User talk:Hsguide

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Probably not. See WP:FAQ/Organizations for a helpful list of frequently asked questions by people in your position. Also, review the conflict of interest guidance to see the kinds of limitations you would have to obey if you did want to continue editing about your company, group, organization, or clients. If this does not fit in with your goals, then you will not be allowed to edit again. Consider using one of the many websites that allow this instead.
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If you believe this block was made in error, you may appeal this block by adding the text below but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Daniel Case (talk) 01:06, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Nomination of Canada's Homeschool Guide for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Canada's Homeschool Guide is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Canada's Homeschool Guide until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Qwyrxian (talk) 05:52, 12 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Just for the record, there is no requirement that our lists be completely inclusive of every publication that exists; the only requirement is that they list publications which can be verified in reliable sources as being notable enough to have articles on here. A publication which doesn't meet that standard doesn't get to be listed — and that doesn't make the list "incomplete" or "incorrect", because that's not its (or Wikipedia's) job. Bearcat (talk) 03:32, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

I think the magazine notable on two levels: (1) it is a very niche topic and there is a ton of misinformation out about homeschooling which the magazine helps to put straight (2) it has been around for 8 years. It can be verified as a member of Alberta Magazine Publishers Association (AMPA) and Magazines Canada (two professional associations but I can't find either of them on wikipedia) as well as Archives Canada throught the ISSN number I provided.

Maybe the name of the Canadian Magazines wiki page should be changed to something like "Prominent Canadian Magazines" if it doesn't include all Canadian magazines as it is misleading.

I just posted a note on AMPA and Magazines Canada Facebook pages asking them if they have a wiki page as I couldn't find one. I will wait until they create their pages and then link to them as references? I don't think Archives Canada will be interested in creating a wiki page... will my ISSN number be okay as a third reference? ISSN is International Standard Serial Number...so an internationally recognized number to identify a publication. Please advise if these will work to verify the publication. Will that do?

Also, FYI, the article on CHG was not finished. I couldn't figure out how to use the sandbox so I had to take the article live and was working on it when I was blocked. It is a lot to learn how to link to different pages, use talk pages, etc. I'm sorry that I don't know anyone who works on wikipedia that can facilitate this process but I am working as fast as I can. If I am allowed to finish the article I will do my best to link to the necessary references and make sure the article is unbiased.(wordace (talk) 20:01, 15 January 2012 (UTC))

Jan 15 - I just posted a note on AMPA and Magazines Canada Facebook pages asking them if they have a wiki page as I couldn't find one. I will wait until they create their pages and then link to them as references? I don't think Archives Canada will be interested in creating a wiki page... will my ISSN number be okay as a third reference? ISSN is International Standard Serial Number...so an internationally recognized number to identify a publication. Will this solution work to verify the publication?

If the problem is that I can't add my own publication regardless of how much it can be verified please post this and just delete the article as I can't help being the writer. I am the publisher, editor and a Canadian homeschool parent of 10+ years.

I tried to change my username from hsguide to WordAce but I can't seem to get it to stay on WordAce... (Hsguide (talk) 17:41, 16 January 2012 (UTC))