Lpatsia

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Hello, Lpatsia, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as IMMAP - Information Management & Mine Action Programs, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may soon be deleted.

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Copyright problems with IMMAP - Information Management & Mine Action Programs

Hello. Concerning your contribution, IMMAP - Information Management & Mine Action Programs, 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.immap.org. As a copyright violation, IMMAP - Information Management & Mine Action Programs appears to qualify for deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. IMMAP - Information Management & Mine Action Programs has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message.

If you believe that the article or image is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License (CC-BY-SA) then you should do one of the following:

• If you have permission from the author, leave a message explaining the details at Talk:IMMAP - Information Management & Mine Action Programs and send an email with the message to permissions-enwikimedia.org. See Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
• If a note on the original website states that it is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license, leave a note at Talk:IMMAP - Information Management & Mine Action Programs with a link to where we can find that note.
• If you hold the copyright to the material: send an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-enwikimedia.org or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the CC-BY-SA and GFDL, and note that you have done so on Talk:IMMAP - Information Management & Mine Action Programs.

However, for textual content, you may simply consider rewriting the content in your own words. While contributions are appreciated, Wikipedia must require all contributors to understand and comply with its copyright policy. Wikipedia takes copyright concerns very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. Thank you. JohnCD (talk) 10:06, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Please note that even if the copyright issue were resolved, the promotional tone of a company or personal website is likely to be unsuitable for an encyclopedia article, which requires a neutral point of view. Article subjects need to have notability, which is not a matter of opinion but has to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." There is more detail at the WP:FAQ/Organizations and WP:Notability (organizations and companies), and good advice on how to write an acceptable article at WP:Your first article. JohnCD (talk) 10:08, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Hello, Lpatsia. You have new messages at JohnCD's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

• See the "Please note" para just above; also WP:NOBBLE and User:JohnCD/Not a noticeboard. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 11:59, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of IMMAP - Information Management & Mine Action Programs

The article IMMAP - Information Management & Mine Action Programs has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Fails WP:CORP. Only promotional sources can be found.

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. ninety:one (reply on my talk) 16:06, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Nomination of IMMAP - Information Management & Mine Action Programs for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article IMMAP - Information Management & Mine Action Programs 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/IMMAP - Information Management & Mine Action Programs 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 good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. ninety:one (reply on my talk) 03:41, 4 March 2011 (UTC)