MKEkiddd

March 2009

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, please do not add promotional material to articles or other Wikipedia pages. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" is strongly discouraged. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. ∗ \ / (⁂) 20:34, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of The Wisconsin Club

A tag has been placed on The Wisconsin Club, 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 blatant 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.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. – PranksterTurtle ^(talk) 20:55, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Hi! I'm glad to help. To begin with, the content came back as a direct cut-and-paste of the text on the website. Even if you work for the organization (iteslf covered at WP:COI), it can't be placed here verbatim unless it's first released under this site's license, namely the GNU Free Documentation License. There's a real problem if you do. It leaves your current copyright open to use and manipulation by anyone who cares to use it. What I always suggest in this case is for you to review the conflict of interest link and then write a neutral article on the organization in your own words. One way is to do it on the following link: User:MKEkiddd/The Wisconsin Club. This will create a user subpage which you can work as necessary without fear of deletion. You can use the organization's link as a reference, but not a source of words. There's a twofold benefit here. Your original copyright is retained and we get a new article on an apparently notable entity. I have to log off, but if you have any further questions, I'm as close as my talk page. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 03:12, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Conflict of interest

If you have a close connection to some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article The Wisconsin Club, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred from the tone of the edit and the proximity of the editor to the subject, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:

1. editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with;
2. participating in deletion discussions about articles related to your organization or its competitors;
3. linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam); and,
4. avoid breaching relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for businesses. For more details about what, exactly, constitutes a conflict of interest, please see our conflict of interest guidelines. Thank you. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:07, 20 March 2009 (UTC)