User talk:Mcaplan243

Welcome[edit]

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March 2008[edit]

Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but your recent edit removed content from Young & Rubicam‎. When removing text, please specify a reason in the edit summary and discuss edits that are likely to be controversial on the article's talk page. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the text has been restored, as you can see from the page history. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. SWik78 (talk) 18:49, 17 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Peter Law-Gisiko[edit]

A tag has been placed on Peter Law-Gisiko, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be blatant 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 general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 11, as well as the guidelines on spam.

If you can indicate why the subject of this article is not blatant advertising, you may contest the tagging. To do this, please add {{hangon}} on the top of Peter Law-Gisiko and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would help make it encyclopedic, as well as adding any citations from reliable sources to ensure that the article will be verifiable. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. SWik78 (talk) 19:05, 17 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion of Peter Stringham[edit]

A tag has been placed on Peter Stringham requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be a blatant copyright infringement. 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.

If the external website belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text — which means allowing other people to modify it — then you must include on the external site the statement "I, (name), am the author of this article, (article name), and I release its content under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 and later." You might want to look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines for more details, or ask a question here.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Kkmurray (talk) 19:06, 17 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion of Peter Law-Gisiko[edit]

A tag has been placed on Peter Law-Gisiko, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be blatant 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 our the guidelines on spam as well as the Wikipedia:Business' FAQ for more information.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. Wisdom89 _{(_T / ^C)} 19:14, 17 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not add copyrighted material to Wikipedia without permission from the copyright holder, as you did to Peter Law-Gisiko. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. Toddst1 (talk) 19:39, 17 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop. If you continue to add promotional material to Wikipedia, you will be blocked from editing. You appear to be adding quite a bit of information about executives at Young & Rubicam‎ that appear to violate the WP:Spam policy. Please stop. Toddst1 (talk) 19:41, 17 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You should wait for others to write an article about subjects in which you are personally involved, as you did at Mitchell Caplan. This applies to articles about you, your achievements, your band, your business, your publications, your website, your relatives, and any other possible conflict of interest.

Creating an article about yourself is strongly discouraged. If you create such an article, it might be listed on articles for deletion. Deletion is not certain, but many feel strongly that you should not start articles about yourself. This is because independent creation encourages independent validation of both significance and verifiability. All edits to articles must conform to Wikipedia:No original research, Wikipedia:Neutral point of view, and Wikipedia:Verifiability.

If you are not "notable" under Wikipedia guidelines, creating an article about yourself may violate the policy that Wikipedia is not a personal webspace provider and would thus qualify for speedy deletion. If your achievements, etc., are verifiable and genuinely notable, and thus suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later. (See Wikipedia:Wikipedians with articles.) Thank you. Toddst1 (talk) 19:44, 17 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

March 2008[edit]

This is the last warning you will receive for your disruptive edits.
The next time you use Wikipedia for advertising, as you did with Mitchell Caplan, you will be blocked from editing. Toddst1 (talk) 18:48, 19 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Get your facts straight[edit]

Before you make accusations on Wikipedia please be sure of your facts:

your autobiography was deleted by User: Academic Challenger on 22:01, 13 July 2006
I deleted another, recreated version of your autobiography on 19:42, 17 March 2008 - once under Wikipedia:CSD#G11 - Blatant Advertising.
On 18:34, 19 March 2008 User: Sallicio found yet another recreated version of your autobiography, labeled it An article about a real person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content that does not indicate why its subject is important or significant.' and nominated it for speedy deletion.
I have left messages for you here 6 times trying to help you understand Wikipedia policy.

Please try to work within Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, rather than trying to manipulate them and the good faith actions of others for your self promotion. Toddst1 (talk) 19:34, 19 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Advice[edit]

You should read the WP:Business' FAQ and the guidelines at WP:COI, WP:AUTO and WP:ADVERT. Articles not complying with these guidelines are likely to be deleted. The underlying theme is that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not an advertising medium or a business directory, and that you should not be writing about yourself or your own business. JohnCD (talk) 20:09, 19 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]