User talk:Tjeffcenter

A tag has been placed on The Thomas Jefferson Center for the protection of Free Expression, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under 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 general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 11, as well as the guidelines on spam.

If you can indicate why the subject of this article is not blatant advertising, you may contest the tagging. To do this, please add  on the top of the page and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would help make it encyclopedic, as well as adding any citations from reliable sources to ensure that the article will be verifiable. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Pan Dan 14:02, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

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Please read WP:COI and WP:CORP. The first shows why it is generally a very bad idea to write articles about people/groups you are directly involved with. The second describes the notability requirements. It is the second that I deleted your first version of the article based on, though the self promotion issue was in play as well. You need to satisfy the WP:FIRM requirements at a minimum if the article is going to remain. This includes reliable, independant sources that show why the organization is notable. WP:SPAM might also be a goood one to read. Hopefully, if you will take the time to read these links, you will have a better idea of why there is opposition to your article at this point. - TexasAndroid 15:00, 28 June 2007 (UTC)