User talk:General Waste

Welcome!

Hello, General Waste, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as Tangle Teezer, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Wikipedia:Questions or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! Bazj (talk) 15:02, 8 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Tangle Teezer

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A tag has been placed on Tangle Teezer, requesting that it be deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which articles can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly-defined criteria, then it may be soon be deleted by an administrator. The reasons it has been tagged are:

It seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. (See section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Business for more information.
It appears to be about a person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), individual animal, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. (See section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

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 removed 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, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. Bazj (talk) 15:02, 8 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

February 2016

Please do not remove speedy deletion notices from pages you have created yourself, as you did with Tangle Teezer. If you believe the page should not be deleted, you may contest the deletion by clicking on the button that says: Contest this speedy deletion, which appears inside the speedy deletion notice. This will allow you to make your case on the article's talk page. Administrators will consider your reasoning before deciding what to do with the article. Thank you. Bazj (talk) 16:03, 8 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Tangle Teezer

Hello General Waste,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Tangle Teezer 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. Rollingcontributor (talk) 17:54, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

February 2016

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to add soapboxing, promotional or advertising material to Wikipedia, as you did at Tangle Teezer, you may be blocked from editing. Bazj (talk) 22:04, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop deleting my articles

Bazj (talk) I am legitimately trying to add a page for the Tangle Teezer hairbrush as all other inventions attached to the Dragon's Den article have articles created for them. I have tried to write my articles in a neutral way and I fail to see how they are promotional. If you could please help me to write an article in a way that will not be deleted by you then I will be happy to adhere to these guidelines. General Waste (talk) 22:38, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Your assertion about "all other inventions" doesn't hold water. Dragons' Den#United Kingdom lists no inventions. Dragons' Den (UK TV series)#Rejected offers which lists several of the pitches contains very few links. In any case, the argument you put forward is generally known as WP:OTHERCRAPEXISTS and doesn't work.

The fact you "fail to see how they are promotional" suggests you may have a conflict of interest. Keep creating adverts and it's likely the title will be blocked from creation. The welcome message and each of the notices about deletion have contained links to guidance - have you read them? Bazj (talk) 23:09, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for being a prick about it Bazj (talk the below section in the Dragon's Den UK page mentions Tangle Teezer along with other products that were successful. Each one has a link to an article which has not been removed. I have read the guidelines and I followed the format of these other articles. If my article was removed then so should these:

Some contestants have gone on to reach the market with their products despite being turned down by the Dragons and have met with a range of success. Examples include hungryhouse.co.uk, a website for online ordering of home delivered takeaway food, Destination London, a board game;[31] the Tangle Teezer, a hairbrush designed to smooth knotted hair;[32] Trunki, travel luggage designed for children;[33][34] and the BarbeSkew, a rotisserie barbecue.[35]

If you think they should be deleted, nominate them for deletion. Bazj (talk) 00:06, 11 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sockpuppet investigation

Hi. An editor has opened an investigation into sockpuppetry by you. Sockpuppetry is the use of more than one Wikipedia account in a manner that contravenes community policy. The investigation is being held at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/General Waste, where the editor who opened the investigation has presented their evidence. Please make sure you make yourself familiar with the guide to responding to investigations, and then feel free to offer your own evidence or to submit comments that you wish to be considered by the Wikipedia administrator who decides the result of the investigation. If you have been using multiple accounts (in a manner contrary to Wikipedia policy), please go to the investigation page and verify that now. Leniency is usually shown to those who promise not to do so again, or who did so unwittingly, but the abuse of multiple accounts is taken very seriously by the Wikipedia community.

Bazj (talk) 10:23, 28 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I can confirm that I have two accounts General Waste and ThomasGrahamStewart - I would like to delete General Waste and continue to use ThomasGrahamStewart as I have begun to edit articles of interest to me including that of my home town of Kingsclere. I added Clare Balding, Tom Croft and Lord Lloyd Webber as notable people from the Village. The other account you have attributed to me is nothing to do with me, when I tried to make a page for Tangle Teezer I used information gathered from the website of the brand which anyone can view and use to create a similar page.