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March 2017

Hi Literary Muse. I have reverted your edits to Caroline Vu for a couple of reasons. The first is that wikipedia is not censored, so someone not wanting material included is not a reason for it to be removed, particularly a reference which verifies the content included. Secondly, wikipedia articles are not owned by anyone, including the person they are about, so a request from that particular person is not a reason to remove content. If the person an article about (or their representative, in this case, you) believes content is incorrect or can be improved, they are welcome to make an edit request on the talk page explaining why they think the information should be changed. Finally, there is a FAQ page for subjects of articles that Ms Vu might want to look at here. Thanks, Melcous (talk) 00:28, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

Nomination of Ottawa Independent Writers for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Ottawa Independent Writers is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ottawa Independent Writers until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Kingston WritersFest

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• It 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 encyclopedic. (See section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Business for more information.
• It appears to be about a person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), individual animal, or web content, 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. (See section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. -- Dane ^talk 04:37, 30 April 2017 (UTC) I would like to develop this speedily deleted article further to demonstrate better its notability and relevance to Wikipedia users. How can this be done? brought over from deleted page. Dlohcierekim 16:20, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

You could ask on the talk page of deleting admin at User_talk:Jimfbleak Thanks, Dlohcierekim 16:20, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

Reply

Hi, thanks for message. I deleted your article because

• it did not provide independent verifiable sources to enable us to verify the facts and show that it meets the notability guidelines. Sources that are not acceptable include those linked to the event, press releases, social media and other sites that can be self-edited, blogs, websites of unknown or non-reliable provenance, and sites that are just reporting what the organisation claims or interviewing its organisers. Of your four 2references, two were to the event's own website, one was an interview with its director, and one was a dead link. No independent third-party sources at all. Not a reason for deletion, but you shouldn't use bare urls for references anyway
• it's not clear that the event meetsthe notability criteria since we can't confirm the claims made
• it was written in a promotional tone. Articles must be neutral and encyclopaedic. Examples of unsourced claims presented as fact include: Acclaimed... professionalizing... dozens of writers of every genre... thousands of local children and youth... welcomes... audience of 6,000... It is considered one of Canada's greatest literary festivals.
• If you have a conflict of interest when editing this article, you must declare it. In particular, if you undertake paid work directly or indirectly for the event, you are very strongly discouraged from attempting to write an article at all. At best, any proposed article creation should be submitted through the articles for creation process, rather than directly. If you are paid directly or indirectly by the organisation you are writing about, you are required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at User:Literary Muse. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Literary Muse|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. If you are being compensated, please provide the required disclosure. Note that editing with a COI is discouraged, but permitted as long as it is declared. Concealing a COI can lead to a block. Please do not edit further until you respond to this message.

If you still believe that the event meets the notability criteria and that you can find proper independent references, let me know and I'll sandbox the deleted text. Please also make sure you clarify whether you have any COI, paid or otherwise Jimfbleak - talk to me? 05:28, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

Note also that misusing multiple accounts can lead to a block Jimfbleak - talk to me? 05:38, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

Hi, Please sandbox it for me. I have absolutely no COI in writing about the Kingston Writers Festival and nobody is paying me to write this article. I have no idea where that idea came from. Cheers

Hi, I am fairly new to Wikipedia so the multitude of rules can be daunting. To be perfectly clear. I have absolutely no COI in writing about the Kingston Writers Festival. I am not being paid to write anything on Wikipedia. I am well connected to many writers and some writers festivals in Canada, and I write fiction in my spare time but that is not my profession or my source of income. My interest in contributing to Wikipedia was to remedy the lack of knowledgeable articles on Canadian literature in Wikipedia. Maybe, I was mistaken in believing that Wikipedia was seeking to be a repository on cultural information in the world. Someone pointed out to me that Wikipedia is flooded with articles on porn stars. I have verified that myself. I find that lamentable. Literary Muse (talk) 03:29, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. I'm happy to accept your response re COI, it's a standard question because articles about events and organisations are often written by people too closely associated with them. The porn stars may be lamentable, but encyclopaedias shouldn't only include things you like or approve of. The notability bar is actually set higher for US porn stars than other people, but if you meet our criteria, you get an entry, whether your notability rests on writing Booker prize winners or removing your clothing. I'll recreate the deleted text here. Ask me if you have any questions Jimfbleak - talk to me? 06:25, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

Funny how someone with no COI spends all their time shilling for Caroline Vu, isn't it? Pinkbeast (talk) 00:34, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:Caroline Vu 2016.jpg

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