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Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:MidwayUSA Foundation

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A tag has been placed on Draft:MidwayUSA Foundation, requesting that it be deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which pages can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly-defined criteria, then it may soon be deleted by an administrator. The reasons it has been tagged are:

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• It appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement of https://www.midwayusafoundation.org/transparency/. (See section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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January 2020

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 Draft:MidwayUSA Foundation has been deleted
Hello, Rileypk97. Thank you for helping to build Wikipedia-- the world's largest free content encyclopedia. I'm sorry, but  Draft:MidwayUSA Foundation has been deleted as meeting WP:CSD#G11. "This applies to pages that are exclusively promotional and would need to be fundamentally rewritten to conform with Wikipedia:NOTFORPROMOTION." These must be rewritten from scratch from "reliable, third party sources unconnected to the subject." See WP:RS.

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There is a very common mistake of assuming that the prohibition against promotional editing applies only to promotion for commercial gain, but that is not so. Sometimes creators of promotional content are bewildered that it is considered such. If one has been trained to write or spent some time writing corporate documents or mission/vision statements or anything similar, they may simply be blind to the promotionality. It can be hard to unlearn.

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The new user tutorial can help you avoid future problems. -- Deepfriedokra 00:33, 21 January 2020 (UTC)

You still have not responded or taken action to the inquiry regarding your appearance as an undisclosed paid editor. If you make any additional edits without complying you may be blocked from editing. Per Deepfriedokra's previous notice please disclose your relationship with the MidwayUSA Foundation

GPL93 (talk) 23:46, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

To: GPL93 and Deepfriedokra My affiliation with MidwayUSA Foundation is that I'm a parent of a kid that is on a shooting team that the foundation has helped in the past i reloaded the page using only facts this time from other sites and professional articles, instead of their own site i am a rookie to wiki so i didn't know how to write my first article i believe my second is good however because its simple and only states facts leaving out opinion-based writing. I thought my first draft was okay because i got it from their site, i know now that it's not because of the bias the writers of their site my have. I am not a supporter of the foundation i just tried to think of how to start my wiki experience and thought this would be a good start, i plan to write more articles on foundations and charities because i believe they deserve more credit. Thanks, Rileypk97 (talk) 19:06, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

User:Deepfriedokra do you think that you could check out the updated version of the article? The first time I posted it I had feedback very quickly about it and now it's been a month since I published it as a draft. draft:MidwayUSA Foundation. Thanks and if there's a formal process I have to go through to wait I'm okay with that I was just making sure the article was in a queue of some sort.

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Your submission at Articles for creation: MidwayUSA Foundation (July 24)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Robert McClenon was:  The comment the reviewer left was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

• If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:MidwayUSA Foundation and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
• If you now believe the draft cannot meet Wikipedia's standards or do not wish to progress it further, you may request deletion. Please go to Draft:MidwayUSA Foundation, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window, add "{{Db-g7}}" at the top of the draft text and click the blue "publish changes" button to save this edit.
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Robert McClenon (talk) 22:30, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

Hello, Rileypk97! Having an article declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! Robert McClenon (talk) 22:30, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: MidwayUSA Foundation (September 2)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Theroadislong was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

• If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:MidwayUSA Foundation and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
• If you now believe the draft cannot meet Wikipedia's standards or do not wish to progress it further, you may request deletion. Please go to Draft:MidwayUSA Foundation, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window, add "{{Db-g7}}" at the top of the draft text and click the blue "publish changes" button to save this edit.
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• If you need any assistance, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk, on the reviewer's talk page or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

Theroadislong (talk) 16:27, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

Theroadislong So can you help guide me on how I can make this article wiki appropriate? I have been to multiple wiki pages for nonprofits and charities and I see nothing but links from their website, which is what I did first but a reviewer said it was incorrect. my example is st Jude children's research hospital they have a ton of references from their website which I thought shouldn't be aloud but yet they are one of the most notable nonprofits in the USA. Do I use secondary sources and just put it more into my own words rather than using the text displayed? because in this article i used only secondary sources of the organization. I just need more information than, "it sounds like promoting" "you are using prepared language by the organization" when they are just facts not promotion (i've seen worse on other pages ie St Jude) and the so-called prepared language is coming from completely different entities and some are even publications. (ie columbianmissourian.com)

Concern regarding Draft:MidwayUSA Foundation

Hello, Rileypk97. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:MidwayUSA Foundation, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Draft space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for article space.

If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion under CSD G13. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it. You may request userfication of the content if it meets requirements.

If the deletion has already occured, instructions on how you may be able to retrieve it are available here.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. Bot0612 (talk) 06:55, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:MidwayUSA Foundation

Hello, Rileypk97. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "MidwayUSA Foundation".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 18:21, 4 March 2021 (UTC)