User talk:Mbowlsby

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Bob Bowlsby
I reverted your changes to the Bob Bowlsby article since they were a cut and paste from his bio on the Stanford Athletics website. It is great that you want to expand this article, but please keep in mind that Wikipedia can't use information from another website as it is copyrighted; you should review Wikipedia's policy on copyrighted information here. Also, based on your user name, you may have a conflict of interest with the subject; you may also wish to review the conflict of interest policy here. Feel free to leave a message on my talk page here if you have further questions. Thanks! --Esprqii (talk) 17:27, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Matt Bramson
A tag has been placed on Matt Bramson 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 a person or group of people, 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, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for biographies.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the 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. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. Unforgiven24 (talk) 16:17, 19 August 2008 (UTC)