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editHello, Wikimulgrave, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as Mulgrave School, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.
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Speedy deletion nomination of Mulgrave School
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A tag has been placed on Mulgrave School requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article or image appears to be a clear copyright infringement. This article or image appears to be a direct copy from http://www.mulgrave.com/Learning/junior-school/index.aspx. 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. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.
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Hello, Wikimulgrave. I wanted to let you know that I’m proposing an article that you started, Mulgrave School, for deletion because I don't think it meets our criteria for inclusion. If you don't want the article deleted:
- edit the page
- remove the text that looks like this:
{{proposed deletion/dated...}} - save the page
Do this after you have successfully written the actual article. Wikipedia does not accept copy and pasted writing, please use your own words and include sources. Also, please do not write letters to Wiki Moderators, there is a Help button and a list of users which will help you.
Also, be sure to explain why you think the article should be kept in your edit summary or on the article's talk page. If you don't do so, it may be deleted later anyway.
You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Arbustum (talk) 16:36, 17 December 2014 (UTC)
Article about the Mulgrave School
editSorry that Wikipedia hasn't been clear with you. The page has been deleted previously because, if I remember correctly, it was very advertorial in nature. Unfortunately, the new article you provided copied a fair bit of content from your website, and also was very promotional. Copying and pasting content from other places isn't allowed, and you are also not allowed to use promotional language. If you'd like to create a new article about the Mulgrave School, I would suggest making sure the school is written about from a neutral point of view, and doesn't unduly promote it. Other schools like your's also can have articles, if they can be demonstrated to have significant coverage in reliable sources. Mulgrave School probably fulfills that criteria, and I would suggest gathering coverage such as newspaper articles, magazine pieces, and/or other reliable sources that comply with Wikipedia's reliable source policy. To recap, you would do:
- Gather reliable sources that comply with the Wikipedia:Reliable Sources policy and use them in the article.
- Make the article without a promotional tone, and without any copied and pasted content.
Also, your username applies that it is being operated by the entire organization of the Mulgrave School. I would suggest creating a new account that does not imply it is shared, as sharing accounts is prohibited, and accounts that imply they are shared are often blocked.
If you'd like to ask any more questions, you can leave a message at my talk page or put {{helpme}} on your talk page to bring attention of helpers.
Grognard Chess (talk) Ping when replying 20:39, 17 December 2014 (UTC)
Original message left at Mulgrave School by User:Wikimulgrave, written at 11:30, December 17, 2014 and licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0. original diff
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Hello- I am the communications coordinator for Mulgrave School. Last year the school created a Wikipedia entry about the school, its history and approach to education. The page was hacked and edited with misleading information on several occasions as a hoax/prank. Each time, the school took to the task of updating the page until, at one point, the page was taken down. Yesterday, we tried to create a new entry and it has been taken down for a second time. It is common for schools to have wikipedia entries. In fact here are the entries for two schools in our vicinity which have had entries since as far back as 2008. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York_House_School,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collingwood_School. Is the problem the way the information is written? Do we need to change the tone/style? Thanks for your assistance in addressing my questions. Regards, Karem Planas 604-417-4488 |
December 2014
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