User talk:Va02GOP

Conflict of interest guidelines
Welcome to Wikipedia. If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:
 * 1) editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with;
 * 2) participating in deletion discussions about articles related to your organization or its competitors; and
 * 3) linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Spam).

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. Hairhorn (talk) 17:52, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Articles for deletion nomination of Bert Mizusawa
I have nominated Bert Mizusawa, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Articles for deletion/Bert Mizusawa. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. Rohedin TALK 20:50, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Bert Mizusawa
A tag has been placed on Bert Mizusawa requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be a clear copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words.

If the external website belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text — which means allowing other people to modify it — then you must verify that externally by one of the processes explained at Donating copyrighted materials. If you are not the owner of the external website but have permission from that owner, see Requesting copyright permission. You might want to look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines for more details, or ask a question here.

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 hangon 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.  Teapot  george Talk  21:35, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Bert Mizusawa
Hi there, I believe Mizusawa is notable enough for a WP article. Just make sure that every statement is sourced to reliable sources (click on it, it is a page worth reading through), and give preference to press and book sources (I have posted some links in the deletion discussion). You can find Wikipedia guidelines on how to use self-published sources (like Mizusawa's own website or Facebook page) at WP:SELFPUB. Generally, they should be used sparingly, and not be used for material someone might reasonably construe as self-serving (extolling accomplishments, etc.). If third-party sources (books or press articles published by someone unrelated to the subject) extol his accomplishments, that is different and can be used. Try to rewrite any texts copied from elsewhere in your own words. The deletion discusson typically runs seven days from initiation. If you manage to fix the text and sourcing by then, I think the article will stand. Good luck. -- JN 466  16:04, 6 June 2010 (UTC)