User talk:Zahmhouse

Zahm Hall
Two points. First, users may never, under any circumstance, remove AfD templates until the discussion closes. Note that doing so doesn't actually accomplish anything anyway, because the discussion is held on the AfD page and continues even if the template is not there. I replied to your comments on the AfD. The main thing is that this article is lacking any evidence that it is "notable" in the sense defined by Wikipedia's notability policy. If you can address that problem (which would be done by adding multiple, reliable, independent sources that discuss Zahm Hall in detail) then the article should and will be kept. You have about 5-6 days to find such references before the AfD discussion closes; alternatively, if it should be deleted, but references are found later, the article could be recreated (we can even put a copy into your userspace for you to work on in the meanwhile). Second, you said that the information came from a "free website". Nothing on that website indicates that it is free; in the U.S., unless something is specifically placed into the public domain, it is copyrighted automatically when written (except for special circumstances that don't apply). So, absent proof that the website is not copyrighted, that text can't be included here. It could possibly be summarized and substantially rewritten. There's no point in worrying about that, though, until we determine whether or not the article will be kept.

If you have any questions, feel free to post them here or on my talk page at any time. Qwyrxian (talk) 01:04, 17 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Sorry, one more thing. Please read WP:COI, which is our policy regarding editing with a conflict of interest.  Your name seems to indicate that you are a resident of that dorm; as such, I can only assume you have a direct COI.  We do invite you to continue working on the article, but be sure you do follow policies, like remaining neutral and using reliable sources while doing so. You may also wish to consider requesting a name change so that it does not appear that you are an "official" representative of this organization.  Qwyrxian (talk) 01:07, 17 March 2011 (UTC)