Vaughanz

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Speedy deletion nomination of Vaughan lazar

A tag has been placed on Vaughan lazar 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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Please note that even if the copyright issue were resolved, the promotional tone of a company or personal website is likely be unsuitable for an encyclopedia article, which requires a neutral point of view, and that writing articles about yourself is strongly discouraged in Wikipedia, for reasons explained here. JohnCD (talk) 14:01, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Vaughan lazar

A tag has been placed on Vaughan lazar requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an article with no content whatsoever, or whose contents consist only of external links, a "See also" section, book references, category tags, template tags, interwiki links, a rephrasing of the title, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content. You may wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page 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 page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. noq (talk) 12:52, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

November 2009

You should wait for others to write an article about subjects in which you are personally involved, as you did at ‎Vaughan lazar. This applies to articles about you, your achievements, your band, your business, your publications, your website, your relatives, and any other possible conflict of interest.

Creating an article about yourself is strongly discouraged. If you create such an article, it might be listed on articles for deletion. Deletion is not certain, but many feel strongly that you should not start articles about yourself. This is because independent creation encourages independent validation of both significance and verifiability. All edits to articles must conform to Wikipedia:No original research, Wikipedia:Neutral point of view, and Wikipedia:Verifiability.

If you are not "notable" under Wikipedia guidelines, creating an article about yourself may violate the policy that Wikipedia is not a personal webspace provider and would thus qualify for speedy deletion. If your achievements, etc., are verifiable and genuinely notable, and thus suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later. (See Wikipedia:Wikipedians with articles.) Thank you. noq (talk) 12:54, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Content from Talk:Vaughan lazar

This posting was deleted for reasons of copyright infringement. I am the person referenced here and am also the creator, co-founder, and owner of all trademarks relative to the company that owns the website referenced. What can I do, or what supporting documentation do you need to have this re-posted immediately.

I appreciate your time and also protecting peoples rights, especially when there are probably a hundred infringements to every one real post. Vaughanz (talk) 12:41, 20 November 2009 (UTC)Vaughanz

The procedure is described in WP:IOWN. Favonian (talk) 12:52, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Advice

Copyright is a serious problem for Wikipedia, and you will understand that when you assert ownership we have no way of knowing that you are who you say. Also, release to Wikipedia means significantly more than permission to reproduce: the license terms include permission to anyone else to copy, modify and use for any purpose, subject only to acknowledging the source. More detail at WP:Copyrights#Contributors' rights and obligations. If you want to contribute material to which you own the copyright, the steps to follow are explained at WP:Donating copyrighted materials.

You should understand that Wikipedia differs significantly from the "notice-board" sort of website where anyone can post their details. One important difference is that no Wikipedia article is owned by its author or anyone else - see WP:OWN - any article may be edited by anyone. If you want an article about yourself which you can control, Wikipedia is not the place to come.

Posting an article about yourself is discouraged, for reasons explained here. In writing about yourself or your firm, you have from our point of view a conflict of interest. There is good advice for people who want to edit in these circumtances at User:Uncle G/On notability#Writing about subjects close to you, particularly:

When writing about subjects that are close to you, don't use your own personal knowledge of the subject, and don't cite yourself, your web site, or the subject's web site. Instead, use what is written about the subject by other people, independently, as your sources. Cite those sources in your very first edit. If you don't have such sources, don't write.

An article needs references to back up what it says, and an article subject needs to demonstrate notability - which is not a subjective opinion, but means that it "has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Reliable excludes Myspace and the like. More detail at Notability (people).

Regards, JohnCD (talk) 23:07, 20 November 2009 (UTC)