User talk:EastGhost
September 2009
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Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, one or more of the external links you added such as to the page Club of Rome do not comply with our guidelines for external links and have been removed. Wikipedia is not a collection of links; nor should it be used for advertising or promotion, and doing so is contrary to the goals of this project. Since Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. If you feel the link should be added to the article, please discuss it on the article's talk page before reinserting it. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Gabriel Kielland (talk) 04:27, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of David McGowan (author)
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A tag has been placed on David McGowan (author) 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, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for biographies. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.
If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), 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. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. ArcAngel (talk) 19:45, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
As reviewing administrator, I have deleted this article. You said on the talk page
- Regarding what appears to be an automated proposal for "speedy deletion", the reason for McGowan's relevance is the obvious importance of his historical research into such seemingly disconnected topics as Charles Manson, Laurel Canyon, The Beach Boys, Sharon Tate, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Frank Zappa, The Gulf of Tonkin and many other areas.
But his 3 books and all his other work are apparently self-published, and merely asserting self-published work without any evidence of their importance is not a credible claim to notability. If you can show that his work has been reviewed or discussed in 3rd party independent published reliable sources, print or online, but not blogs or press releases, or material derived from press releases, then rewrite the article, giving references to them. Please do not attempt this otherwise. I suggest that your read our guide to writing Wikipedia articles, and our standards for notability of people. DGG ( talk ) 06:15, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
Spam
[edit] Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Frank Zappa. Wikipedia is not a collection of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include (but are not limited to) links to personal web sites, links to web sites with which you are affiliated, and links that attract visitors to a web site or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam guideline for further explanations. Because Wikipedia uses the nofollow attribute value, its external links are disregarded by most search engines. If you feel the link should be added to the article, please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. Thank you.
This website wants to run the following add-on: "ietag.dll"
In order to remove previous links you might have accidentally added, you can use the following:
davesweb.cnchost.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com
Thanks for keeping Wikipedia spam free. DVdm (talk) 15:50, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
Added this to Mattesse talk page: Frank Zappa & author Dave McGowan
Hi there, just curious as to why you removed a supporting source, however "unreliable" you may deem it, and reverted instead to a totally unsupported statement? Re: this edit comparison, and precisely this statement "The family moved often during Zappa's childhood because his father, a chemist and mathematician, had various jobs in the US defense industry." and this reference http://www.davesweb.cnchost.com/nwsltr93.html -- doesn't it seem somewhat inappropriate and inaccurate to slap a "spam" moniker on a very specific reference providing (or attempting to provide) very specific support? As Wikipedia is a work essentially forever in progress, doesn't that fairly carry to its supporting research? I wouldn't call honest attempts at support "spam", and I wouldn't be so quick to scrub honest research.
The article Tetrasil has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
- no evidence of notability
While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.
You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.
Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{dated prod}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 18:55, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
Why can't I edit Wikipedia?
Your account's edits and/or username indicate that it is being used on behalf of a company, group, or organization for purposes of promotion and/or publicity. The edits may have violated one or more of our rules on spamming, which include: adding inappropriate external links, posting advertisements, and using Wikipedia for promotion. Wikipedia has many articles on companies, groups, and organizations, but it is considered inappropriate for such groups to use Wikipedia to write about themselves. In addition, usernames like yours are disallowed under our username policy.
- Am I allowed to make these edits if I change my username?
Probably not. See Wikipedia:FAQ/Organization for a helpful list of frequently asked questions by people in your position. Also, review the conflict of interest guidance to see the kinds of limitations you would have to obey if you did want to continue editing about your company, group, or organization. If this does not fit in with your goals, then you will not be allowed to edit again. Consider using one of the many websites that allow this instead.
- What can I do now?
You are still welcome to write about something other than your company or organization. If you do intend to make useful contributions on some other topic, you must convince a Wikipedia administrator that you mean it. To that end, please do the following:
- Add the text
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