User talk:ICRT SA

March 2008
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User:ICRT SA
A tag has been placed on on your user page, User:ICRT SA, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person, and which is a violation of our policies regarding acceptable use of user pages: user pages are intended for active editors of Wikipedia to communicate with one another as part of the process of creating encyclopedic content, and should not be mistaken for free webhosting resources. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 11, as well as the guidelines on spam and the guidelines on user pages.

If you can indicate why the page is not blatant advertising, you may contest the tagging. To do this, please add  on the top of the page in question and leave a note on this page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Calton | Talk 13:17, 12 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your email. The position still stands, however, as the advertising doesn't just cover advertising by people or organisations with products to sell, but extends to promotion of a group or organisation generally, even if the purpose of that group or organisation may be entirely charitable. Your previous contributions have been deleted, but I would suggest you read and understand the username policy before requesting a further unblock for a change of username. The public face of GBT/C 13:55, 12 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your second email - even though your username has been blocked, you will find you can still edit this page, as it is your talk page, so can respond here rather than emailing me if it is easier. I won't be deleting their pages, as they are not in violation of a number of policies which I suggest you take the time to read. Firstly, the pages about them don't constitute spam, which the page you created was. Secondly, they are notable companies - I offer no opinion whether or not the page you created about your organisation asserted sufficient notability to merit inclusion, as it was deleted as constituting spam, and not on the grounds of lack of notability (although the two frequently meet). Thirdly they are written from a neutral point of view. Finally, they were written by someone without a conflict of interest - your username, along with your activities, suggest that you have an involvement in this organisation, and therefore shouldn't be creating articles about it anyway. The public face of GBT/C 14:22, 12 March 2008 (UTC)