User talk:Mrmaguire

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Speedy deletion nomination of User:Mrmaguire[edit]

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A tag has been placed on User:Mrmaguire 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 clear 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.

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Copyright is a very serious issue for Wikipedia: we cannot host copyright material on the basis that the person who posted it hopes to get permission presently. Also, publication in Wikipedia involves more than just permission to reproduce - see Wikipedia:Copyrights for full detail.

But even if a copyright release were made, this material would be unacceptable as an advertisement: Wikipedia is not for advertising or promotion of any kind.

It will save you time to read WP:Your first article and WP:Notability before you write another article; and if you are in any way connected with the Solmetric SunEye™, for instance if you sell them or hope to sell them, you must read Wikipedia's guideline against editing with a WP:Conflict of interest. JohnCD (talk) 20:56, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The new intro that Mrmaguire wrote did not look like a copyvio; I have restored it. He was in the process of revising the original text -- which seems to be the best focused text on how this product works, though written in a marketing fashion. While WP is not a place for advertising or promotion, people who like certain products or companies they know about are welcome to try to make notable articles about those products or companies in a sandbox such as their userspace.

I agree we should be swift about pointing new editors towards 'how to write a new article' and notability guidelines. In this case, from a quick review of solar installation guides, the Solar Pathfinder may more easily pass notability, as it is the canonical tool for this type of work, whereas the SunEye is used more rarely; perhaps both products would best be discussed in [and their product names redirected to] an article about shade analysis tools. But deleting the early attempts of editors asking nicely for help and trying to do things right seems to focus on the opportunity for conflict rather than the opportunity for adding to the encyclopedia. –SJ + 22:54, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]