User talk:Marketmonkeys/Archive 2

Speedy deletion nomination of The pines


A tag has been placed on The pines requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article, which appears to be about a real person, individual animal(s), an organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, does not indicate how or why the subject of the article is important or significant: that is, why an article about it 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 you can assert the notability of the subject,. Clicking that button will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the |the article's talk page directly to give your reasons, 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. You may freely add information to the article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.

See the guidelines for specific types of articles: biographies, websites, bands, or companies. CanadianLinuxUser (talk) 14:14, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Winterbloom music


A tag has been placed on Winterbloom music 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.

If the external website belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text — which means allowing other people to modify it — then you must verify that externally by one of the processes explained at Donating copyrighted materials. If you are not the owner of the external website but have permission from that owner, see Requesting copyright permission. You might want to look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines for more details, or ask a question here.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion," which appears inside of the speedy deletion tag (if no such tag exists, the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate). Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page 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 page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. bonadea contributions talk 14:25, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

Hello Marketmonkeys. If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest, or close connection to the subject.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about following the reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of problems:


 * 1) Avoid or exercise great caution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with.
 * 2) Be cautious about deletion discussions. Everyone is welcome to provide information about independent sources in deletion discussions, but avoid advocating for deletion of articles about your competitors.
 * 3) Avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Spam).
 * 4) Exercise great caution so that you do not accidentally breach Wikipedia's content policies.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant content 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 14:51, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

Why the article was deleted
You said: This page should not be speedy deleted because it is officially supported and approved by the band Winterbloom. I manage this band (and the artists in it) and am authorized to post their official content and communications online. I manage their website - that is why a lot of the content matches. - MarketMonkeys

That is not sufficient to resolve the copyright issue. There are ways to resolve it (see Donating copyrighted materials) but I do not recommend doing this until getting some feedback indicating that the possible wording would be appropriate. At the moment it is not. The style and tone are not compatible with an encyclopedia.

You should also read WP:COI-- SPhilbrick  T  14:59, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

This page should not have been deleted! I added the suggested copyright release at the bottom of the page as required by Wikipedia, but looks like you already removed the page before I had a chance to follow your instructions. Here is what I added to the About page of the site... (http://winterbloom.com/about)

COPYRIGHT: The text of this page of the web site is available for modification and reuse under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License and the GNU Free Documentation License (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts).

I started this page with the content I have already regarding Winterbloom with intention to edit the copy to be more encyclopedic/less marketing type copy. But I need the page to be up for more than one hour in order to accomplish those edits! Please put the page back as I have lost all the programming I did... - Michelle, Market Monkeys

OTRS pending

The pines
I have deleted the article on the grounds that it was promotional and failed to make a credible claim of notability (and incidentally contained no independent reliable sources). I would caution you that if you are connected with the band or its management, you should not be writing about them here. Please see WP:COI for our policy on conflict of interest. Please read WP:BAND before thinking of re-creating the article, and WP:RS for info on the sort of references you will have to use. The band and its label's sites are only suitable for extra info - they cannot be used to show notability. Peridon (talk) 17:28, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

About your message on Talk:Winterbloom music
You might want to contact the administrator who deleted the page (User:Sphilbrick) if you want to request undeletion. Please note that what Peridon says above about The pines is also valid for Winterbloom music: the article can't be written as an advert and it must make a claim of notability for the band. Did you have a chance to look at the conflict of interest policy yet? Also please note that you will have to change your user name as outlined in the section above, since this name seems to represent a company. Thank you. --bonadea contributions talk 06:39, 7 July 2011 (UTC)