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Tyldesley Little Theatre

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Speedy deletion nomination of Tyldesley Little Theatre

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A tag has been placed on Tyldesley Little Theatre requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be a clear copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words.

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January 2011

Your addition to Tyldesley Little Theatre has been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without permission from the copyright holder. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other websites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of article content such as sentences or images. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. Safiel (talk) 18:48, 2 January 2011 (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 Tyldesley Little Theatre. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. JamesBWatson (talk) 18:58, 2 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Tyldesley Little Theatre

Hello, Paul. I have just read your message on my talk page. Usually I answer questions on my talk page there, but on this occasion I have decided it may be more helpful to you to write here. In order to keep the conversation together I am copying your message here, and then replying below. JamesBWatson (talk) 20:58, 2 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi James

I am the 'webmaster' for TLT and I note that you have recently deleted the page that set up for the Theatre earlier today. I am totally new to this type of stuff after our previous 'webmaster' left the society. I therefore simply copied the text text the TLT site and posted it onto Wikipedia with some amendments.

Sorry if I have breeched any rules, but I am learning by my mistakes. The Wiki page is not intended as advertising, simply another way of people finding the societies' details. As a 'not for profit' registered charity we need all the help we can get and I thought that Wikipedia was a great way of getting info to both people wanting to join a local amateur dramatic society and also people wanting good cheap theatre, at a price they can afford. We try to cater for people who would not normally set foot and the city centre theatres or even afford their prices!!

Any guidance which you can give me will be appreciated as there is no point in me taking the (unpaid) time to set up another page, only to have it deleted again!!

Regards

Paul Whur

Tyldealy Little Theatre, Lemon Street, Tyldealy, Manchester.

Whurwulf (talk) 19:49, 2 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I do have a good deal of sympathy with people in your position. You put a significant amount of effort and time into writing what you have no reason to think will not be an acceptable article, only to see it deleted. However, unfortunately, the article failed to satisfy Wikipedia's inclusion criteria in several ways. I will mention what those ways were, but before I do so I would like to give you some advice.

The first thing to do is to check whether the subject of the article you plan to write satisfies Wikipedia's notability guidelines. If it does you can then look into what else is required, but if it doesn't then my advice is to drop the idea of putting it on Wikipedia. It is all too common for a new user to write an article, see it deleted for some reason, such as copyright infringement, carefully rewrite it avoiding the problem, see it deleted again for a different reason such as promotion, rewrite it again, see it deleted yet again because of lack of notability. I can well imagine how frustrating and disheartening that must be, and I guess that you can imagine it even more clearly, having actually gone through the first few stages of that process. However, while other problems can be put right by rewriting, no amount of rewriting will turn a non-notable subject into a notable one, and all too many would-be Wikipedia editors have found that trying to do so is a waste of their time. Unfortunately Wikipedia has (in my opinion) far too many guidelines and policies, which can be hopelessly confusing for a newcomer. (I remember how confusing I found it at first.) You cannot be expected to read and digest all of them before you start editing. However, you should certainly have at least a quick look at the general notability guideline, the guideline on notability of organisations and companies and the guideline on reliable sources. My own very brief web search does not encourage me to think that the theatre does really satisfy the notability criteria, but i am not willing to rule it out. This report in the Bolton News looks to me like a good source, and if you can find a few more like that then it should be OK.

If and when you have decided that the theatre does satisfy the notability criteria you should consider whether you are the right person to write about it. The [[WP:COI|conflict of interest guideline is generally discouraging towards people with a personal involvement in a subject who wish to write about it. Even if you sincerely intend to write from an objective point of view it can sometimes be very difficult for an insider to stand back and see what their writing will look like to an uninvolved outsider, and it is all too common to write something which you didn't intend to be promotional, but which looks that way to others.

One of the messages above includes a link to the Wikipedia page which explains how to give permission for use of copyright material, which would deal with one of the reasons your first attempt at the article was deleted. However, my advice is not to bother, as I am absolutely certain that it would be a waste of your time. The article would merely be deleted again as promotional, and so you would be far better off rewriting it from scratch. It is a very common mistake to think that an article can't be considered promotional if it isn't trying to make a profit for a commercial company, but this is a misunderstanding. Wikipedia's policy is that Wikipedia is not a medium for promotion or advertising of anything, whether a business, a not-for profit club, a charity, a person, a political party, or whatever. There is not the least doubt that the article was promotional in character, whether you intended it that way or not.

Wikipedia articles are not supposed to be guides how to do something, so such information as how to book tickets and advice on where to park is not acceptable. Also including such details as what time performances start, while unlikely in itself to lead to deletion of the article, is at best probably a waste of time as the information will be removed, and at worst it could in a borderline case just just tip an article which looks a little like promotion over the threshold. Try to think "would I expect to find this sort of information in an article in a published encyclopaedia?" and if the answer is "no" then there is a pretty good chance that someone will object to it if it appears on Wikipedia.

If you have any further questions please let me know. JamesBWatson (talk) 20:58, 2 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I've added a few little sentences to the article, it could do with a photograph in the info box, more information on the history of the building and society. I'm willing to take the time to help should you require a neutral user to check any information that is added. Carl Sixsmith (talk) 21:21, 2 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I spent some time "Wikifying" your article last night and I'm sure it can be expanded a bit more. I have found a photograph of the exterior which I will upload later. Do you have one of the interior? There are some newspaper articles about awards and grants, I don't think it should be merged into Tyldesley where it is now linked. I'm sure we can improve this, don't be discouraged, I'm very interested in Tyldesley, it's where I made my first edits. If you need help, just ask as Carl said above, and if I can, I will.--J3Mrs (talk) 10:26, 6 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've added more info and turned all the references into citations. I took a photograph a couple of years ago of the exterior, I'll find it later. It looks fine now and I wouldn't merge it into Tyldesley.--J3Mrs (talk) 11:26, 6 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks J3Mrs but I have deleted the photograh recently inserted. I have seen it before and did not upload it a it makes the theatre look like a prison. I will take and upload a decent picture when the weather is suitable. I have a complete library of theatre photographs and will choose one to upload in the short term.Whurwulf (talk) 18:23, 6 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

And i have reinserted it until you have a replacement--J3Mrs (talk) 18:25, 6 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Why when it is so aweful?

Because that's what it looks like and it will spur you on to get a better one.:-)--J3Mrs (talk) 18:44, 6 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I cannot believe your attitude, when I have had so much help with this from you and your other colleages. If that is the way you and other editors treat contributors, it is no wonder that the value of Wikipedia has been brought into disrepute. If I upload any other photos what is to stop you replacing it because you don't like it? Whurwulf (talk) 13:54, 7 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

When you upload some better images so much the better. You might consider that you deleted the image with no edit summary and until I got a message I actually thought I'd removed it while messing with coordinates. It remains the only available picture at the moment, a better one I'm sure will be taken. Why do you think would I replace a better image? How very odd that I should bring Wikipedia into disrepute by adding an image and making sure the article wasn't deleted or merged. --J3Mrs (talk) 14:08, 7 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I might interject at this point and link to the wikipedia guidelines on ownership and assuming good faith from other contributors. Carl Sixsmith (talk) 14:47, 7 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

To whom are you addressing this remark?--J3Mrs (talk) 15:07, 7 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Anyone at random, but mainly to Whurwulf as he seems to be getting a little upset over edits to the article. Carl Sixsmith (talk) 15:14, 7 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Carl - Thank you for your comments which I will bear in mind. As a new contributor to Wikipedia, I'm sure that you can understand my feelings that contributions can be hijacked and comments made by editors and so instill a feeling of discontent. A replacement photograph will be uploaded when a new one is available but to include a photograph because "it is the only one available" is not what I expected from Wiki or it's contributors/editors. If it is acceptable I will upload an older, though I my opinion better black and white photograph later today. I hope it will be acceptable to all. Thanks again Whurwulf (talk) 15:15, 7 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Permission is not required to edit on wikipedia, edit away.:-)--J3Mrs (talk) 17:09, 7 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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