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Speedy deletion nomination of User:Thisiswhatwefind/sandbox

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A tag has been placed on User:Thisiswhatwefind/sandbox, 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 encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.

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Your username

As in the song by Ian Dury? I'm just curious! Cheers DBaK (talk) 18:37, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

Hi No, not from Ian Dury although I really like his music. It's a phrase my friend coined before Ians track and I've always liked its laid back caring/not caring connotation. Cheers

aha! Thanks. Great song anyway. Cheers DBaK (talk) 22:09, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

Reply

Sandboxes are given a degree of leeway, particularly in terms of notability and referencing, but they are not immune from our policies, particularly with regard to copyright infringements and promotional content. Adding links to sales sites virtually guarantees deletion. I note that this article has been deleted three times by three different admins in a week. I'll restore the sandbox and possibly edit out any unacceptable text.

I strongly suggest that you take an off-line copy, since it's likely that the article will be tagged again. As soon as possible you should add independent verifiable sources to enable us to verify the facts and show that it meets the notability guidelines. Sources that are not acceptable include those linked to the band, social media and other sites that can be self-edited, blogs, websites of unknown or non-reliable provenance, and sites that are just reporting what the band claims or interviewing its management.

If you have a conflict of interest when editing this article, you must declare it. That's particularly the case if you have a financial stake in promoting the band. Paid advocacy is a category of conflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on neutral point of view and what Wikipedia is not, and is an especially egregious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a black hat practice.

Paid advocates are very strongly discouraged from direct article editing, and should instead propose changes on the talk page of the article in question if an article exists, and if it does not, from attempting to write an article at all. At best, any proposed article creation should be submitted through the articles for creation process, rather than directly.

Regardless, if you are receiving or expect to receive compensation for your edits, you are required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at User:Thisiswhatwefind. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Thisiswhatwefind|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. If I am mistaken – you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits – please state that in response to this message. If you are being compensated, please provide the required disclosure. In either case, please do not edit further until you answer this message. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 13:48, 29 December 2015 (UTC)

You can sign your comments automatically using four tildes ~~~~. As I said above, some leeway is given, but sandboxes aren't immune from our policies. In truth, I think you have been a bit unlucky to have been deleted three times. There is no formal time limit, but given the tribulations of this article, I think you should start adding references meeting the criteria listed above as soon as possible. Make sure that the band meets the linked notability criteria first though, or it may not be a runner. Contact me or

Seraphimblade if you have any queries. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 14:58, 29 December 2015 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Direct Drive (January 29)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Robert McClenon was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

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Robert McClenon (talk) 03:24, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

Hello! Thisiswhatwefind, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! Robert McClenon (talk) 03:24, 29 January 2016 (UTC)