MattSThomson

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February 2011

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page Amos Joannides has been reverted.
Your edit here was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove links which are discouraged per our external links guideline from Wikipedia. The external link you added or changed is on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. I removed the following link(s): http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Amos-Joannides/10041343053.
If you were trying to insert an external link that does comply with our policies and guidelines, then please accept my creator's apologies and feel free to undo the bot's revert. However, if the link does not comply with our policies and guidelines, but your edit included other, constructive, changes to the article, feel free to make those changes again without re-adding the link. Please read Wikipedia's external links guideline for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! --XLinkBot (talk) 16:35, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

References

It might be useful for you to review Wikipedia's reliable source guidelines. Social-networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube are not, generally, reliable sources of information, but things like newspaper articles, magazine articles, and books definitely are, and could very usefully be used to verify the information in the articles you are creating. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 17:49, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Images

You're trying to add an image to an article, but it's an image that doesn't seem to have been uploaded to Wikipedia. See WP:IMAGE for how to do that, and WP:COI for what to do if you're a representative of this record company. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 17:56, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of West Brome Records

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A tag has been placed on West Brome Records requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article, which appears to be about a real person, individual animal(s), an organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, does not indicate how or why the subject of the article is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

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You may want to read the guidelines for specific types of articles: biographies, websites, bands, or companies. JoeSperrazza (talk) 18:11, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Amos Joannides

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A tag has been placed on Amos Joannides 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 band or musician, 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, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hang on}} 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 hang-on 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. 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. Ben Ben (talk) 18:13, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Can I give you some advice?

Right now, you're presenting the appearance of a person who is trying to promote his own company. That's a major problem at Wikipedia- one of the biggest problems we have- and because we deal with it hundreds of times every day, most people aren't going to take the time to talk to you the way I am now. Here's what you need to do:

• If you work for West Brome Records, just stop. At Wikipedia, we all agree not to write about ourselves or our own businesses, and we expect you to follow that rule, too. Don't worry- musicians who are really significant are inevitably the subject of articles written by the many music fans who write Wikipedia. Instead, you could help Wikipedia by improving articles about musicians and subjects that you aren't directly associated with.
• If you don't work for West Brome Records, pause. Read the notability criteria, and make sure that the subjects you're writing about meet them. Don't create any article without at least three reliable, independent sources, like newspaper articles, magazine articles, and books that discuss the importance of the subject.

If you don't follow these rules, what's going to happen is that the articles you want to create will be deleted from Wikipedia for not meeting our standards, and if you insist on recreating them, you'll be blocked from editing. I'd hate to see that happen. Don't worry about needing to do everything right now- there is no deadline, and you can take time to gather good sources before adding an article to the encyclopedia. Let me know if you have any questions. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 18:15, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of My Name is Amos

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A tag has been placed on My Name is Amos, 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 Wikipedia:FAQ/Business for more information.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hang on}} 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 hang-on 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. 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. Ben Ben (talk) 18:15, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Follow-up message

I was sad to see that you didn't read my message or take my advice. Since you do have a conflict of interest, and weren't able to say anything helpful about notability or to add any appropriate sources, I deleted all of the articles that have been worrying you. You aren't going to be able to re-create them, since your conflict of interest makes it inappropriate for you to write about these subjects, so you are now free either to help Wikipedia without having to think about work, or to close Wikipedia and go do something else. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 18:36, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Did you receive my emails? Again, i'm kind of unsure how this system works exactly. (MattSThomson (talk) 18:54, 26 February 2011 (UTC))

Your recent edits

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