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Spyware terminator marked for deletion??? [crossposting from User talk:Dynaflow]

Would like to know why Spyware terminator has been marked for deletion, i am new to creating articels, and this is was alright till this morning, now it is marked for deletion! with a doubt that copyright may have been violated, system requirements section has been removed.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rajeshontheweb (talk • contribs)

Okay, what AfD (the process your article has been nominated for) is is a process for getting a lot of eyes looking at an article to decide whether or not it belongs on Wikipedia per WP's inclusion criteria (start with WP:NOTE in this case). It does not mean that deletion is immanent; just that someone, in this case me, thinks the article doesn't satisfy those criteria and requests the opinion of others. You are free to follow the instructions on the template and cast a vote to keep the article. You can also fix it so that the concerns raised by the nominator and others who may be voting for its deletion are allayed and they relent. If you have any questions on how to do any of this, I will be glad to help. Just ask me on my Talk page. --Dynaflow babble 09:16, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Basically, you have to assert notability for the software. That it exists is not enough to merit its inclusion in Wikipedia. You have to cite (or at least convincingly assert) non-trivial coverage in third-party, reliable sources. Again, see WP:NOTE. Also, you'll probably want to read the other deletion debates going on here first to get an idea of what kind of arguments you'd want to make for inclusion. --Dynaflow babble 09:41, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Oh, one more thing. Please sign your posts with four tildes in a row (~~~~). I have been signing your name for you thus far, but it's better if you do it. --Dynaflow babble 09:45, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

(actually posted after Jeff's reply, but coming first in the narrative) Someone deleted it out of process, as far as I can tell (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Spyware terminator). I honestly didn't expect that result. I've contacted someone else who is more familiar with how to get things undeleted than I am and asked him to contact you, but in the meantime, gather together whatever you can to assert the notability of the article's subject. That is what will likely be at issue in a request to have the deletion reviewed. Don't worry about the article itself. It's not erased so much as it is just hidden. Nothing really ever disappears completely from Wikipedia, and articles that have been deleted can be brought back more or less whole if the right person just clicks the right button. --Dynaflow babble 04:44, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Hi!

Hi there! I noticed you've had some problems getting your article off the ground here. Dynaflow asked me to help you out, since I write a lot of articles and know the ins and outs on inclusion issues - essentially, you need to worry about three things: making sure what you write shows why it's important for what you're writing about, and using proper sources to do so while not making it read like an advertisement (that's why those tags came up on the article). Now, best case scenario is that you know of some magazines or newspapers that have talked about the thing you're writing about. If so, add them! Really, the more the merrier, and the more you have available to write with. Beyond that, just make it sound like an encyclopedia entry as opposed to a press release. Take a look at Ad-Aware, which might be a similar template to work from. If you wanted to put something together at, say, User:Rajeshontheweb/Spyware Terminator and Dynaflow and I can help you with the wording, I know I'd be glad to. Anything to help, really. Good luck! --badlydrawnjeff talk 04:39, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

thanks a lot, jeff. I did use Ad-aware as the base for my start.. (i chose ad aware because it was also an anti spyware) Do you think it is possible to retrive the deleted spyware terminator article so that i could re write it or something? or should i be starting from scratch again? Rajeshontheweb 05:15, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

You should be able to if you ask the deleting administrator. --badlydrawnjeff talk 12:36, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

• I have restored it. But it will have to be reworded much less ike an advertisement. Anthony Appleyard 06:45, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks a lot, i will do my best please keep an eye on the article for us. thanks.. 06:51, 29 May 2007 User:Rajeshontheweb

Spyware terminator

• (Message copied from User talk:Anthony Appleyard):-
  • hi there, i am a newbie to wiki article writing - i have edited a few earlier but never did a full write up on my own, this was my first effort and i have been trying to improve but i find the article has been deleted. could u please retrieve that i can rewrite the article to suit wikimedia norms.. i did put that cleanup tag to show i am interested to cleanup or redo the article. please advise. Rajeshontheweb 05:28, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

• The last version of this page was:

Spyware Terminator is a program developed for Microsoft Windows operating systems that removes and protects users from spyware, adware and viruses. It is offered for free for home users. A corporate version containing ten licenses of the product is offered for an annual price of $20..

For why it was deleted, see the AfD at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Spyware terminator. Anthony Appleyard 05:45, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

The second AfD

From what I have seen, you have not sufficiently fixed the article enough to pass the AfD, and I really can't find any solid ground to defend it from. It will likely be deleted by the sheer weight of WP:SNOW. However, all is not lost. I have put a copy of the article in your userspace for you to work on, without the pressure of a deletion review in progress or the disorienting effects of other editors futzing around with the thing before you're ready to debut it. If you follow the link from your userpage, the article as it exists right now will be there.

Now, how would you go about fixing it?

1. Read WP:SPAM carefully, because that is what the article still largely resembles.
2. For my benefit, clarify if you have any sort of conflict of interest in this article per WP:COI. It's an unspoken assumption that spammy articles often result from the articles' writers being connected to the articles' subjects. Having a connection wouldn't preclude you from creating or editing he article, but it's best to declare any conflict of interest you may have. This is the right way to handle a COI: Talk:Aglow International. This is the wrong way: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Simon Higgs.
3. Look through other software-related articles. The "big name" anti-whatever software suites aren't good medels for a more obscure piece of software such as the one you're writing about. For good models, browse through the more obscure Linux distros here: List of Linux distributions. Do note that a lot of those articles have the same problems as yours and they escape deletion mainly because they're free software and they have an influential constituency (Wikipedia:WikiProject Linux) that would raise a monumental shitstorm if an article on a Linux distro was deleted. Such is the politics of this place. Look at the better-sourced articles.
4. Browse a couple days' worth of deletion discussions at WP:AFD. There's no better way to learn what sort of content can doom an article.
5. After you've done all that and have a few ideas on how to change around your article and source it better, let me know, and I can help you a bit more. --Dynaflow babble 05:52, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

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6. User / IP Blocked?

Hi there,

I was trying to Edit List of Indian Actresses, there are a few actress names that could be added in there, but i am unable to edit. i end up with a message saying my ip address 82.xx.x.xx has been blocked by BornQueen- it could be a block at user level or ip range which is set to expire 28 Sep 2007.

Please confirm if this is a user ban or IP ban. i tried to go to BornQueen's talk page but unable to edit there , as well. Rajeshontheweb 10:24, 3 September 2007 (UTC)