User talk:Xyxyboy/Archive 1

Orphaned non-free image (File:MEUSA.Logo.jpg)
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Unreferenced BLPs
Hello Xyxyboy! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 1 of the articles that you created  is tagged as an Unreferenced Biography of a Living Person. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to ensure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. If you were to bring this article up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current Category:All_unreferenced_BLPs article backlog. Once the article is adequately referenced, please remove the unreferencedBLP tag. Here is the article:

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Orphaned non-free media (File:CFACLOGO.gif)
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March 2010
Please do not replace Wikipedia pages with blank content. Blank pages can confuse readers, and are overall not helpful to the Wikipedia project; furthermore, blanking a page is not the same as deleting it.

If the article you blanked is a duplicate of another article, please redirect it to an appropriate existing page. If the page has been vandalized, please revert it to the last legitimate revision. If you feel that the content of a page is inappropriate, please replace it with appropriate content. If you believe there is no hope for the page, please use the appropriate deletion process. Zhang He (talk) 17:10, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

File copyright problem with File:MEUSA canvass.jpg
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Speedy deletion nomination of Canvass for a Cause
A tag has been placed on Canvass for a Cause 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, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for organizations and companies. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.

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 * All but two of the references are from their website and facebook. If they really are that important, you should be able to show properly how they pass WP:ORG. Ironholds (talk) 03:51, 28 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Got your email, there are no secrets to sourcing other than understanding what kind of sources that you can use, so be sure to read the verifiability policy and reliability guideline. In my opinion Wikipedia uses verifiability, notability, no original research, and What Wikikipedia is Not to define what Wikipedia is: an encyclopedia. Putting up articles which will survive can be very difficult if you don't have a pretty good knowledge of those four policies, so my #1 advice is to read them beginning to end. Best wishes and good luck,  T RANSPORTER M AN  ( TALK ) 02:29, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Articles for deletion nomination of Canvass for a Cause
I have nominated Canvass for a Cause, 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/Canvass for a Cause. 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. Rankiri (talk) 20:41, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:CFACLOGO.gif
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Regarding refactoring my !vote
I am responding to your post from Talk:Tres Watson here, in part because it is partially off-topic for that page, and in part because that page may be deleted in the near future, and some of this you may wish to refer to at a later date.

There is still time to go before the end of the deletion discussion; The Gadget Guys will not be gone before the end (at least not due to the Prod, which takes a week to take effect), assuming the deletion discussion is not extended. It is also not unthinkable that a new Canvass for a Cause might appear, as the article was most recently deleted due to its content rather than due to its subject. Plus, only one person need object in order to remove the PROD from Gadget Guys. As such, I am keeping my options open on recasting my !vote.

I do think you're misunderstanding what is being said when it is said you are being cited as a spokesperson in an article. It is not a statement of what your position in the organization is, but rather a note that you are being quoted as a person to give a voice to the organization, and thus the use of a quote from you is not an indication of your import separate from the organization. --Nat Gertler (talk) 17:58, 10 January 2017 (UTC)