Alexwarwickvesztrocy
Speedy deletion of Basingstoke & Deane Youth Council
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A tag has been placed on Basingstoke & Deane Youth Council requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be a blatant copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words.
If the external website belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text — which means allowing other people to modify it — then you must include on the external site the statement "I, (name), am the author of this article, (article name), and I release its content under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 and later." You might want to look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines for more details, or ask a question here.
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 (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 article 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 article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Aleta Sing 22:08, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
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Welcome to Wikipedia, Alexwarwickvesztrocy! I am Aleta and have been editing Wikipedia for quite some time. I just wanted to say hi and welcome you to Wikipedia! If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on my talk page or by typing {{helpme}} at the bottom of this page. I love to help new users, so don't be afraid to leave a message! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:
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Aleta Sing 22:09, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
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Deletion of Basingstoke & Deane Youth Council page - NOT Copyright Infringing
editThe newly created page for Basingstoke & Deane Youth Council has been deleted from Wikipedia - the information that was posted was, ofcourse, using other information on the web related to the bdyc - but we (as the youth council) give permission for this to be on wikipedia (I am personally the secretary/webmaster).
Can I have a further indepth reason why it has been deleted - and whether it is possible for the information to be recovered?
Alexwarwickvesztrocy (talk) 15:12, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
- I am not an admin, and I didn't see the article in its original form, but I can offer the following:
- Granting of copyright permission is more complicated than merely providing an assertion. An explanation of the proper procedure can be found here.
- We generally discourage people from writing articles about themselves or about organizations with which they are directly involved for reasons of conflict of interest.
- Even if the copyright issue were left aside, from what I can find it is likely that the article would have been deleted anyway because the council is not notable enough to merit an article here. (The more specific guidelines for organizations can be found here.) Establishing that a subject is notable requires that one provide multiple non-trivial verifiable references to reliable sources that are independent of the subject. A quick Google search revealed little if anything in the way of proper references, although the sources need not be online as long as they are properly cited.
- All this being said, the information can be recovered by any administrator--I suggest that you directly contact the admin who deleted the article. One thing they can do is move it to a subpage of your user page where you can work on it at your leisure. Furthermore, the fact that an article has been speedily deleted does not preclude you from recreating it at any time, but I recommend against it unless the content has been noticeably improved.
- I hope this helps. Please check out the links I have provided to Wikipedia's policies and procedures, and if you have further questions, do not hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Happy editing! --Finngall talk 16:57, 14 April 2008 (UTC)