User talk:LangSlattery

Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Ritchie Boys. Wikipedia is not a collection of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include, but are not limited to, links to personal websites, links to websites with which you are affiliated (whether as a link in article text, or a citation in an article), and links that attract visitors to a website or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam guideline for further explanations. Because Wikipedia uses the nofollow attribute value, its external links are disregarded by most search engines. If you feel the link should be added to the page, please discuss it on the associated talk page rather than re-adding it. Thank you. Melcous (talk) 07:30, 4 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

December 2016[edit]

Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Ritchie Boys. It is considered spamming and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, additions of links to Wikipedia will not alter search engine rankings. If you continue spamming, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Melcous (talk) 21:14, 4 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Kathryn and thanks for your message on my talk page. As the first message above says, the best thing for you to do is go to the article's talk page and suggest the link there. Then, if other editors who do not have your conflict of interest agree that it is a useful link, they can add it to the article. Regards, Melcous (talk) 01:26, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again. Wikipedia works by the key principle of verifiability which means that all content must be sourced to reliable, published, secondary sources. So the question is whether the research you are referring to meets those criteria. It doesn't have to be published online, but it does need to be published (e.g. in a book or journal). If you are able to provide details of these, and give a brief overview of what you would like included in the article on the talk page, I'm happy to have a look at it and see if I can help. Cheers, Melcous (talk) 02:24, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of User:LangSlattery[edit]

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A tag has been placed on User:LangSlattery, 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 encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. Zupotachyon (talk ⋅ contribs) Ping me with {{SUBST:reply to|Zupotachyon}} 02:15, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Contested deletion[edit]

This page is not unambiguously promotional, because the user is an acknowledged expert on the Ritchie Boys and their role in WWII. The author has published teacher materials and blogs that add information to the subject of the Ritchie Boys, their training and their role in WWII. http://www.klangslattery.com/ritchie-boys, http://www.klangslattery.com/blog and https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Browse/Search:The%20Ritchie%20Boys. Please let me know what other information you need in order to remove the threat of deletion of my user page and edits I might make to the Ritchie Boy article on Wikipedia. Kathryn Lang-Slattery --LangSlattery (talk) 02:49, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Kathryn, I didn't nominate your user page for deletion, but I would say that a wikipedia user page is meant to be about your activities here as an editor (so for example it would be fine to mention your interested in the Ritchie Boys article), but it is not allowed to be a place for self promotion (so for example putting your own website is a no; and you might want to edit what you have written to make it sound less 'promotional'). Cheers, Melcous (talk) 03:22, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Contested deletion[edit]

This page is not unambiguously promotional, because I have removed material that might be construed as promotional... Kathryn Lang-Slattery --LangSlattery (talk) 04:11, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi LangSlattery - I've removed the CSD tag from your user page as you have made good faith attempts to make it less promotional. I would suggest trimming it down some more, and perhaps focus on what you're going to be doing on Wikipedia? Your extensive knowledge could be put to great use by editing some of our articles! The tutorial is a great way to get started. Let me know if you have any questions -- samtar ^{talk or stalk} 10:48, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]