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Proposed deletion of Baalbek, Monument Phenicien

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Speedy deletion of "Le Liban assassiné, lettre ouverte à Monsieur Sarkozy"

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A page you created, Le Liban assassiné, lettre ouverte à Monsieur Sarkozy, has been tagged for deletion, as it meets one or more of the criteria for speedy deletion; specifically, it has no content, other than external links, categories, "see also" sections, rephrasing of the title, and/or chat-like comments.

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Removing Speedy at Le Liban assassiné, lettre ouverte à Monsieur Sarkozy

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I have declined the speedy deletion nomination for this article, but I am not sure whether this, and your other book articles, qualify for Wikipedia. As an encyclopedia, Wikipedia is selective about article subjects: it does not expect to have an article about every book published, any more than every company, band or person. The general inclusion criterion is called notability and is not a matter of opinion but of showing references to significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources - the test is, have people independent of the subject thought it important enough to write substantial comment about? For books, the notability standard is explained at WP:Notability (books). Unless you can add references to show how these books satisfy WP:BK#Criteria, it is likely that these articles will be proposed for deletion. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 09:20, 17 September 2011 (UTC)Reply

Conflict of interest guideline

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  You are posting many articles about books by Lina Murr Nehmé. If you are Lina Murr Nehmé, or are her agent or publisher or are connected with them, you have a conflict of interest.

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For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. JohnCD (talk) 09:27, 17 September 2011 (UTC)Reply

 

The article Les otages libanais dans les prisons syriennes, jusqu'à quand? has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

No reliable sources to show that this book is notable.

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Nomination of Baalbek, Monument Phenicien for deletion

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Speedy deletion nomination of Si Beyrouth Parlait

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A tag has been placed on Si Beyrouth Parlait, 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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Status and Advice

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I think t might help if I give you some advice: I've been here for 4 years now, trying as hard as I can to get Wikipedia to accept as many articles on academics as the community will possibly be willing to accept. that was one of the main purposes I came here, in fact. It's been quite successful--when I came, articles about even members of the US National Academy of Sciences were being listed for deletion, and articles on people of similar quality in the humanities were being actually deleted. The key to getting a non-academically oriented assemblage of people like the ones on Wikipedia to accept this, is to be selective, One of the key aspects of selectivity is not trying to write many articles about different publications or theories of the same person, unless that person is really famous. It's much more effective to have one good strong article, and that article is normally the one about the author. If you look at my talk page entries for today, you'll see some discussion of this at the bottom.

I urge you to withdraw the articles about the individual books, and instead write one about the author, in which all the books can be appropriately mentioned, and redirects made from the titles.. I think it would probably hold, whereas going about it book by book, they are probably all going to get deleted. I'll be glad to take a look at the author article when it's ready--just ask me. There's a feeling here about real or apparent Conflict of Interest--nobody much minds it if the articles are unimpeachable, but otherwise, it tends to produce a negative reaction. DGG ( talk ) 04:53, 18 September 2011 (UTC)Reply

 

The article Le Liban assassiné, lettre ouverte à Monsieur Sarkozy has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Insufficient reliable source coverage to demonstrate notability for inclusion.

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Proposed deletion of Barbara de Baalbek

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The article Barbara de Baalbek has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Appears to fail WP:NBOOK. There are no notability claims.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Lina Murr Nehme

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A tag has been placed on Lina Murr Nehme 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.

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Proposed deletion of La Renaissance en Question 1-2

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The article La Renaissance en Question 1-2 has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Unreferenced book, notability not established

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Nomination of La Renaissance en Question for deletion

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article La Renaissance en Question is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted. I have included in this nomination Du Règne de la Pègre au reveil du Lion.

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Wikipedia's sourcing policy

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  Please do not add or change content without verifying it by citing reliable sources, as you did to Lina Murr Nehme. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. --Jezebel'sPonyobons mots 14:25, 12 October 2011 (UTC)Reply

  Please do not add unsourced content, as you did to Lina Murr Nehme. This contravenes Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. If you continue to do so, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Jezebel'sPonyobons mots 16:52, 13 October 2011 (UTC)Reply

Spamming

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Every time that you place a link to an author's work in the wrong section, i.e. See also, or create a See also section especially to insert a reference to the author, it is spamming. This is particularly the case when the link that you have created is only slightly referenced to the subject matter.

You have done all this so persistently, even though you eyes and intelligence must inform you that the right place to put the reference to a book is in the section which may variously be called '"References'" or '"Additional reading'".

You DO know that these sections exist, because you added a list of five books to an appropriately headed section as one of your earliest edits. Yet you have continually stuck the reference to this author's works into the wrong section, presumably to separate the the books from all the other books on the lists, and gain more attention for them.

Knowingly inserting material into the wrong section, and creating inappropriate sections in an article constitutes a very cunning form of vandalism.

In the future:

  • Do not under any circumstances create See also sections in order to insert advertising for an individual and their works
  • Do not add the name of the author or a book to any See also section. (unless the book is the Bible, the Quran or text of similar stand-alone importance)
  • Do not add book titles without the name of the author. You added five to one article, that all linked to the author's page, and you ommitted to give the author's name for four of them.
  • Do not link every book in a list back to the same article, as if there were five separate articles. Linking the author is sufficient.
  • Do not add your author's book to the References section, unless your author's work has actually been referenced within the article.
  • Do put books that have real relevance into the Additional reading section.
  • Do state author's name, publisher, date and ISBN.
  • Do link the author's name to the article about the author.
  • Do create an Additional reading section where appropriate and none exists.

Amandajm (talk) 03:45, 26 October 2011 (UTC)Reply