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Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:J F Clarke & Sons

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A tag has been placed on Draft:J F Clarke & Sons, 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:

• It seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. (See section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.
• It appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement of http://messybeast.com/1893-illustrated-london/1893-illustrated-london.htm. (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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If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Aspening (talk) 02:06, 30 May 2021 (UTC)

Deletion of JF Clarke& Sons page

I’d like to contest the speedy deletion of this page. You complain I infringed a copyright for an 1893 publication. This is on the public domain and in several libraries. It is not the copyright of messy beast. This article is about a historic firm - dissolved 1912 - so is not promoting anything . Square Mile Stroller (talk) 07:47, 30 May 2021 (UTC)

• (Non-administrator comment) Hi, SqMStroller, yeah. I came here to thank you for the interesting slice of history currently sitting in your sandbox. If the now-deleted draft looked anything like that, then it was certainly not promotional, and although sparcely-sourced, the sources it uses are clearly so old they are WP:PD. (Although I can understand Liz assuming that the material was created by www.messybeast.com, it is pretty open about the fact that it's an 1893 journal.) Also paging Aspening, about whom we are curemtly talking behind their back. ——Serial 13:10, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

Hi Serial, thanks for your encouragement. The page is my first crack at wiki page creation so feel I’m wandering in a strange universe. Will have another go at it ... Sms Square Mile Stroller (talk) 15:29, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

Sorry about the erroneous copyright tag - I didn't notice that the source was a copy of something in the public domain Aspening (talk) 17:22, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

Liz very kindly restored your draft, SqMS. Happy editing! ——Serial 08:25, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:J F Clarke & Sons

Hello, Square Mile Stroller. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:J F Clarke & Sons, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 22:01, 31 October 2021 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:J F Clarke & Sons

Hello, Square Mile Stroller. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "J F Clarke & Sons".

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!} 23:10, 30 November 2021 (UTC)