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Speedy deletion nomination of THOTCON

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A tag has been placed on THOTCON requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be a blatant copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words.

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Re THOTCON

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I've noted the "hangon" tag you applied to this article and the note you left on its associated talk page. I'm willing to accept for the moment that you own the copyright to this material -- you'll still have to deal with the copyright violation issues as outlined at WP:COPYRIGHT, but the article may well be safe for the moment in that respect alone. However, there is another far more important issue that you'll also have to address; the fact that the article has no reliable sources. To break it down for you, it's a basic principle here that Wikipedia articles are about things that are notable -- not things that want to or expect to become notable, but things that already are notable. Notability, in that respect, is demonstrated by providing references from arm's-length third-party expert sources (written in things like books, newspapers and magazines, and not blogs or forums) stating that the event in question is somehow special, unusual or better than other similar events. Since the article suggests that this will be the first such event, I think it's unlikely that you'll be able to provide such expert sources. As well, there's also a general principle about events that have not yet happened that can be described as Wikipedia is not a crystal ball -- we only write about events that have already happened and been described by experts. For those reasons, I think it's likely that you will have to find another website with which to publicize your event. You can find general background information about these principles by following the links in this paragraph, or by reading WP:Your first article or WP:Why was my article deleted?; if you have any further questions beyond those, you can feel free to leave me a note and I'll help you if I can. Accounting4Taste:talk 21:38, 17 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of THOTCON

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A tag has been placed on THOTCON requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article, which appears to be about a real person, individual animal(s), an organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable. If this is the first page that you have created, then you should read the guide to writing your first article.

If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the article (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's 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 confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Accounting4Taste:talk 22:33, 17 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

THOTCON

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So long as you cite sufficient external sources to satisfy WP:GNG you have a case for the article. Staxringold talkcontribs 02:42, 20 May 2010 (UTC)Reply

File permission problem with File:Nicholas J. Percoco.jpg

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Thanks for uploading File:Nicholas J. Percoco.jpg, which you've sourced to Trustwave. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file agreed to license it under the given license.

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