User talk:Stiggymills

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Speedy deletion nomination of MILLS EXTREME VEHICLES


A tag has been placed on MILLS EXTREME VEHICLES, 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 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; if no such tag exists, then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hang-on tag is unnecessary), 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. 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. —Bruce1eetalk 14:03, 7 January 2011 (UTC) I would be very greatful if someone could write an article re MEV in an aceptable manner as Wiki is incomplete without MEV. I have a conflict of interest but MEV should be listed. I noticed the word MEV has turned red now in the kit car manufacturers list (not sure what that means)so I have asked for help on that linked page. Please use search engines and add, that would be the best way for the Wikipedia page to be developed I think. I will leave it to the experts. Many thanks, regards Stuart

Speedy deletion nomination of MEV KIT CARS


A tag has been placed on MEV KIT CARS requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person, organization (band, club, company, etc.) or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

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; if no such tag exists, then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hang-on tag is unnecessary), 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. 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. —Bruce1eetalk 14:14, 7 January 2011 (UTC) Would someone please consider writting an article and posting it re MEV, We were the KIT CAR manufacturer that first introdced exoskeltal kit cars in 2007 but there is nothing on Wiki about us. MEV should be part of the lists at least for them to be complete

Speedy deletion nomination of MEV KIT CARS


A tag has been placed on MEV KIT CARS requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about an organization or company, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

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; if no such tag exists, then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hang-on tag is unnecessary), 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. 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. RadioFan (talk) 14:25, 16 February 2011 (UTC) I think I understand now but I am confused as to how all other kit manufacturers are listed but not MEV, most have an article with full details. Could someone add this for me please so the Wiki is up to date as I have a conflict of interest. My site is www.mevltd.co.uk lots of interesting stuff on that site, many thanks, regards Stuart

Your contributed article, Kit car manufacturers


Hello, I notice that you recently created a new page, Kit car manufacturers. First, thank you for your contribution; Wikipedia relies solely on the efforts of volunteers such as you. Unfortunately, the page you created covers a topic on which we already have a page - Kit_car. Because of the duplication, your article has been tagged for speedy deletion. Please note that this is not a comment on you personally and we hope you will to continue helping improve Wikipedia. If the topic of the article you created is one that interests you, then perhaps you would like to help out at Kit_car - you might like to discuss new information at the article's talk page.

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Spam warning
Hiya Stiggymills. Your edit history, and the text you added to Mazda MX-5 Miata leads me to believe that you are only here to advertise MEV kit cars. Please stop.

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to the encyclopedia, one or more of the external links you added 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 to this encyclopedia. Thank you.  ⊂&#124; Mr.choppers &#124;⊃  (talk) 00:05, 18 February 2011 (UTC) The wiki complete list of kit car manufacturers excludes MEV. The list is in complete. Most manufacturers have a full page with pictures etc. Is there a reason some are allowed and some are not? I am not advertising, just adding my cars to pages that are relavant and of interest to MX5 owners for example. You could improve wiki by adding MEV info yourself or ensure wiki is left incomplete by editing.

Sharing information and advertising your company are two very different things, and your edits are clearly about marketing. I welcome your vehicle in the market (I might be your target audience actuallly), and I don't have much against your advertising your product either - but you are not allowed to use Wikipedia as a method of reaching people. Nothing personal, and had you chosen another style of writing no-one would have been offended or even noticed.  ⊂&#124; Mr.choppers &#124;⊃  (talk) 06:49, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

No problem, I am new to Wiki so I do need help and guidance if the kit car lists are to be complete. Would you help by adding MEV for me please? I only ventured to the Mazda section as my posts were removed form the kit car manufacturers lists. All I was trying to do was add the name MEV. Could this be done somehow pleeeese? Regards Stuart, never meant to offend anyone.

February 2011
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Please familiarize yourself with relevant 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. RadioFan (talk) 02:28, 19 February 2011 (UTC) Sorry I am new to this, I just noticed MEV were not in the kit car manufacturers lists. That means they are in complete. I added my firms name but it keeps being removed. Could someone add it for me please, I will then go away a happy man!

Speedy deletion nomination of Mills Extreme Vehicles


A tag has been placed on Mills Extreme Vehicles requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an article with no content whatsoever, or whose contents consist only of external links, a "See also" section, book references, category tags, template tags, interwiki links, a rephrasing of the title, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

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Your article
Instead of creating articles with no content, try Requested articles. Zakhalesh (talk) 18:27, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

Removing Speedy at Mills Extreme Vehicles
Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but you removed a speedy deletion tag from Mills Extreme Vehicles, a page you have created yourself. If you do not believe the page should be deleted, you can place a tag on the page, under the existing speedy deletion tag (please do not remove the speedy deletion tag), and make your case on the page's talk page. Administrators will look at your reasoning before deciding what to do with the page. Thank you. - SDPatrolBot (talk) 18:37, 19 February 2011 (UTC) Soory I am new to this I just modifed the text and must have reomved the tag as I did not know what it was, I hope the current text is acceptable

A way forward?
You seem keen to create an article on MEV cars, but I don't think this is the way to do it. In particular, a history of repeated creations of deleted articles will get you blocked as a vandal, no matter what the worth of the article or subject. Wiki doesn't care about truth, it cares about policy and verifiability.

If the car models are notable, the maker might be. However if the maker isn't notable, it's most unlikely the cars would be instead (and source conveying notability on the car would almost certainly convey adequate notability on their maker). So I think you need to address the easier goal of a maker article, not trying to sneak through a cars article and hope it's not noticed!

To do this, I think you need two things. Firstly a draft in userspace, such as User:Stiggymills/Mills Extreme Vehicles. Secondly, make sure this draft is fit for publishing, i.e. it meets WP:N, WP:V and WP:RS. To do this, it needs mention from 3rd party sources, such as kit car magazines, show exhibitor catalogues, Top Gear etc. It ought to be able to meet at least this much!

Then when the article is polished (not necessarily finished), it can easily be moved into main articlespace. It is _very_ hard to write an article from scratch in one draft, publish it outside userspace, and not have it deleted immediately. Working first in userspace until WP:N is addressed is the way to go.

Good luck with it. Shout if copyediting help could be useful. Andy Dingley (talk) 17:05, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

License tagging for File:MEV Etrike.jpg
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License tagging for File:Blue-white MEV Sonic7.jpg
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License tagging for File:Yellow MEV Rocket.JPG
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License tagging for File:MEV R3.jpg
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License tagging for File:MEV R2.jpg
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License tagging for File:MEV Trek 4x4.jpg
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License tagging for File:MEV Tilting Trike.jpg
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License tagging for File:MEV Exocet Palletts.JPG
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License tagging for File:ATOMIC3.jpg
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File source and copyright licensing problem with File:MEV Eco-exo.jpg
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File source and copyright licensing problem with File:MEV TR1ke.jpg
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Image metadata
I see you're running foul of the need for image sourcing metadata, hence the flurry of deletion requests from 'bots.

One of the easiest ways to handle this is with the Information template

This takes a number of parameters

Source would be  and author should be   (if that's the case). If they aren't your images, that's OK too, but they'll also need OTRS permission (just an email) from the copyright or licence holder to demonstrate this.

Permission is best with a Creative Commons licence. CC-by-sa is the most restrictive that's accepted here.

As before, shout if I can be of any assistance. I see you've started on a userspace draft. Andy Dingley (talk) 15:48, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up, have updated Eco-Exo file in what I hope is the correct manner. On MEV draft page tilting trike, Trek, Rocket & Exocet sections pretty much complete - would like to have it confirmed that they meet wiki criteria (i.e. won't be deleted) before proceeding with other model descriptions, regards, Stuart