User talk:Murklemark
License tagging for File:Vygon-buidling.jpg
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License tagging for File:Vygon.jpg
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License tagging for File:Vygon-Vet-Logo-1.jpg
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License tagging for File:Vygon Vet Logo.jpg
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Orphaned non-free media (File:Vygon Vet Logo.jpg)
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Replaceable fair use File:Vygon-buidling.jpg
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Thanks for uploading File:Vygon-buidling.jpg. I noticed the description page specifies that this media item is being used under a claim of fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails the first non-free content criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed media item could be found or created that provides substantially the same information or which could be adequately covered with text alone. If you believe this media item is not replaceable, please:
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Orphaned non-free media (File:Vygon-Vet-Logo-1.jpg)
[edit] Thanks for uploading File:Vygon-Vet-Logo-1.jpg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).
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Orphaned non-free media (File:Vygon.jpg)
[edit] Thanks for uploading File:Vygon.jpg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).
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Orphaned non-free media (File:Vygon-buidling.jpg)
[edit] Thanks for uploading File:Vygon-buidling.jpg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).
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Wikipedia:Non-free content policy and guideline
[edit]Please do not place or replace any non-free images to any pages except for actual articles, as you did at User:Murklemark/sandbox. Such use is a clear violation of point number 9 of our policy concerning the use of non-free images. The images can be restored if/when the article goes live, but not in your sandbox. VernoWhitney (talk) 22:17, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
- Please stop replacing non-free images in your sandbox. Continuing to do so can be viewed as disruptive behaviour and you may be blocked from editing. VernoWhitney (talk) 14:37, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Vygon (UK) Ltd
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- Hi sorry, i'll rewrite the article today to bring it inline with the WIKI guidelines, I've based it on the style of content of other similar articles so I thought the content would of been OK. Thanks for your help. (Murklemark (talk) 12:31, 17 January 2013 (UTC))
Possible conflict of interest
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Hello, Murklemark. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may need to consider our guidance on conflicts of interest.
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- Thanks for the information, I'd based the article on similar style content used on other pages, but there is a lack of reliable sources for this subject and only mainly primary sources. Are you able to point me in the direction of an editor who could help sandbox this article.
(Murklemark (talk) 12:39, 17 January 2013 (UTC))
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More on your question at teahouse
[edit]Hi, Murklemark! I'm Gtwfan52. I wanted to drop you a note regarding your question at Teahouse regarding the article in your sandbox.
The tern "notability" causes a lot of people problems on Wikipedia. I am not at all sure why it is this way, but it is. We have taken a word that has a common usage and given it a specific meaning for Wikipedia. When we say notability, what we mean is the inclusion standard for Wikipedia. It says nothing about the fame or importance of the subject. It is just speaking to whether or not the article meets the inclusion standard. The general standard is WP:GNG. There is a specific standard for companies, WP:CORP. When we say "It isn't notable", what we are really saying is, the article doesn't meet inclusion standards.
Wikipedia only publishes articles about subjects that others have written about. That means that unless there are sources covering your subject in newspapers, magazines, books, newspaper websites, tv or radio websites or other type sources that have some kind of vetting or fact-checking process in place, you do not have enough for an article. Encyclopedias in general are tertiary sources; that is, they only cover things that have been written about elsewhere.
You mentioned at Teahouse that there are several other articles that don't come up to standards. That is undoubtedly true. Wikipedia has been around roughly 11 years and has over 4 million articles. Wikipedians have only gotten serious about quality in the past 5 years. The process in place for checking old articles is to look at them when someone edits them. Also there are a few folks that just look at random articles and work on them. It will be a long while until everything gets caught up. We actually have an essay about just that (WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS), and arguments along the lines of "Article X is just like mine and it is in the encyclopedia" are automatically discounted in formal processes like the Articles for Deletion process.
So, I hope what I have written here is useful for you in clarifying the issues. Very simply, what you need to do is find sources independent of the company and add them to the article in order to show notability. I will say that since the company you are writing about is a subsidiary of another company and the parent company does not have an article in Wikipedia, you are probably looking at an uphill climb to get there. I wish you luck and if I come accross anything you can use, I will surely add it to your article. Thanks for joining the corps of Wikipedians. We welcome you! Gtwfan52 (talk) 21:13, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
- Hi Gtwfan52 , Thanks for your post! It really helps clear things up, it was a bit demoralising to be so quickly deleted when I had been basing the style of information on articles that already exisited, but you have helped clear it up alot. I'll keep battling through and reading more of the Wiki guides to get me up to speed. Thanks again! (Murklemark (talk) 11:12, 18 January 2013 (UTC))
Speedy deletion nomination of User:Murklemark/sandbox
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A tag has been placed on User:Murklemark/sandbox, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising that only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an acceptable page. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item G11, as well as the guidelines on spam.
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- Fair enough, I've restored with a couple of minor edits, and added it to my watchlist so I can see how it develops Jimfbleak - talk to me? 15:49, 20 January 2013 (UTC)
- Fine with me, although I'll be away from the end of Jan for three weeks Jimfbleak - talk to me? 15:53, 20 January 2013 (UTC)
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Your question has been answered at the Teahouse. Cheers! :) Arctic Kangaroo 15:50, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
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[edit]I tidied a bit, looks OK now Jimfbleak - talk to me? 16:07, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
Congrats... You asked an awesome question in the Teahouse!
[edit]Saw your question on the Teahouse QandA forum. I thought it was cool of you to post an example of your work and ask for feedback.
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