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Deskspace

A tag has been placed on Deskspace, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article seems to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group or service and which would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. If you can indicate why Deskspace is really not blatant advertising, I advise you to edit the article promptly, and also put a note on Talk:Deskspace. An admin should check for such edits before deleting the article. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Please read our criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 11 under General criteria. You might also want to read the guidelines on spam. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. To contest the tagging and request that admins should wait a while for you to assert why the article is not blatant advertising, please affix the template {{hangon}} to the page, and then immediately add such an assertion. It is also a very good idea to add citations from reliable sources to ensure that your article will be verifiable. Fan-1967 17:17, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, I inserted a short entry on Deskspace in a similar format to other entries I found on similar entities. I note that it was not considered appropriate and will check more carefully on the style used by other contributirs when entering information about IT companies and products.

Will try harder.

Glad that the other entries I have spent some time researching and contributing have been found acceptable.

Regards

Nick

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link to British

Hello, when you want to link to the article about something British, please do not link to British, as that is a disambiguation page (which nothing should be linked to). Instead link to the one of the options found on that page such as United Kingdom, Great Britain or British English by writing out [[United Kingdom|British]] or [[Great Britain|British]]. Regards, Jeff3000 00:57, 19 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Unreferenced BLPs

Hello Nick Lightbody! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot notifying you on behalf of the the unreferenced biographies team that 1 of the articles that you created is currently tagged as an Unreferenced Biography of a Living Person. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to ensure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. If you were to bring this article up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current 42 article backlog. Once the article is adequately referenced, please remove the {{unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the article:

Jon Turner - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 07:24, 19 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Jon Turner for deletion

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Proposed deletion of Laurie Smart

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Long standing unsourced BLP. A search for reliable sources to prove notability came back empty.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Deskspace

Hello Nick Lightbody,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Deskspace for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly say why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.

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. 220 of ^Borg 13:18, 2 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Exmouth Challenge (May 13)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by Berrely were:

This submission appears to read more like an advertisement than an entry in an encyclopedia. Encyclopedia articles need to be written from a neutral point of view, and should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources, not just to materials produced by the creator of the subject being discussed. This is important so that the article can meet Wikipedia's verifiability policy and the notability of the subject can be established. If you still feel that this subject is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, please rewrite your submission to comply with these policies.

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject. Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

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— Berrely • ^Talk∕_Contribs 20:10, 13 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Nick Lightbody! Having an article declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! — Berrely • ^Talk∕_Contribs 20:10, 13 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Exmouth Challenge (May 18)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by 15 was:

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject. Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

The comment the reviewer left was:

Same reason as Berrely - I trust you with the subject of the article being relevant, but we unfortunately need sources to show us that it is. Perhaps there are some sources in specialist magazines you can access and use? I did a quick search and found [1] [2] [3] and [4] at least mentioning the ship. I'm not an expert on that topic so I don't know how to incorporate them into the article as it is currently, but perhaps you might want to have a look?

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

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15 (talk) 00:03, 18 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Exmouth Challenge

A tag has been placed on Exmouth Challenge requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done for the following reason:

Doesn't expand upon existing, declined draft at Draft:Exmouth Challenge

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Concern regarding Draft:Exmouth Challenge

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 01:01, 18 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]