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Speedy deletion nomination of Women & Politics Institute

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A tag has been placed on Women & Politics Institute, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be unambiguous advertising that 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 general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 11, as well as the guidelines on spam.

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Jennifer L. Lawless

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Who is in charge of removing the tag of "may not meet the general notability guideline" or the "copy edit needed" tag? Am I able to remove these or must it be done by a wiki admin/editor? LucyAlice (talk) 17:26, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

• First things first, you are an editor - all of us are. Be bold.
• Secondly, I removed the notability tag, as you have a reference listing this is the only one of its kind in the US. That is notable. Keep working on the article, as you need to copy edit it quite a bit and get it to Wikipedia format. Perhaps we'll move this at a later date to Articles for Creation while you work on it, and then move it back when it's ready? -- Crazysane (^T/_C\^D) 17:35, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

(edit conflict) You can, if the problems have been addressed. Any editor may re-add it, though.  ℳono  17:36, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

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While not a word-for-word copy, the article is a close paraphrase and needs to be rewritten further (preferably from scratch) in order to avoid infringing copyright. VernoWhitney (talk) 12:24, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

I've rewritten the article and believe it no longer infringes on copyright. LucyAlice (talk) 18:01, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

How long will it take an admin to verify that the article is now acceptable or not? LucyAlice (talk) 15:28, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

I'm confused. This is a bio of a professor that she wrote herself and gave to me and to any other places/organizations/websites that request her bio. I did my best to rewrite it in way that conformed to Wiki standards and did not violate copyright. However, it is a person's bio and therefor is going to basically say the same thing no matter where it's published. How can this be resolved? LucyAlice (talk) 15:34, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

• Your first problem is that people should not work on the articles about them. To high risk of bias. The article should be written about them by third parties - using verifiable information. I'll leave the {{helpme}} template open while I look at the article for issues.
• How the heck did I get logged out? -- Crazysane (^T/_C\^D) 15:44, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
  • It looks to me like you have all the instructions you need above. Please follow the directions other editors have given you in order to resolve this issue. -- Crazysane (^T/_C\^D) 15:47, 1 September 2010 (UTC)