User talk:Gregchilds
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[edit]Hello, Gregchilds, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as The Children's Media Foundation, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may soon be deleted.
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For more details, please read the Conflict of Interest guideline. Thank you. Part Deux 16:10, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
Hi Gregchilds, and thanks for contributing this page to Wikipedia. You'll notice in the page's history earlier, that I added a series of tags to the page, noting some specific issues with the work. You corrected the issue from at least one of those tags, but removed all of them without correcting all the issues mentioned. I have replaced the tags on that page, noting what still needs doing to the work, and would ask you to only remove a tag once you have dealt with the issue it raised. Thanks again, BarkingFish 00:20, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
The article The Children's Media Foundation has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
- Non-notable and the only links I could find are this, this and this. However, several of the sources I've found seem to promote the subject rather than providing notable coverage. Additionally, this article would need a complete rewrite to comply with Wikipedia guidelines as this article leans towards advertising
While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.
You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}}
notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.
Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}}
will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. SwisterTwister talk 06:32, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
Unfortunately, I have tagged your article for proposed deletion because it appears notability hasn't been established. Additionally, the article seems to be advert-like, containing words such as "aim". The article also seems to focus with achievements rather than significant details such as history, reception, etc. If you wish to improve the article, I suggest visiting Wikipedia:Writing better articles. SwisterTwister talk 06:32, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
- Although people connected with the organisation may add accurate information, they may also add promotional material or only primary sources. Thus, it is encouraged for articles to have reliable third-party sources. There is another way to submit the article but the article wouldn't appear immediately, Wikipedia:Articles for creation. However, for your article to be accepted, you would have to provide reliable third-party sources. SwisterTwister talk 02:59, 4 August 2012 (UTC)