  Dat  17:21, 17 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Under the hangon tag for User:Hardware editor/Midwest Hardware Association, you wrote "This page is intended to describe what the Midwest Hardware Association is and was. It is strictly encyclopedic and is not intended to promote or advertise any of our services." Encyclopedic articles are normally placed in the main namespace -- that is their page names do not start with "User:" Do you intend this as a draft of an article to be movd to the main article space when it is ready? Note that any artile about an organization will need to satiafy the relevant notability guideline as well as the general notability guideline. Also your use of "our" suggestsd that you are an official, member, or, employee of this organization. This means that our conflict of interest guideline comes into play, as many peole find it hard to write from a neutral PoV about their own work. DES (talk) 17:47, 17 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Please use User talk:Hardware editor/Midwest Hardware Association to clarify your intent in creating this page. DES (talk) 17:47, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Midwest Hardware Association
A tag has been placed on Midwest Hardware Association, 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 as well as FAQ/Business for more information. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, 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. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Wuh Wuz  Dat  17:48, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

December 2009
Please do not remove speedy deletion notices from pages you have created yourself, as you did with Midwest Hardware Association. Please use the template on the page instead if you disagree with the deletion, and make your case on the page's talk page. Thank you. Wuh Wuz  Dat  17:54, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Editing advice
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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. PhilKnight (talk) 17:57, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Midwest Hardware Association


The article Midwest Hardware Association has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * No non-trivial independent sources found on a Google search. Apparently fails WP:ORG and WP:N. No reliable sources cited. It is easy to show that the organization exists -- it is not so easy to show that it is notable.

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the  notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing  will stop the Proposed Deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The Speedy Deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and Articles for Deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. DES (talk) 18:07, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Note that directories and trivial mentions are not sufficient, nor are thinks published by the subject of the article. Sources should include reliable, independent third-parties' published discussion of the subject, in some depth. DES (talk) 18:09, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

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See also Appealing a block for more information. Cirt (talk) 18:47, 17 December 2009 (UTC)