User talk:Markg67

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Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate encyclopedic contributions, but some of your recent contributions seem to be advertising or for promotional purposes. Wikipedia does not allow advertising in articles. For more information on this, see If you still have questions, there is a new contributor's help page, or you can write   below this message along with a question and someone will be along to answer it shortly. You may also find the following pages useful for a general introduction to Wikipedia. I hope you enjoy editing Wikipedia! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically produce your name and the date. Feel free to write a note on the bottom of if you want to get in touch with me. Again, welcome! — Travis talk  00:24, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
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February 2008
Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Gwernol 22:19, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

hangon - I am creating biographical representattion of myself and my credentials as a Certified Financial Planner. I promote financial planning and financial wellness in my community and I want a place for people to view my biography. I do a lot of pro-bono work to help those less fortuninate. It would appear that you let James Cramer of Mad Money promote himself --- I don't see the harm in me creating a biography? or do you --- explain thoroughly as I will contact a manager if I am not satisfied.
 * There are plenty of free web hosts where you can do just that. If you are having trouble finding one I can point you to several - yahoo.com is a good one, for example. However Wikipedia is an encyclopedia not a free web host and you are not permitted to use it for self-promotion. There is no evidence you meet Wikipedia's criteria for biographical articles and you should generally not write articles about yourself since you are not an unbiased party. The article about Jim Cramer was not written by him and he has significant media coverage which was what the article was based on. Please read our core policy on verifiability. Unless you have media coverage of a similar range and depth as someone like Cramer, we cannot create an article about you. There are no managers on Wikipedia - it is volunteer run. There are however administrators, of whom I am one, who have the power to block you from editing if you persist in ignoring our rules. Thanks, Gwernol 22:41, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Notability of Mark R. Gagnon, CFP
A tag has been placed on Mark R. Gagnon, CFP requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article appears to be about a real person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject 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 this is the first page that you have created, then you should read the guide to writing your first article.

If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position, 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, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Basketball 110   vandalise me  22:19, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Mark R. Gagnon, CFP
Mark, Wikipedia is not a forum for you to promote yourself or services you offer. We are an encyclopedia, not a blog or a free web host. Please do not abuse Wikipedia by creating purely promotional articles like you did at Mark R. Gagnon, CFP. Thanks, Gwernol 22:20, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Please stop
Please refrain from introducing inappropriate pages to Wikipedia. Doing so is not in accordance with our policies. For more information about creating articles, you may want to read Your first article. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Gwernol 22:22, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

This is the last warning you will receive for your disruptive edits. The next time you create an inappropriate page, you will be blocked from editing. Gwernol 22:29, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Regarding posts
hangon - I am creating biographical representattion of myself and my credentials as a Certified Financial Planner. I promote financial planning and financial wellness in my community and I want a place for people to view my biography. I do a lot of pro-bono work to help those less fortuninate. It would appear that you let James Cramer of Mad Money promote himself --- I don't see the harm in me creating a biography? or do you --- explain thoroughly as I will contact a manager if I am not satisfied.

If you have a close connection to some of the people, places or things you have written about, 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 from the tone of the edit and the proximity of the editor to the subject, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:
 * 1) editing articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with;
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 * 1) avoid breaching relevant policies and guidelines, especially neutral point of view, verifiability, and autobiography.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have conflict of interest, please see Business' FAQ. For more details about what constitutes a conflict of interest, please see Conflict of Interest. — Travis talk  00:39, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Respond?
Please respond

"Cryptic techy jargon"
Mark, I am sorry if you felt that I spoke down to you. User:Basketball110 and I left you detailed messages that I believe clearly explained the issues with your article. Despite these you continued to recreate the exact same article at such a speed that it became obvious that you had not read the messages and the accompanying linked Wikipedia policies. I am confident that if you had taken the time to read the messages left for you and the appropriate policies you would have understood why the article you created was not appropriate. Thanks, Gwernol 23:38, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Choosing a Certified Financial Planner by Mark R. Gagnon ,CFP
A tag has been placed on Choosing a Certified Financial Planner by Mark R. Gagnon ,CFP 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 blatant 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.

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If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position, 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, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. — Travis talk  00:23, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Hello
Please leave all messages on my talk page. Thank you. Basketball 110   :)  00:10, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Where did you get this? Basketball  110   :)  00:19, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Honestly, I think it will be deleted. It isn't really an advertisement, but it isn't an article, either. Basketball  110   :)  00:36, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Mark, to follow up on what Baseball110 says above: the article at User:Markg67 as it stands is not suitable for use as a Wikipedia article. One of the core policies of Wikipedia is that all information in articles must be verifiable by readers. This means that the source of all information must be available to readers so they can check what is written. This means that you must cite your sources and you must not include your own personal opinions or original research in articles. As it stands, this seems to be an essay you have written about choosing a financial adviser. As such it is based on your opinions, not on published, independent sources. Given this, it is not yet ready for publication as a Wikipedia article. If you have further questions, feel free to ask me on my talk page. Thanks, Gwernol 16:45, 21 February 2008 (UTC)