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Speedy deletion nomination of Dr Des Fernandes
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A tag has been placed on Dr Des Fernandes, 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. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.
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Copyright problems with User:Jennievwdv/Environ skin care
edit Hello. Concerning your contribution, User:Jennievwdv/Environ skin care, please note that Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text or images obtained from other web sites or printed material, without the permission of the author(s). This article or image appears to be a direct copy from http://www.environ.co.za/contents/about_env/about_env.htm. As a copyright violation, User:Jennievwdv/Environ skin care appears to qualify for deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. User:Jennievwdv/Environ skin care has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message.
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Dr Des Fernandes
editWhat made the article seem like an advertisement was the reference to him as "the founder of Environ skin care"... "Environ is now an international brand"; and also "world’s leading expert" which is what we call a peacock phrase. Wikipedia has a strong policy on verifiability - any statement, and particularly one like that, may be challenged with "who says so?" and removed unless a reliable independent source for it can be cited. If there is a independent reliable source that calls him that, then cite it; if not, don't say it. Generally, one of our key requirements is a neutral point of view.
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Regards, JohnCD (talk) 21:03, 20 March 2010 (UTC)