User talk:Kgranet

Keith Granet
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Speedy deletion nomination of Leaders of Design Council


A tag has been placed on Leaders of Design Council 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 an organization or company, 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 the page was nominated in error, contest the nomination by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion" in the speedy deletion tag. Doing so will take you to the talk page where you can explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but do not hesitate to add information that is consistent with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. Singularity42 (talk) 20:29, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

Welcome
Welcome!

Hello, Kgranet, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I notice that one of the first articles you edited was Leaders of Design Council, which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

To reduce the chances of your contributions being undone, you might like to draft your revised article before submission, and then ask me or any other editor to proofread it. See our help page on userspace drafts for more details. If the page you created has already been deleted from Wikipedia, but you want to save the content from it to use for that draft, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page.

The one firm rule we do have in connection with conflicts of interest is that accounts used by more than one person will unfortunately be blocked from editing. It is also worth noting that Wikipedia generally does not allow editors to have usernames which specifically link them to one company or corporation. If you have a username like this, you should request a change of username or create a new account.

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Hope that helps! Singularity42 (talk) 20:35, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

June 2012
Please refrain from introducing inappropriate pages, such as Leaders of Design Council, to Wikipedia, as doing so is not in accordance with our policies. For more information about creating articles, you may want to read Your first article; you might also consider using the Article Wizard. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Singularity42 (talk) 20:39, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

Further explanation
There are many sites like Myspace and Facebook for people to write about themselves and their own concerns, but Wikipedia is different: it is a project to build an encyclopedia, so it is selective about subjects for articles. The criterion used is called Notability, and is not a matter of opinion but has to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Significant means more than just listing-type mentions; reliable excludes Myspace, Facebook, blogs, places where anyone can post anything; independent excludes the subject's own website, affiliated ones and anything based on press releases. The test is, have people independent of the subject thought it significant enough to write substantial comment about?

Many worthy organizations, particularly local or new ones, cannot meet that requirement. That is not at all to their discredit; it simply means that they are not suitable subjects for a global encyclopedia, and it is not the role of an encyclopedia to announce or help to promote new things.

Because of the important principle that anyone can edit, all this is not explained as well as it should be at the point of account creation. You may find User:JohnCD/Not a noticeboard helpful. JohnCD (talk) 20:54, 9 June 2012 (UTC)