User talk:McKenna at FSU Publications

Your username
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Speedy deletion nomination of Publications at Florida State


A tag has been placed on Publications at Florida State, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Organizations for more information.

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Publications at Florida State
There were major problems with the promotional tone throughout this article. This would need to fixed at Draft:Florida State: University Publications, and then I suggest submitting it to Articles for creation rather than copying it over to main space again. That way you will hopefully get some feedback on the major issues. I also suggest you read some articles on similar topics to get an idea of the type of language and layout we expect here. Sarahj2107 (talk) 12:01, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Florida State: University Publications


A tag has been placed on Draft:Florida State: University Publications, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Organizations for more information.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. 2601:188:1:AEA0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 16:12, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Hello, McKenna at FSU Publications. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places, or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic, and it is important when editing Wikipedia articles that such connections be completely transparent. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, we ask that you please:


 * avoid editing or creating articles related to you and your family, friends, school, company, club, or organization, as well as any competing companies' projects or products;
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 * when discussing affected articles, disclose your COI (see WP:DISCLOSE);
 * avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or to the website of your organization in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
 * exercise great caution so that you do not violate Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Please take a few moments to read and review Wikipedia's policies regarding conflicts of interest, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you. 2601:188:1:AEA0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 16:12, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

What is and isn't acceptable here
Hi, notwithstanding the above notices, I don't think you've read, or taken to heart, what constitutes an encyclopedic article. Promotional edits and non-notable personalities are not acceptable on Wikipedia, either in article or draft space. I seem to be running into a lot of this coming out of FSU lately, and may take this up at a noticeboard, and see if the university ought to be contacted. 2601:188:1:AEA0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 16:25, 15 November 2016 (UTC)
 * FYI, the above editor did indeed post regarding the matter at the administrator's noticeboard. While you weren't mentioned specifically, the FSU Publications draft was mentioned, and therefore I figured you should be notified of the discussion.  -- Finngall   talk  17:04, 15 November 2016 (UTC)