User talk:Sandyjoe827

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate your contributions to the article Ben Lippen School, but for legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition was deleted under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

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You might want to look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines for more details, or ask a question here. You can also leave a message on my talk page. JoJan (talk) 17:37, 29 March 2010 (UTC).

Speedy deletion nomination of Ben Lippen School
A tag has been placed on Ben Lippen School, 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 as well as FAQ/Business for more information. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. ALI nom nom 17:40, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Discussion
I am the marketing manager for Ben Lippen School and simply copied and pasted some information that I had already created for our website. I am an authorized representative of the school and am simply trying to learn how to get information about our school out on Wikipedia. There has been no copyright infringement as the wording being copied is my own. Thank you. Sandy Hightower Sandyjoe827 (talk) 17:45, 29 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Well, see, that's the problem. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. It is not an open forum for companies, and it is not a tool to assist marketing. It would be possible to have an article on your school here, but it would have to be an encyclopedic article, not an advertisement. Nobody wants articles written like this, we want them more like this. See how the other is more informative? ALI nom nom 17:52, 29 March 2010 (UTC)