Mocosomocoso

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Speedy deletion of Lost valley

A tag has been placed on Lost valley requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

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Speedy deletion of Carloselgatto

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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 (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 article 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 article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. Vivio Testarossa^{Talk Who} 05:22, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Lost Valley Educational Center

Hi, first you might want to take a look at some of the pages in the welcome template above. And you can sign your posts by putting four tildes ~~~~ at the end of your message, this will automatically append your username and a date stamp. More soon, I'm busy right this second. Katr67 (talk) 17:50, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi again. First of all, thanks for acknowledging your conflict of interest. If you read the COI guidelines, you will see that you have to be very careful about editing articles on subjects in which you have a vested interest. Unfortunately, Wikipedia is not here to provide a platform for outreach on behalf of LV. If you check the page history and edit summaries, you will see that I didn't rollback all of the material you added, but that I did remove the copied and pasted info about the workshop. Even if you have permission to use LV material (you can read more about permissions here), it is preferable that the material be rewritten in your own words and that it remain neutral in tone, as you have already noted. Also note that your work is not "destroyed". Only rarely is material on Wikipedia irretrievable, as you can see by checking the page history. Though I do my best to work with and rewrite material that isn't quite up to our standards, in the case of what appears to be an outright copy and paste, I think the burden of rewriting the material should be on the original contributor.

I'm sorry if you feel bitten. If you are concerned about your material being removed again, it's always a good idea to post it on the article's talk page where it can be discussed first. I do acknowledge a strong bias against edits that use Wikipedia for promotion of anything, even something I otherwise support in "real life" such as LV, and that I pretty much always revert copied and pasted material. Both those biases are widely held beliefs on Wikipedia. It's also my personal belief that articles on "fringe" (if you will) topics need to be held to an even higher standard as they have the potential to be dismissed as non-notable by the Wikipedia community. FWIW, I know several people who have had some connection with the place over the years and would love to come check it out sometime. Let's keep any specific discussion about the article itself on the article's talk page. We do have a lot of rules here, but living in community, I'm sure you know all about the potential tediousness of consensus decision making! I hope this helps, please let me know if you have any more questions. Katr67 (talk) 18:24, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Hello

I used to live at LVEC, and am still connected to the place. Who are you ? Would you be interested in collaborating on the LVEC article ? Peace, rkmlai (talk) 23:51, 15 April 2008 (UTC)