User talk:Experience the gift
Re: GreaterGood South Africa
[edit]Actually the advert reason is because of the content of the article and how it's written, not anything about the organization itself. It was written like it was an advert instead of as an encyclopedia article. --WoohookittyWoohoo! 00:16, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
- And looking at it, I didn't realize that it was written in your userspace and not in the article space. I'll restore it for now, but it'll probably need to be rewritten. WP:ADVERT has a nice explanation as to what is considered an advert and what isn't. --WoohookittyWoohoo! 00:19, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
- It still reads a bit like an advert. I would suggest wikilinking as many key words as can, such as non-profit organisation and South Africa. That makes the article look less like it's an advert. Also, see if you can find an outside source that backs up what you are saying such as one of these groups that rates non-profit organizations. The problem right now is that the only sources are from the group's website. You need to show that the group is notable. A good way to do that is to use as sources other groups talking about or mentioning this group. Help:Link and WP:NOTE are a couple of good resources on the site that talk about these 2 things in greater detail. --WoohookittyWoohoo! 07:38, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
- Once you get those 2 things addressed, I can reword some of the stuff so it reads less like an advert. I know that we have a steep learning curve with this stuff. --WoohookittyWoohoo! 07:41, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
- It still reads a bit like an advert. I would suggest wikilinking as many key words as can, such as non-profit organisation and South Africa. That makes the article look less like it's an advert. Also, see if you can find an outside source that backs up what you are saying such as one of these groups that rates non-profit organizations. The problem right now is that the only sources are from the group's website. You need to show that the group is notable. A good way to do that is to use as sources other groups talking about or mentioning this group. Help:Link and WP:NOTE are a couple of good resources on the site that talk about these 2 things in greater detail. --WoohookittyWoohoo! 07:38, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
A tag has been placed on your user page, User:Experience the gift, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person, and which is a violation of our policies regarding acceptable use of user pages: user pages are intended for active editors of Wikipedia to communicate with one another as part of the process of creating encyclopedic content, and should not be mistaken for free webhosting resources. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 11, as well as the guidelines on spam, the guidelines on user pages, and, especially, our FAQ for businesses.
If you can indicate why the page is not blatant advertising, you may contest the tagging. To do this, please add {{hangon}} on the top of the page in question and leave a note on this page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Calton | Talk 16:24, 29 June 2009 (UTC)