User talk:S.Steve.Adkins

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Microlift
Your article Microlift is not written according to wikipedia's standdards for articles. It reads like an advertisment and a promotion of the subject. I tagged it with a rewrite tag. Please see Manual of Style and Tutorial before making any further edits and as guides to help in the rewriting process of the article. --Tainter 20:23, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Tainter, you were the first person to edit the Wikipedia page Microlift. I responded to your concerns. But, this webpage has suffered massive edits by people who do not really understand this very advance new niche in soaring. I have the backing of the top experts in the world including the late Paul MacCready. See http://esoaring.com/index_old.html. Gary Osoba has made one change to the topic. Gary is a a well known contest pilot and owner of the prototype Carbon Dragon ultralight glider that is the genesis of the regime of glider flight.

The problem is that Ahunt and others have made massive changes including changing the topic to "Microlift glider". We do not support this change. The past president of the Ultralight Soaring Association, Danny Howelll, suggests that the topic may be "Microlift Gliding". I don't know how to make that change.

I have tried to create links to all of the appropriate webpages of glidiers that are relevant to this topic. Ahunt keeps changing the links back to Widkipedia pages THAT DO NOT EXIST.

So finally out of frustration, I created the page "Glidersport LightHawk" as a simple way to avoid this conflict ... and to provide a link to our webpage.

We are performing advanced research and at this time do not even have anything to sell ... so we aren't advertising.

What should I do?

Please respond by email to "steve@adkins.name".

I am also writing JohnCD.

Possibly unfree File:Gliderdomain.jpg
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Possibly unfree File:Glider domains.jpg
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February 2012
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to the encyclopedia, one or more of the external links you added to the page Microlift glider do not comply with our guidelines for external links and have been removed. Wikipedia is not a collection of links; nor should it be used as a platform for advertising or promotion, and doing so is contrary to the goals of this project. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. If you feel the link should be added to the article, please discuss it on the article's talk page before reinserting it. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. Thank you. - Ahunt (talk) 20:54, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Glidersport LightHawk


A tag has been placed on Glidersport LightHawk, 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 an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Business for more information.

If you think that the page was nominated in error, contest the nomination by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion" in the speedy deletion tag. Doing so will take you to the talk page where you can explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but 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 yourself, but do not hesitate to add information that is consistent with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. AllyD (talk) 19:23, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Glidersport LightHawk
I have deleted this, not as promotional (there wasn't enough there for that), but because we do not like to have "watch this space" articles in the encyclopedia, so they are speedily deleted under WP:CSD no content. If you want to take your time about developing an article, you should make a draft in your user space - start by going to Help:Userspace draft and filling in the form there. Then you can work on it without the risk of premature deletion, and submit it when it is ready. See WP:Your first article and WP:Writing better articles for general advice. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 19:50, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

The delete was countermanded by Ahunt creating an excellent article for Glidersport LightHawk.

April 2012
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to the encyclopedia, one or more of the external links you added to the page Microlift glider‎ do not comply with our guidelines for external links and have been removed. Wikipedia is not a collection of links; nor should it be used as a platform for advertising or promotion, and doing so is contrary to the goals of this project. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. If you feel the link should be added to the article, please discuss it on the article's talk page before reinserting it. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. Thank you. - Ahunt (talk) 17:48, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Note: Through the help of JohnCD and Ahunt, I eventually came to understand the Wikipedia philosophy on links. I apologize for the ruckus that this created. In the end, Ahunt created a very nice Wikipedia topic for Glidersport LightHawk which replaced the link to the company website.

Your recent edits
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OK, I will do a test drive S.Steve.Adkins ____ s steve adkins 21:50, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

That didn't work, I'll try again ____ --s steve adkins 21:51, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

OK ... one more try S.Steve.Adkins (talk) 22:03, 6 April 2012 (UTC)