Chris Gair

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Speedy deletion nomination of A History of the World Since 9/11

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A tag has been placed on A History of the World Since 9/11, 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 and Wikipedia:FAQ/Business for more information.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Dominic Streatfeild

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A tag has been placed on Dominic Streatfeild requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for biographies. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles – see the Article Wizard.

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Conflict of interest

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Proposed deletion of Brainwash: The Secret History of Mind Control

The article Brainwash: The Secret History of Mind Control has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

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Discussion of your edits

Hi Chris, please see Wikipedia:COIN#Promotion_of_an_Author where your edits are being discussed. I'd encourage you to comment. Cheers SmartSE (talk) 21:46, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

Hi again, can you please explain why you're making the edits you are? The single purpose nature of your edits makes it look like you are only here to promote Dominic Streatfeild. It would be best to explain at the noticeboard linked above. Thanks SmartSE (talk) 20:23, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

• I have removed the use of the author's blog as it is an unreliable source from two articles. Just thought you should all know.--Yachtsman1 (talk) 21:17, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

Hi - I have commented on the Wikipedia:COIN#Promotion_of_an_Author noticed board - I think I have misunderstood the way external links should be used (?). When I read the guidelines on linking to external source material - i.e. the interviews by the author - I had assumed this was good refence material for the subject matter as they are quite unique. Yachtsman1 I must admit I'm a little confused that the author's blog is regarded as an unreliable source - could you explain why? I ask based on "Reliable sources may be published materials with a reliable publication process, authors who are regarded as authoritative in relation to the subject, or both".

Talkback

Hello, Chris Gair. You have new messages at WP:COIN.
Message added 17:24, 19 November 2010 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.