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Speedy deletion nomination of Vincent Amaury van Haaff (Vincent van Haaff Sr.)


A tag has been placed on Vincent Amaury van Haaff (Vincent van Haaff Sr.) 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 or group of people, 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, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, 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. aηsuмaη  ༽Ϟ  18:12, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Waterland Design LLC + Vincent Armaury van Haaff Sr.


A tag has been placed on Waterland Design LLC + Vincent Armaury van Haaff Sr., requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to have no meaningful content or history, and the text is unsalvageably incoherent. If the page you created was a test, please use the sandbox for any other experiments you would like to do. Feel free to leave a message on my talk page if you have any questions about this.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, 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. aηsuмaη  ༽Ϟ  18:18, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

status & advice
As reviewing administrator, I did not delete the articles; the one on the company indicates considerable importance, and the one of the principal, probably does also.

However, neither article is at present at all satisfactory.

As for the company:

A Wikipedia article needs to show notability with references providing substantial coverage from 3rd party independent published reliable sources, print or online, but not blogs or press releases, or material derived from press releases. For an architectural firm, these will normally be reviews of the works in professional publications. Youtube photos of the projects are not references.

It also needs to be written like an encyclopedia article, not a press release--don't praise the organization or person, say what they do. The importance will be shown by the references (it's ok to include a brief quoted excerpt from a published review). Remember not to copy from a web site, even your own -- first it's a copyright violation, but, even if you own the copyright and are willing to give us permission according to WP:DCM, the tone will not be encyclopedic and the material will not be suitable.

Include only material that would be of interest to a general reader coming across the mention of the subject and wanting the sort of information that would be found in an encyclopedia. Do not include material that would be of interest only to those associated with the subject, or to prospective clients--that sort of content is considered promotional. Keep in mind that the goal of an encyclopedia is to say things in a concise manner, which is not the style of  press releases or  web sites, which are usually more expansive.

As for the designer, unless you wish to include properly sourced biographical material, the easiest way is to redirect the article to the name of the company. If you do want to do a separate article, be sure to show notability by references to material about him personally, such as awards.

As for both:

About format: do not repeat the name of the company in every paragraph: the word "It" will be a suitable replacement. Do not use bold face except in headings (the symbol for bold face, by the way, is three single straight quotation marks without spaces . Don't use bold face in a link--the link will automatically be emphasised by the color. All references must end with a closing tag, which is -- I made this change for you.

And very much more important: as a general rule, a suitable page will be best written by someone without Conflict of Interest; it's not impossible to do it properly with a conflict of interest or as a paid press agent, but it's relatively more difficult: you are automatically thinking in terms of what the subject wishes to communicate to the public, but an uninvolved person will think in terms of what the public might wish to know. If you think you can do it right according to our guidelines, do so, but expect the article to be carefully checked for objectivity.

I advise you to fix the problems, and do this very quickly, before the article gets nominated for deletion by a regular deletion process. Actually, I or another administrator might even  delete it as hopelessly promotional -- I held of on that because I think it can be suitably rewritten based on the present structure. If I can help you further, let me know on my user talk page.  DGG ( talk ) 21:17, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Waterland Design LLC + Vincent Armaury van Haaff Sr.


A tag has been placed on Waterland Design LLC + Vincent Armaury van Haaff Sr., 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, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, 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. MikeWazowski (talk) 00:10, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Vincent Amaury van Haaff


A tag has been placed on Vincent Amaury van Haaff 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 or group of people, 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, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, 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. MikeWazowski (talk) 00:13, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Vincent Amaury van Haaff


The article Vincent Amaury van Haaff has been proposed for deletion because, under Wikipedia policy, all newly created biographies of living persons must have at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the prod blp tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within ten days, the article may be deleted, but you can when you are ready to add one. &mdash; RHaworth (talk · contribs) 09:03, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Waterland LLC+Vincent van Haaff


A tag has been placed on Waterland LLC+Vincent van Haaff 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, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, 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. Sperril (talk) 02:31, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

deletions and block
This time, I did remove the articles as promotional. You have failed to improve them, but are continuing to persistently write unsatisfactorily promotional articles. It would be necessary for someone to write them, and after trying it tonight, I found it would require starting from scratch. Clearly you have too much conflict of interest to be willing to do it properly, and that leaves me no recourse but to block you as an entirely promotional account. I will work with anyone working in good faith, but not with those who continue to reinsert the same inappropriate material repeatedly. The previous deletion warnings were not dealt with properly, and we need to prevent further attempts to use Wikipedia for promotion.  DGG ( talk ) 05:00, 20 October 2011 (UTC)