User talk:JohnDWalker

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Speedy deletion nomination of John D. Walker, M.D.


A tag has been placed on John D. Walker, M.D. requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be a clear copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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July 2011
Hello JohnDWalker. If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article John D. Walker, M.D., you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:
 * 1) editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with;
 * 2) participating in deletion discussions about articles related to your organization or its competitors; and
 * 3) linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Spam).

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. Thank you. bonadea contributions talk 14:59, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Removing Speedy at John D. Walker, M.D.
Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but you removed a speedy deletion tag from John D. Walker, M.D., a page you have created yourself. If you do not believe the page should be deleted, then you may contest the deletion by clicking on the button that says: Click here to contest this speedy deletion and appears inside the speedy deletion notice. This will allow you to make your case on the page's talk page. Administrators will look at your reasoning before deciding what to do with the page. Thank you. - SDPatrolBot (talk) 15:52, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Hello again, and thank you for your contributions! A couple of points (which I post here in addition to the article's talk page, just in case that should be deleted).


 * If copyrighted material is to be used here, it must be donated to Wikipedia, following the steps outlined here - I'm afraid there is no way around that. Rather than jumping through these hoops, you may want to consider rewriting the article without using the existing text at all.


 * The sources showing notability for the person need to be in the article itself. I agree that the sources you provided on the talk page do seem to indicate notability, although other editors' opinions may vary.

Please also note that if this is an autobiography, you should review this guideline concerning articles about oneself.

Thank you very much! --bonadea contributions talk 16:07, 3 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Sorry - I made an error when I added the link to the "donating copyrighted material" page. Fixed now. bonadea contributions talk 18:20, 3 July 2011 (UTC)