User talk:Randalltowe

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Speedy deletion nomination of The End of Time by Randall Towe


A tag has been placed on The End of Time by Randall Towe requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article or image appears to be a clear copyright infringement. This article or image appears to be a direct copy from. 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.

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Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, Randalltowe. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article The End of Time by Randall Towe, you may have a conflict of interest.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about ensuring their edits are verified by reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

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 * Avoid or exercise great caution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with.
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 * Exercise great caution so that you do not accidentally breach Wikipedia's content policies.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant content 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 a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. Drm310 (talk) 22:46, 24 July 2014 (UTC)

What are you taking about? The article is a science fiction article about my science fiction book that I wrote. It's science fiction as I stated. If you don't want it posted then delete it. I don't care. I don't have time to read your countless pages of jargon to post something I own the copyrights to. Thanks


 * As other users have stated, there are certain steps that must be followed if you wish to donate copyrighted materials. Regardless, writing about yourself or about your work is highly discouraged as it has the appearance of self-promotion, which is one of many things Wikipedia is not for. If you have no interest in writing about subjects, you might consider some alternative outlets instead. Thanks. --Drm310 (talk) 02:15, 25 July 2014 (UTC)

Nomination of The End of Time by Randall Towe for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article The End of Time by Randall Towe is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/The End of Time by Randall Towe until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. —teb728 t c 22:59, 24 July 2014 (UTC)