GradStudent407

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Speedy deletion nomination of User:GradStudent407

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A tag has been placed on User:GradStudent407, 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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Wikipedia is not for advertising or promotion of any kind. See also our guideline on WP:Conflict of interest. JohnCD (talk) 10:51, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

File copyright problem with File:MissionHillWay.jpg

Thank you for uploading File:MissionHillWay.jpg. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the file. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page.

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If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. ww2censor (talk) 03:49, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

File copyright problem with File:DoorWay.jpg

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File copyright problem with File:MissionHillSchool.jpg

Thank you for uploading File:MissionHillSchool.jpg. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the file. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page.

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Your class project

If your teacher suggested you use Wikipedia for a class project, please ask him/her to read:

• Wikipedia:School and university projects
• Wikipedia:School and university projects/Instructions for teachers and lecturers
• User:Jbmurray/Advice

Class projects can be useful but need preparation: Wikipedia is not a web-host for purposes not connected with building an encyclopedia, and all submissions have to obey the rules. In particular, advertising and promotion are not allowed anywhere in Wikipedia, even in user space.

What you wrote was blatantly promotional - "a proud member of the Coalition of Essential Schools", "a well-rounded productive members of society, who contributes to their community, and who are confident and self satisfied" "strong, caring, and respectful people making a difference in the world" "a huge advocate for educational reform"... This is PR-speak, puffery, an advertising brochure not an encyclopedia article. Wikipedia requires a neutral point of view, and facts which are verifiable from reliable sources, not opinions. Unless you plan to spend your life in the advertising/PR industry, I advise you to learn to write straight descriptive English. This sort of thing is all very well for its purpose, advertising and persuasion, but we sometimes get people trying to contribute here who are so soaked in PR-speak that they are unable to write anything else, and genuinely cannot see a problem. When writing for Wikipedia, you need to imagine a hostile critic looking over your shoulder saying "Can you prove it? Who says so? Yes, but that's the subject's own website - does anyone independent say it?"

I see you have put the material in again. As your deadline is only tomorrow, I will turn a blind eye until tomorrow night, but I cannot give you a free pass - any user who sees it may tag it as an advertisement at any time, and then it will be speedily deleted. You might do well to move it to Myspace or Facebook, where you can write what you like, just in case.

There is good advice for contributors in the links from the Welcome paragraph at the top of this page, especially WP:My first article.

Regards, JohnCD (talk) 13:59, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

Mission Hill School

Are you still interested in writing a page about Mission Hill School? I think it is noteworthy enough to have a wiki page and I'd be happy to help. Jellypear (talk) 21:20, 14 May 2013 (UTC)