User talk:WPAS

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I've seen your message, deleted the page again, will respond in detail shortly

jimfbleak (talk) 14:31, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

First, the article is a copyright violation as an exact copy of this page, which is marked © 2008 Washington Performing Arts Society .

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Secondly, advertising does not mean that you have to be selling something. Articles have to be neutral and encyclopaedic in tone, and provide independent verifiable sources to justify any claims made and to show that the subject meets the notability guidelines.

So, apart from sorting out the copyright issue, and assuming that you may meet the notability requirements, you need to remove or justify with independent references claims such

• has created profound opportunities
• lifelong opportunities to deepen their cultural knowledge, enrich their lives, and expand their understanding of the world through the universal language of the performing arts
• the organization flourished
• inspired leadership
• widely recognized as one of the leading presenters of the performing arts in the nation. (should be US, there are other, insignificant, countries)
• Embracing both the traditions of the past and the vibrant artistry of the future

There’s much more, basically spam so thick you could spread it on bread.

The page is temporarily protected now due to persistent recreation without even waiting for the reasons.

Thanks jimfbleak (talk) 14:47, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

More on the deletion

Hi. There was a little bit of confusion because I had taken the initiative to fix up your page a bit while Jimfbleak was in the process of deleting it over the copyright issue. When I tried saving my changes, I got a note telling me that the article had been deleted and offering me the chance to recreate it. So I did, and he got confused, because he didn't notice that I wasn't the same person as you.

Anyway, to pick up where things got left off with you: There were also issues of being promotional and non-objective: there was plenty of puffery, extolling the virtues of WPAS in the style of a brochure or your website or the "about WPAS" page in one of your program guides. I made a bunch of edits to whittle away the blatant promotionalism, but then my version got deleted again. After some discussion, Jimfbleak understood where I was coming from and unprotected the article that he'd protected to prevent it from being recreated yet again. Also, the article didn't establish the notability of WPAS (although I know it's notable, being a local resident, it needs to be established by references in the article; see WP:NOTABLE). I've asked Jimfbleak for a copy of my final version, which I may try to annotate and use as the basis for a recreation of the article.

Finally, I don't know the details, but the copyright issue needs to be addressed. I won't repost the material unless it no longer contains verbatim material from your website.

Regards. —Largo Plazo (talk) 15:59, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Indonesia Embassy Adoption Program.jpg

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Draft review

Hello, I know you asked me to look at your draft a long time ago and I'm sorry that I haven't till now. In my opinion it's a perfectly good article as far as its content and tone are concerned, but here's the thing: you have no references whatsoever to reliable third-party sources to establish verifiability or notability. Therefore, if you were to post the article as is, someone might post it for a deletion discussion, if not outright speedy deletion, though given the detail in the article I think the latter is unlikely. At the very least, someone would put notices at the top tagging it as an article lacking evident notability or references, as well as one for conflict of interest, since the material was written entirely by a person from the organization itself. This wouldn't be the end of the world, but you should be aware of it. The article would then remain tagged until others made the effort to fix these deficiencies and make the article less of your product than it is now. —Largo Plazo (talk) 16:24, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

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