User talk:TheMixmaster

Speedy deletion nomination of Mixmastered Acoustics

Hello TheMixmaster,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Mixmastered Acoustics for deletion, because it seems to be promotional, rather than an encyclopedia article.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Julietdeltalima (talk) 22:51, 2 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestions for your article

Thank you so much for your thoughtful, pleasant question regarding the speedy-deletion tagging of your article! The page WP:TAGGED will answer your question more efficiently than I can. I'm not an administrator (administrators, or "admins," are a relatively tiny subset of Wikipedia editors who have certain activity rights) so I can't personally restore your article. I will tell you that, while your article included some neutral information regarding acoustics, it appeared to me—and apparently appeared as well to a reviewing administrator who concurred with the speedy-deletion nomination—that the principal focus of the article was promotional. This is an issue about which many Wikipedia editors and administrators are very opinionated because of the overwhelming number of articles that small businesses, individuals, bands, website operators, etc. create hourly in contravention of the encyclopedia's guidelines regarding notability. Your useful information regarding acoustics is welcome in the encyclopedia, but it's more appropriately added, in a neutral, non-promotional manner, to existing articles regarding acoustics and/or sound engineering. There are a number of editors and administrators who participate in the discussions at WP:TEAHOUSE regarding issues like this, and they may help you strike a balance in this regard.

One more quick hint—I was able, by looking at the "view history" tab of my talk page, to track you down to respond to your question, but, as you may not realize, talk page entries aren't automatically signed with your username. When you leave a posting on an article or user talk page, type four tildes (those wiggly lines over some Spanish "n"s; my particular desktop keyboard has it as the uppercase of the key to the left of the numeral 1) to automatically insert your signature. All the best to you— Julietdeltalima (talk) 02:44, 3 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello TheMixmaster, and welcome to Wikipedia. Your addition to Dan Morrell has had to be removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. While we appreciate your contributing to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from your sources to avoid copyright or plagiarism issues here.

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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 15:49, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]