User talk:Sowter1

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November 2009

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page Manchester Graduate Internship Programme (MGIP) has been reverted.
Your edit here was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove links which are discouraged per our external links guideline from Wikipedia. The external link you added or changed is on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. I removed the following link(s): http://manchesterpgcareers.wordpress.com/ (matching the regex rule \bwordpress\.com).
If you were trying to insert an external link that does comply with our policies and guidelines, then please accept my creator's apologies and feel free to undo the bot's revert. However, if the link does not comply with our policies and guidelines, but your edit included other, constructive, changes to the article, feel free to make those changes again without re-adding the link. Please read Wikipedia's external links guideline for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! --XLinkBot (talk) 11:43, 10 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to the encyclopedia, one or more of the external links you added such as to the page Manchester Graduate Internship Programme (MGIP) do not comply with our guidelines for external links and have been removed. Wikipedia is not a collection of links; nor should it be used for advertising or promotion, and doing so is contrary to the goals of this project. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. If you feel the link should be added to the article, please discuss it on the article's talk page before reinserting it. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia.
Your edit here was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove links which are discouraged per our external links guideline from Wikipedia. The external link you added or changed is on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. I removed the following link(s): http://www.facebook.com/inbox/readmessage.php?t=1267974223667&f=1&e=-12#/group.php?gid=25383974742&ref=ts (matching the regex rule \bfacebook\.com).
If you were trying to insert an external link that does comply with our policies and guidelines, then please accept my creator's apologies and feel free to undo the bot's revert. However, if the link does not comply with our policies and guidelines, but your edit included other, constructive, changes to the article, feel free to make those changes again without re-adding the link. Please read Wikipedia's external links guideline for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! --XLinkBot (talk) 12:11, 10 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Manchester Graduate Internship Programme (MGIP). Wikipedia is not a collection of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include (but are not limited to) links to personal web sites, links to web sites with which you are affiliated, and links that attract visitors to a web site or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam guideline for further explanations. Because Wikipedia uses the nofollow attribute value, its external links are disregarded by most search engines. If you feel the link should be added to the article, please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it.
Your edit here was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove links which are discouraged per our external links guideline from Wikipedia. The external link you added or changed is on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. I removed the following link(s): http://www.facebook.com/inbox/readmessage.php?t=1267974223667&f=1&e=-12#/group.php?gid=25383974742&ref=ts (matching the regex rule \bfacebook\.com).
If you were trying to insert an external link that does comply with our policies and guidelines, then please accept my creator's apologies and feel free to undo the bot's revert. However, if the link does not comply with our policies and guidelines, but your edit included other, constructive, changes to the article, feel free to make those changes again without re-adding the link. Please read Wikipedia's external links guideline for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! --XLinkBot (talk) 12:20, 10 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to the encyclopedia, one or more of the external links you added such as to the page Manchester Graduate Internship Programme (MGIP) do not comply with our guidelines for external links and have been removed. Wikipedia is not a collection of links; nor should it be used for advertising or promotion, and doing so is contrary to the goals of this project. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. If you feel the link should be added to the article, please discuss it on the article's talk page before reinserting it. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia.
Your edit here was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove links which are discouraged per our external links guideline from Wikipedia. The external link you added or changed is on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. I removed the following link(s): http://manchestergraduateinternshipprogramme.wordpress.com/ (matching the regex rule \bwordpress\.com).
If you were trying to insert an external link that does comply with our policies and guidelines, then please accept my creator's apologies and feel free to undo the bot's revert. However, if the link does not comply with our policies and guidelines, but your edit included other, constructive, changes to the article, feel free to make those changes again without re-adding the link. Please read Wikipedia's external links guideline for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! --XLinkBot (talk) 15:39, 13 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of University of Manchester Careers Service

A tag has been placed on University of Manchester Careers Service, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page 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 an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam as well as Wikipedia:FAQ/Business for more information. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Crusio (talk) 10:14, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Removing Speedy at University of Manchester Careers Service

Please do not remove speedy deletion tags from articles you created, as you did with University of Manchester Careers Service. If you do not believe the article deserves to be deleted, then please do the following:

Place {{hangon}} on the page. Please do not remove any existing speedy deletion tag(s).
Make your case on the article's talk page.

Administrators will look at your reasoning before deciding what to do with the article. Thank you. - SDPatrolBot (talk) 10:52, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not remove speedy deletion notices from pages you have created yourself, as you did with University of Manchester Careers Service. Please use the {{hangon}} template on the page instead if you disagree with the deletion, and make your case on the page's talk page. Thank you. - SDPatrolBot (talk) 11:46, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Manchester Graduate Internship Programme (MGIP)

A tag has been placed on Manchester Graduate Internship Programme (MGIP), requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page 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 an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam as well as Wikipedia:FAQ/Business for more information. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Crusio (talk) 11:56, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

March 2010

Please stop removing speedy deletion notices from pages that you have created yourself, as you did with this edit to University of Manchester Careers Service. If you continue to do so, you will be blocked from editing. Excirial^{(Contact me,Contribs)} 12:06, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of University of Manchester Careers Service

A tag has been placed on University of Manchester Careers Service, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page 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 an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam as well as Wikipedia:FAQ/Business for more information. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Crusio (talk) 16:01, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, please do not add promotional material to articles or other Wikipedia pages, as you did to University of Manchester Careers Service‎. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" is against Wikipedia policy and not permitted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Crusio (talk) 16:02, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Some advice

Please have a look at the links in the "welcome" template at the top of this page and read some of that stuff. After that, you may find it easier to contribute to WP without your edits being challenged constantly... --Crusio (talk) 16:16, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

status and some further advice

I've deleted the career services article again. This is an encyclopedia. It contains material that people would expect to find in a modern web encyclopedia, which includes articles about subjects of some degree of notability--by which we essentially mean possible interest to those not members of the organization. Many things about a university are notable in this way: the history of the university, the campus, the major academic schools or divisions, the famous people who have been professors or alumni. (And, in the case of a famous university like Manchester, even some of the individual buildings and academic facilities will be individually notable.) But the details of a university's individual student or administrative services, such as an employment service, are of interest only to the students and possibly to the prospective students--material designed for them is properly part of the university web pages, but not part of an encyclopedia, and is considered of promotional value only. The administrator who removed the above article is one of the most experienced administrators here--he is not being idiosyncratic, but merely enforcing the views of the community, which he knows well, as they have been consistently expressed for similar article. Crusio, who commented above, is one of the administrators here who has the most experience and respect with articles on academic topics. I am another with such experience--though because of our backgrounds, Crusio works more with UK and I with US universities.

I see no way that an article on this topic would ever be acceptable--unless, by some chance, this particular student service were so well known that there were multiple references providing substantial coverage from 3rd party non-local independent published reliable sources, print or online (but not blogs or press releases, or material derived from press releases). In the article you submitted , the only independent references were general articles about the employment of university graduates in the UK that did not even mention Manchester in the text, just included it along with all other UK universities in their supplementary tables. And the content of the article you submitted reflected this: it contained only advice to students about the services, directions on where to find them, and exhortations to make use of them. DGG ( talk ) 19:15, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I've moved your proposed article to your userspace at User:Sowter1/University of Manchester Careers Service where you may continue to work on it. Please carefully read the comments above before trying to recreate this article. Regards — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 10:13, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]