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Speedy deletion of Ronald F. Gordon[edit]
A tag has been placed on Ronald F. Gordon, 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 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 guidelines on spam as well as Wikipedia:FAQ/Business 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 that has been nominated for deletion (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 they userfy the article or have a copy emailed to you. Rnb (talk) 04:18, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
As the reviewing administrator who deleted it, I see you are rewriting it-- please be careful. The subject is in fact notable, and an article can be written, but you are already getting rather close to promotional language. this is an encyclopedia, and encyclopedic language means straightforward sourced description, written in the third person, dry and concise, without rhetorical flourishes. There is almost no occasion in such an article to include the word "we' or "us", and it acts pretty much as a warning signal for self-advertisement. I just now removed an empty sentence of this sort, which may indicate you what not to do. If you want to include the phrase "the other 90% of our brains", find a place where someone has quoted him as saying it, in a 3rd party independent reliable published source, print or online (but not a blog or press release, or material based on press releases) and put it in as a sourced quotation. I find rereading Strunk and White every year a useful check on developing an over-rhetorical style. For advice more specific to Wikipedia, see our Business FAQ (which also applies to individuals) and our guide to writing Wikipedia articles. DGG (talk) 01:35, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
reply[edit]
OK, i'm working on the re-wording right now. thanks for the feedback !!!
Gordon[edit]
Are you related to him in some way? --Marty Goldberg (talk) 23:22, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
- Likewise, your addition to the Atari page has been removed. That page is about the brand itself, and not the specific company he was involved with. Likewise it was out of place in the intro, which are meant to be summaries. I took the information and moved it in to the Atari, Inc page where it actually belongs. Also, to add a signature to the end of your comments above, simply click the button above your edit window that looks like a signature (10 buttons from the left). It'll put --~~~~ on the page, which Wikipedia translates to a username and timestamp automatically when you hit the save page button. --Marty Goldberg (talk) 23:28, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
Image copyright problem with File:Businessweek-1.jpg[edit]
Thanks for uploading File:Businessweek-1.jpg. The image has been identified as not specifying the copyright status of the image, which is required by Wikipedia's policy on images. Even if you created the image yourself, you still need to release it so Wikipedia can use it. If you don't indicate the copyright status of the image on the image's description page, using an appropriate copyright tag, it may be deleted some time in the next seven days. If you made this image yourself, you can use copyright tags like {{PD-self}} (to release all rights), {{self|CC-by-sa-3.0|GFDL}} (to require that you be credited), or any tag here - just go to the image, click edit, and add one of those. If you have uploaded other images, please verify that you have provided copyright information for them as well.
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This is an automated notice by STBotI. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. STBotI (talk) 19:43, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
File copyright problem with File:Spawnofatari.jpg.jpg[edit]
Thank you for uploading File:Spawnofatari.jpg.jpg. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the file. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page.
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If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. NW (Talk) 16:49, 22 July 2009 (UTC)