User talk:Smith7777

January 2009
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page Brookings, Oregon has been reverted.

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Speedy deletion of Winter Art & Chocolate Festival
A tag has been placed on Winter Art & Chocolate Festival, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be blatant 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.

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 article 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 article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the article or have a copy emailed to you. manadude2 (talk) 02:06, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Please....
Like most people whose articles get a "speedy deletion" tag, you're really really really thoroughly thumbing your nose at the conventions according to which Wikipedia articles are written. Why don't you at least ATTEMPT to find out what those are and follow them? See WP:MOS for starters. And see my remarks in square brackets in the article. Michael Hardy (talk) 06:27, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

...and where's stuff like THIS come from???:
 * And how about some chocolate? Branson’s Chocolates are bringing their handmade chocolates, fudge, truffles and caramels over from Ashland for the first time.  Meet the chocolatiers and get some of their yummy creations for yourself!  Bandon’s Best Kettle Korn will have extra batches of their decadent chocolate-coated kettle corn.  They usually run out of this tasty treat, so come early!
 * And how about some chocolate? Branson’s Chocolates are bringing their handmade chocolates, fudge, truffles and caramels over from Ashland for the first time.  Meet the chocolatiers and get some of their yummy creations for yourself!  Bandon’s Best Kettle Korn will have extra batches of their decadent chocolate-coated kettle corn.  They usually run out of this tasty treat, so come early!

How inappropriate can you get? Michael Hardy (talk) 06:28, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Winter Art & chocolate Festival
A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Winter Art & chocolate Festival, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process&#32; because of the following concern:
 * Non-notable local festival. 19 ghits and they are directory listings. Nothing in gnews. Dawn Bard (talk) 14:31, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

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. Dawn Bard (talk) 14:33, 18 June 2009 (UTC)