User talk:MettlebyAbby

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Speedy deletion nomination of Mettle by abby


A tag has been placed on Mettle by abby, requesting that it be deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which pages can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly-defined criteria, then it may be soon be deleted by an administrator. The reasons it has been tagged are:
 * It 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. (See section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Business for more information.
 * It appears to be a clear copyright infringement of https://www.mettlebyabby.com/pages/about-abby. (See section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) 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. However, even if you use one of these processes to release copyrighted material to Wikipedia, it still needs to comply with the other policies and guidelines to be eligible for inclusion. If you would like any assistance with this, you can ask a question at the help desk.

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. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 19:04, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of User:MettlebyAbby


A tag has been placed on User:MettlebyAbby requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section U5 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to consist of writings, information, discussions, and/or activities not closely related to Wikipedia's goals. Please note that Wikipedia is not a free Web hosting service. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such pages may be deleted at any time.

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, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 19:05, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Re: this series of edits: you are not supposed to remove the speedy deletion tag from an article you yourself have authored. Reducing the article to "This is jewelry." serves no purpose, as an article of such little content is also eligible for deletion. I know you really want an article about your company at Wikipedia, but your company does not meet the criteria for inclusion yet, and when it does, someone else should write the article. I know you came here with good intents not to violate Wikipedia guidelines, but it also appears that you came here only to write about your own company, which is, in itself, a violation of Wikipedia guidelines. However, as a jeweler, there are probably lots of articles you could help improve with your knowledge of jewelry and gems and metals and such. I hope you stick around to work on those types of things! WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 19:24, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

User:WikiDan61 Thank you for your response. I'm surprised even my user page even got deleted. Isn't that supposed to be an "about me" type thing? How was that in violation? I am what I do.
 * Abby, your user page is supposed to be an "About Me" as it pertains to your editing at Wikipedia. So, you are free to say that you are a jeweler, as that might inform people about the interests you have and what types of articles you might edit at Wikipedia and what type of knowledge you might bring to the project, but you are not free to promote your jewelry business on your user page. I hope that difference is clear to you. If not, ask further, or seek out help from other users at the Teahouse or by posting a helpme request here. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 20:44, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Mettle by abby


A tag has been placed on Mettle by abby 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 an organization or company, but it does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 20:22, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Really, just stop trying to write about your own company. For all that you have claimed that you wish to work within Wikipedia's guidelines, you have shown no indication of actually trying to do so. If you continue to try to promote your own company, you're just going to get blocked. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 20:24, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
 * You asked on Talk:Mettle by Abby (before it was deleted) why your company can't be included at Wikipedia. I've already tried to explain this several times, but I'll try once again.
 * In order to be included at Wikipedia, any topic (a company, a person, a band, a sports team, a scientific principle, etc.) must meet the general notability guidelines. For companies, there are a more specific set of criteria, but the general criteria are considered the bottom line. In general, a topic must have been the subject of significant coverage in independent media in order to be included at Wikipedia. This serves two purposes:
 * it keeps Wikipedia from becoming an indiscriminate list of everything that is;
 * it assures that the material at Wikipedia is verifiable based on the fact that the significant coverage has likely been subjected to an editorial review process that involves some fact checking.
 * Since your company does not appear to have been the subject of any such significant coverage, it is not eligible to be included at Wikipedia. And if it eventually does become notable enough, you should not be the person to write the article because you have a conflict of interest. The article must be written by a person who can write from a neutral point of view. None of this means that your company isn't good, or valuable, or important to you, just that it has not yet reached the level where a global encyclopedia should be covering it. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 20:39, 13 March 2017 (UTC)