User talk:Munatones

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How do I delete my Contributions/Munatones (article on self)? I will do so immediately, but I am not sure how to do so. Munatones (talk) 12:57, 15 June 2008 (UTC)Steven Munatones
 * Add to the top of the article.-- Kero  tan -Have a nice day :) 13:33, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Autobiographical article
You should wait for others to write an article about subjects in which you are personally involved. This applies to articles about you, your achievements, your band, your business, your publications, your website, your relatives, and any other possible conflict of interest.

Creating an article about yourself is strongly discouraged. If you create such an article, it might be listed on articles for deletion. Deletion is not certain, but many feel strongly that you should not start articles about yourself. This is because independent creation encourages independent validation of both significance and verifiability. All edits to articles must conform to No original research, Neutral point of view, and Verifiability.

If you are not "notable" under Wikipedia guidelines, creating an article about yourself may violate the policy that Wikipedia is not a personal webspace provider and would thus qualify for speedy deletion. If your achievements, etc., are verifiable and genuinely notable, and thus suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later. (See Wikipedians with articles.)  --DAJF (talk) 21:20, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

License tagging for Image:Olympic 10K Marathon Swim venue (course layout).JPG
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License tagging for Image:Beijing 0A0P3303.jpg
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July 2008
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I was the original writer and creator of the concept of Ocean's Seven which has now been accepted by the open water swimming community. The information was initially posted at www.10Kswimmer.com. Therefore, I did not know how or why I had to give permission to use my own material. Sorry about that.

Proposed deletion of Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Olympic 10K Marathon Swim, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the  notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised because even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. Yboy83 (talk) 10:49, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Conflict of interest policy
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 or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with;
 * 2) participating in deletion discussions about articles related to your organization or its competitors;
 * 3) linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Spam); and,
 * 4) avoid breaching relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for businesses. For more details about what, exactly, constitutes a conflict of interest, please see our conflict of interest guidelines. --Ronz (talk) 02:22, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
 * --Ronz (talk) 02:30, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
 * --Ronz (talk) 02:33, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Please respond
Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. It is considered spamming and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Since Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, additions of links to Wikipedia will not alter search engine rankings. If you continue spamming, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. --Ronz (talk) 16:23, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Given your editing history, I strongly encourage you to respond to this warning and how you interpret your editing in light of WP:COI. --Ronz (talk) 16:30, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Publications as varied as the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, CNN, National Public Radio, National Geographic, Swimming World Magazine, Competitor Magazine and organizations such as the Beijing Olympic Committee and NBC (which is the American broadcaster with the exclusive rights to televise the Beijing Olympics in the U.S.) have referred to the www.10Kswim.com site in order to better understand the sport of open water swimming which is receiving unprecedented publicity due to its inclusion in the Beijing Olympics. These reporters and media representatives want an unbiased and accurate description of the sport and refer to the www.10Kswim.com site. These publications have referred to www.10Kswim.com in their articles and announcements. The other websites and sources listed do not comprehensively report on or describe the sport. In fact, these other websites take information from the www.10Kswim.com and post it on their own websites.

As one example, the Open Water Swimming Dictionary that I wrote as part of www.10Kswim.com is currently being used by the Beijing Olympic Committee, NBC, NBC Olympics.com, USA Swimming (the national governing body of swimming in the USA) and Swimming World Magazine (considered to be the ultimate independent source of swimming in the world).

Additionally, the www.10Kswim.com website will be the basis for the new International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame website that I was asked to develop and manage. The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame is a part of the larger International Swimming Hall of Fame.

In summary, it is very unfortunate my desire to provide accurate and comprehensive information on the sport of open water swimming is considered to be spamming or advertising. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Munatones (talk • contribs) 19:56, 19 August 2008
 * Thanks for responding. I appreciate your situation and think this can be worked out. There are four issues here:
 * You added links that were only indirectly related to the article's subject. See WP:LINKSTOAVOID.
 * You added the link and nothing more to multiple articles. See WP:SPAMMER.
 * The site is probably not considered a reliable source.
 * You have a conflict of interest with the sites. See also WP:EL.
 * Because of your conflict of interest, you probably shouldn't add the links yourself, but instead suggest the addition on the article's talk page. It would help if you first started a discussion about if and when the sites might be considered reliable sources at WP:RSN.  I hope you find this helpful. --Ronz (talk) 23:57, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Your recent edits
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October 2010
This is the final warning you will receive regarding your disruptive edits. The next time you insert a spam link, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Persistent spammers may have their websites blacklisted, preventing anyone from linking to them from all Wikimedia sites as well as potentially being penalized by search engines. --Ronz (talk) 03:10, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of International marathon swimming hall of fame


A tag has been placed on International marathon swimming hall of fame 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 clear 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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