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Happy editing! I dream of horses (Contribs) (Talk) 18:24, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
- Thank you! Actiph (talk) 18:26, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Zimbali Coastal Resort
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A tag has been placed on Zimbali Coastal Resort, 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, group, product, service, person, or point of view 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.
If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. 2A00:23EE:1658:441A:68F1:B3FF:FE7A:B9B (talk) 12:26, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
- This is really odd - I do not work for Zimbali and this page is really about providing information about the environment in the natural coastal forest.
- Why are you nominating it for speedy deletion? How do you want me to write the page to be more informative? It has zero marketing as it's simply a natural forest estate? Actiph (talk) 12:53, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
- If you're concerned about the title, we could easily rename the page to be about the Zimbali Coastal Forest - it's critical that people understand the fauna and flora/biodiversity preserved in this forest as well as the conservation efforts going on to repopulate certain species like the African Crowned Eagle for example. Actiph (talk) 12:56, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
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Hello, Actiph. Thank you for helping to build Wikipedia-- the world's largest free content encyclopedia. The page Zimbali Coastal Resort has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This was done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seemed to be unambiguous advertising which only promoted a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to have been fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.
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- As per my above replies if you missed.
- This is really odd - I do not work for Zimbali and this page is really about providing information about the environment in the natural coastal forest.
- Why are you nominating it for speedy deletion? How do you want me to write the page to be more informative? It has zero marketing as it's simply a natural forest estate?
- If you're concerned about the title, we could easily rename the page to be about the Zimbali Coastal Forest - it's critical that people understand the fauna and flora/biodiversity preserved in this forest as well as the conservation efforts going on to repopulate certain species like the African Crowned Eagle for example.
- I'm more than happy to add the relevant sources but I don't think it helps that you've just speedily deleted the page without discussing it properly. Actiph (talk) 12:58, 20 July 2023 (UTC)