Simon.goodchild

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Proposed deletion of WP Symposium

The article WP Symposium has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Not notable, very few third-party references, none outside of blogs as far as I can tell. Fails WP:GNG

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Hi Simon. I've undeleted the article WP Symposium as any article deleted using the WP:PROD process will be restored if a user requests it, although it could still be proposed for deletion again through the full Articles for Deletion process.

The third party references are important to demonstrate notability. The needs of users should be met by a website (or a suitable entry in the Wordpress plugin repository). BuddyPress is quite a major plugin so I'm not sure the fact that has an article has much bearing (that's no judgement on your article - just that being a Wordpress plugin of itself shouldn't be considered a qualification for notability). Take a look at WP:GNG for more information on notability. Hope that helps. Cheers, Whouk (talk) 13:49, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

February 2018

Hello, I'm Pablomartinez. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to WP Symposium have been undone because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted; Wikipedia articles should be written objectively, using independent sources, and from a neutral perspective. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. PabloMartinez (talk) 16:07, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

Nomination of WP Symposium for deletion

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Speedy deletion nomination of Hayley Sparkes

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A tag has been placed on Hayley Sparkes requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from hayleysparkes.co.uk. 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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File permission problem with File:Hayley Sparkes.png

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