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Yesterday, I submitted a new page with a definition for Viral Decay Acceleration. I provided the following reference: http://www.koronispharma.com/viraldecayacceleration.html. It appears that this page is schedule for deletion and I'm not sure I understand why. Also, I'd like to know what I can do to publish this page on Wikipedia. Thank you. WGR11 (talk) 17:45, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
- There are a couple of problems. You say that you provided a reference. However, the site wasn't formed as a reference, it was included as a bare link in the external links section, so the article technically had no references, plus a poorly formed external link. The link didn't qualify as a reference, so it wouldn't help to format it correctly; it doesn't appear to qualify as a reliable source.
- The term is trademarked, which doesn't preclude inclusion in Wikipedia, but it does look like someone trying to market a new term. When the only "reference" is the company involved with the term, it looks more like spam than an encyclopedia article. If there were multiple examples of the term in reliable sources, the situation might be different.--SPhilbrickT 19:40, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Viral Decay Acceleration
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A tag has been placed on Viral Decay Acceleration, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Business for more information.
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editMessage added SPhilbrickT 17:52, 4 March 2011 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.
Your request at my talk page
editYes, I will post the question at the noticeboard shortly--SPhilbrickT 18:11, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
- Thank you very much! WGR11 (talk) 18:14, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
- I posted the question here. I will try to monitor it, but if someone poses questions, you may be in the best position to answer. Note that if you start a response with a colon(:), it indents the response. I added one to your response so you can see. Not a big deal, but if you answer questions at the Noticeboard, it ill be clearer what is happening if you follow the convention. Click on the edit tab to see what it looks like, and you'll see I added two colons to my response.)--SPhilbrickT 18:36, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
- Cheers, thanks very much! I appreciate your time in doing that. This is likely the first and last Wikipedia post that I would do, so appreciate your assist.
67.136.213.99 (talk) 19:51, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
- A Quest For Knowledge did some research, and had mostly positive news. He also provided this link .[1] which you may find helpful. He wondered, "should this be an article about Viral Decay Acceleration (a technique) or KP-1461 (the drug)? Or both?" --SPhilbrickT 02:25, 11 March 2011 (UTC)