User talk:Londongreenfair

Speedy deletion nomination of User:Londongreenfair


A tag has been placed on User:Londongreenfair, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be unambiguous 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 G11, 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 User:Londongreenfair 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. Mean as custard (talk) 16:08, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames that give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; you are welcome to create a new account with a username that represents only you.

Additionally, it appears your account is intended to be used for the purpose of telling the world about an organization or cause that you consider worthwhile. Unfortunately, many good causes are not sufficiently notable for their own Wikipedia article, and all users are discouraged from editing in any area where they have an inherent conflict of interest, though you may wish to consider one of these alternative outlets. If your username doesn't represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text below this notice. Thank you. JohnCD (talk) 16:29, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Reply to your email
The first point is that Wikipedia accounts must be for individual persons only, who are personally responsible for them. Accounts whose usernames are those of organizations or groups are not allowed. You are welcome to apply to change your username, but as this account has only one edit it would be simpler just to abandon it and set up a new, individual one.

The second is that user pages are not intended for announcements, or any extended content unconnected with Wikipedia. Their purpose is to allow the volunteers who are here to help build the encyclopedia to say a little about themselves, if they choose, to help communication within the project. Material intended for readers of the encyclopedia goes in the articles, whose names do not start with "User:"

The third is that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a notice-board for announcement of forthcoming events. We are evidently not good at making this clear: I have this conversation so often that I have written User:JohnCD/Not a noticeboard to explain it.

Our test of whether a subject is suitable for an encyclopedia article is called notability, and is not a matter of opinion but must 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 question is, have people unconnected with the subject thought it important and significant enough to write substantial comment on?

As your fair has yet to happen, that may well not be possible, in which case, sorry, you will have to wait until it has become established. I see that the Camden Green Fair has been running for some years, and even that article seems to me very light on independent references.

If you want to go ahead, what you should do is: Regards, JohnCD (talk) 21:40, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Set up a new account.
 * Read WP:Your first article.
 * Decide whether you can show notability, because if not you will be wasting your time,
 * Write a draft, taking care that it is not in the least promotional. Wikipedia is not for promotion of anything, even of worthy causes, and writing marketing-speak is a quick way to get deleted. You are not writing an announcement of the festival, or a message from the organizers: you are writing a descriptive encyclopedia article about the festival.
 * Submit it at WP:Articles for creation, declaring your interest. Either it will be accepted, or you will be given feedback.