User talk:David Stang

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Welcome!

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License tagging for Image:Aix sponsaZZ.jpg[edit]

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External links[edit]

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Articles for deletion nomination of ZipcodeZoo[edit]

I have nominated ZipcodeZoo, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/ZipcodeZoo. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.

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Notification of automated file description generation[edit]

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Speedy deletion nomination of ZipcodeZoo[edit]

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A tag has been placed on ZipcodeZoo, requesting that it be deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which articles can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly-defined criteria, then it may be 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 or person 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/Business for more information.

Stang: I have completely rewritten the article. It is provided in the spirit of Wikipedia's articles on Encyclopedia of Life, Global Biodiversity Information Facility, and Animal Diversity Web.

It appears to be a clear copyright infringement of http://zipcodezoo.com/index.php/ZipcodeZoo:About. (See section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) 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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Stang: The content originally placed in this article was taken from a page at ZipcodeZoo.com which I wrote and which is available via a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported license, as stated on that page on the site and all other pages.

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Managing a conflict of interest[edit]

Hello, David Stang. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article ZipcodeZoo, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

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For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. Theroadislong (talk) 19:18, 14 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I appreciate the importance of neutrality. There are now no links to ZipcodeZoo.com in the article, and the only external link is now mentioned in a footnote, as the guidelines suggest.

I have tried to follow the examples of the articles on Animal Diversity Web, Encyclopedia of Life, Catalogue of Life, and Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Disambiguation link notification for March 15[edit]

Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited ZipcodeZoo, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Videos. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

Stang: Thanks, DPL bot. I've fixed that link.

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March 2015[edit]

Please do not remove maintenance templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to ZipcodeZoo, without resolving the problem that the template refers to, or giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your removal of this template does not appear constructive, and has been reverted. Thank you. Theroadislong (talk) 18:32, 16 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Stang: My apologies. I made changes which I thought had addressed the problems. I have just made a few more changes in hopes that now the article meets the standards.

Proposed deletion of File:Acer platanoidesZZ.jpg[edit]

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This bot DID NOT nominate any file(s) for deletion; please refer to the page history of each individual file for details. Thanks, FastilyBot (talk) 01:01, 9 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of File:Danaus plexippusZZ.jpg[edit]

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Poor quality file that is orphaned and would have no obvious value in transferring to Commons

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Please consider addressing the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated files}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and files for discussion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Salavat (talk) 03:47, 30 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]