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Speedy deletion nomination of Event Photographer Society
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A tag has been placed on Event Photographer Society, 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.
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From the article talk page:
This is a new page created to inform about a new non-profit making organisation that has only been setup to provide balance it what is becoming an ever more populated area of the photographic market. There will be more information added in due course. This should be seen as being of a very similar vein to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Sport_&_Event_Photographers except that it is for UK event Photographers as opposed to American Event Photographers. EventPS (talk) 11:46, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
Further investigation of the Wikipedia site shows that there are entries such as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWPP which is a wholly commercial entity which has the needs of its founders and owners first and is one of the reasons driving the foundation of a non-commercial site such as EPS. We are trying to to help as opposed to turn a profit. EventPS (talk) 15:13, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
advice
editWe are an encyclopedia , which gives information about groups and other things that are already notable, not that hope to become so. Giving information about a "new non-profit making organisation that has only been setup to provide balance it what is becoming an ever more populated area of the photographic market. " is exactly what we do not do--this is the role of advertising and public relations. When you have references providing substantial coverage from 3rd party independent published reliable sources, print or online, but not blogs or press releases, or material derived from press releases--then there can be an article. Not now. As for the pages you mention, we will take a look at them. As reviewing administrator , I had to delete the article for the present. For further advice, see Please see our FAQ about businesses, & other organisations. DGG (talk) 16:02, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
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