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April 2011 edit
Hello Mweisgerb. If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Detroit_by_Design_-_2011_Symposium, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:
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Detroit symposium edit
You are welcome to add content to any other article but not the one with which you have a conflict of interest. See the notice above for an explanation of why it is inadvisable and, I'm sorry, but this particular instance is extremely clear-cut: it is advertising and there is nothing you can do that is likely to change this. - Sitush (talk) 15:25, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
Edited for your approval. Mweisgerb (talk) 15:28, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
Your correct, I haven't got it: I'm new to this whole process, and feel like I'm running up against a brick wall at every turn. If you would like to take a look at the attached references, stop by the Detroit Public Library to check out the site, look at some of the new photos I've uploaded on my Flickr account (if your across the pond) here, and present your non-biased view about this 3 month event, I'll be in your favor! I'm not one whose looking for proposals to this thing: mostly, as a resident of the city of Detroit, I just want to share what I know, and try my hand at wiki. So far not so good I suppose.. Mweisgerb (talk) 15:40, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
- Hi, I've cut out some of the "advert" stuff for you and tidied up some other bits. The deletion debate lasts 7 days, so do not panic about things just yet. I have real doubts about it surviving but there is time for recovery & I am happy to help. The principle point issue is that you need to establish notability that can be verified using reliable sources.
- You do have some sources in the article already, which is great, However, if this event is as significant as you suggest then I would expect to see a lot of coverage in mainstream news media. Has this happened? Can you maybe point me to any examples?
This all sounds very great, and has been rather informative! Currently, I believe that the coverage is on the way. The AIA Detroit really dropped the ball on advertising of the first event, considering it received a number of programs from around the world. However, John Gallagher, of the Detroit Free Press was in attendance to the event. As the 'local architecture writer' for this Newspaper, he may soon do a short piece when the Freep gets a slow news day (as he does every so often). I've been looking for this, to help give credibility to this wiki article, but guess I still will be waiting. Thanks for the help, I guess we shall see how it all goes in the near future. Mweisgerb (talk) 22:23, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
- Keep digging and stick something up here as soon as you spot it. I am watching this page & so should pick it up fairly quickly. Meanwhile, get yourself involved in editing other articles. Why not? You're here now, and more than welcome. Don't worry too much about getting things wrong because even the best of us (and I'm not one of those) get it wrong from time to time. You'll learn by the mistakes. - Sitush (talk) 23:02, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
I've closed the AFD and moved the article to User:Mweisgerb/Detroit by Design - 2011 Symposium. --Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:29, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
Feedback reply edit
Posted here: Wikipedia:Requests_for_feedback/2011_April_22#http:.2F.2Fwww.archdaily.com.2F124741.2Fdetroit-by-design.2F. MatthewVanitas (talk) 16:16, 22 April 2011 (UTC)