User talk:Indian Herb

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my page got a speedy deletion for advertising but I wasn't advertising at all. I was only giving information on the item Indian Herb. Indian Herb (talk) 08:52, 26 December 2016 (UTC)


 * The page ultimately wasn't deleted for being an advertisement, but it clearly was not an acceptable Wikipedia article either (in fact we already have an article on black salve, which according to your references seems to be the same thing). Those references you used, however, were hardly reliable sources - and for medical content our requirements are particularly strict. Huon (talk) 14:19, 26 December 2016 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of User:Indian Herb


A tag has been placed on your user page, User:Indian Herb, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be blatant advertising which only promotes or publicises a company, product, group or service, 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 guidelines on spam, the guidelines on user pages, and, especially, our FAQ for Organizations.

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What was the advertising part? I wasn't trying to advertise anything. A friend of mine asked if I could make a Wikipedia page on everything I know about the item Indian Herb that I had learned from years of research and so that's what I did. I wasn't trying to advertise it I was just giving information about it. Isn't that what you're supposed to do on here...give out information? Indian Herb (talk) 08:41, 26 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Actually, no it isn't. Any encyclopedia, not just Wikipedia, is a tertiary source. Simply put, that means we do not write about a given subject, we write about what is written about a given subject. We have specific requirements for reliability for the sources we write from; they can be found at WP:RS. Since this substance is used medicinally, we apply even stricter standard's for the sourcing. Those requirements can be found at WP:MEDRS. Lastly, see the comments above on where to start an article and on the fact that what you were writing about appears to already be covered in another article.  John from Idegon (talk) 20:48, 26 December 2016 (UTC)

Basically no matter what I write it will still be considered as advertising because it's a medical substance? I don't see anyway around explaining what I said in my page without actually saying it that way Indian Herb (talk) 18:55, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I would suggest you take some time and review WP:YFA which will provide very helpful information and guide you on how to draft your first article on Wikiepdia. Tiggerjay (talk) 21:04, 27 December 2016 (UTC)