User talk:Ianbond

Spam in A Second Life
Hello, this is a message from an automated bot. A tag has been placed on A Second Life, by another Wikipedia user, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. The tag claims that it should be speedily deleted because A Second Life is blatant advertising for a company, product, group, service or person that would require a substantial rewrite in order to become an encyclopedia article. To contest the tagging and request that administrators wait before possibly deleting A Second Life, please affix the template to the page, and put a note on its talk page. If the article has already been deleted, see the advice and instructions at WP:WMD. Feel free to contact the bot operator if you have any questions about this or any problems with this bot, bearing in mind that '''this bot is only informing you of the nomination for speedy deletion; it does not perform any nominations or deletions itself. To see the user who deleted the page, click here''' CSDWarnBot (talk) 17:20, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of A Second Life
I have nominated A Second Life, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Articles for deletion/A Second Life. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Mononomic (talk) 17:36, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Copyright problems with Christian Schoyen
Hello. Concerning your contribution, Christian Schoyen, please note that Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text or images obtained from other web sites or printed material, without the permission of the author(s). As a copyright violation, Christian Schoyen appears to qualify for deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. Christian Schoyen has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message.

If you believe that the article or image is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) then you should do one of the following:


 * If you have permission from the author, leave a message explaining the details at Talk:Christian Schoyen and send an email with the message to "permissions-en (at) wikimedia (dot) org". See Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
 * If a note on the original website states that re-use is permitted under the GFDL or released into the public domain leave a note at Talk:Christian Schoyen with a link to where we can find that note.
 * If you hold the copyright to the material: send an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en(at)wikimedia(dot)org or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the GFDL, and note that you have done so on Talk:Christian Schoyen.

However, for textual content, you may simply consider rewriting the content in your own words. Thank you.

Please refrain from introducing inappropriate pages to Wikipedia. Doing so is not in accordance with our policies. For more information about creating articles, you may want to read Your first article. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. De728631 (talk) 18:08, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of A Second Life
A tag has been placed on A Second Life requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about about a person, organization (band, club, company, etc.) or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable

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 article 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 article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you.  Flying  Toaster  20:08, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

A Second Life
A tag has been placed on A Second Life, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be blatant advertising that 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 general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 11, as well as the guidelines on spam.

If you can indicate why the subject of this article is not blatant advertising, you may contest the tagging. To do this, please add  on the top of A Second Life and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would help make it encyclopedic, as well as adding any citations from independent reliable sources to ensure that the article will be verifiable. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Rklear (talk) 00:47, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
 * This page is a re-creation of A Second Life, which was previously deleted. This is in violation of WP:RPDA. Mononomic (talk) 02:56, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Notability of Christian schoyen
A tag has been placed on Christian schoyen requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article, which appears to be about a real person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable. If this is the first page that you have created, then you should read the guide to writing your first article.

If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the article (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article 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 article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Rklear (talk) 00:49, 15 December 2008 (UTC)


 * To reply to your question on my page--no, being a published author with books in print does not make one notable. The author has to meet the general notability guideline, which requires that Schoyen himself has to be discussed in sources that qualify as reliable secondary sources independent of the subject. As for "A Second Life" itself, it has to meet those criteria, too. All the online mentions of either that I can find are promotional materials for Schoyen and the book, which do not qualify. That is why "A Second Life" qualifies as spam, in my opinion.


 * I have discovered since applying the speedy deletion tag that "A Second Life" was being considered for deletion at Articles for deletion/A Second Life. This is the most general level of deletion discussion on Wikipedia. You will need to make your case for that article there to avoid complete deletion. Rklear (talk) 01:23, 15 December 2008 (UTC)


 * This page is also a duplicate of Christian Schoyen, which was previously deleted. This is in violation of WP:RPDA. Mononomic (talk) 02:44, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

recreation of deleted articles
If you carry on recreating content which has been deleted, you'll be blocked from editing. You might want to look into Wikipedia's inclusion standards to learn why the articles were deleted. Gwen Gale (talk) 03:16, 15 December 2008 (UTC)