User talk:Stephenwsmith

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Speedy deletion nomination of Tofinou 7M


A tag has been placed on Tofinou 7M, 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 encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Organizations for more information.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, 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 from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator.  GILO  A& E&uArr;  16:23, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

Tofinou 7M
I did notice your note there. Unfortunately, the article was deleted, since it contained a lot of promotional language ("elegant", "cockpit is deep and perfectly secure", "yacht level of finish, she is an elegant daysailer", etc.). Also, though, I wanted to clarify a bit about the process of writing articles. While we always appreciate contributions, article content should be based on what reliable sources have to say about a subject. It looks like the page you were writing was a collection of your personal thoughts or reflections from owning the boat yourself. Unfortunately, since we can't verify that to be correct or complete, I'm afraid that won't work.

Creating new articles is one of our more difficult processes. We do have a collaboration group (called a "WikiProject") that covers sailing and works on articles related to it. You can find them here. Being a Wikiproject member isn't in any way required to edit articles in the area, but they likely can offer you some advice getting started and maybe point out some areas who could do with someone familiar with sailing. Once you've edited a bit, you'll probably better know whether an article on something would be appropriate, and if so how to find reference material. You're welcome to ping me with any questions you might have too. Seraphimblade Talk to me 20:42, 17 October 2016 (UTC)