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 * The article was a copyright violation. Copyrighted text is not allowed in Wikipedia, as outlined in this policy. That applies even to web pages created by you or your organisation, unless they state clearly and explicitly that the text is public domain or CC-BY-SA 3.0 Licensed. There are ways to donate copyrighted text to Wikipedia, as described here; please note that simply asserting on the talk page that you are the owner of the copyright isn't sufficient.


 * It was written in a promotional tone. Articles must be neutral and encyclopaedic. To take one of several examples, "foremost bastion of liberalism" may well be true, but it needs an in-line reference to an independent verifiable source if you wish to keep it in. There are other unsourced claims.
 * It isn't clear to me why the club meets the notability guidelines. The history isn't about the club, and pub crawls, the odd visit from an MP, and a protest don't really appear to distinguish this from any other university club. What's notable about the list of officers, which will soon date anyway?
 * You have an obvious conflict of interest when it comes to editing articles about this subject. Thank you for declaring your interest. If, after reading the information about notability linked above, you still believe that your organisation is notable enough for a Wikipedia article (and that there is significant coverage of the centre in reliable, independent secondary sources), you could, if you wish, post a request at Requested articles for the article to be created. See also Best practices for editors with conflicts of interest.

The tone can be fixed, and it may be possible to establish notability. However, you can't copy your website (or any other) unless you take the steps above to release it under an acceptable licence.  Jimfbleak -  talk to me?  13:29, 27 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Hi again Matty, I'm afraid that the the notability is something of a side issue, and you appear to have overlooked the other reasons I gave. We have rules, and are also bound by the law. The deleted text seems to be copied from this site, which as far as I can see does not explicitly state that it is in the public domain. It is therefore illegal for us to reproduce the text, so I cannot reinstate it. Some of the text, particularly regarding the pub crawl is non-neutral and encyclopaedic.


 * I looked at your other articles. The UBRC article appears to have no references to actually support the text, and some of the language is a bit spammy (eg unsourced great success).


 * I'm sorry that your experiences have not been positive. There is a great deal of help available, but I can't see that you have actually asked for any. For what it's worth, my first two Wikipedia article were both deleted  Jimfbleak -  talk to me?  16:55, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

FYI
University of Birmingham Liberal Democrats has been restored-- SPhilbrick (Talk)  19:37, 8 May 2012 (UTC)