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Speedy deletion nomination of World Figure Championship & Figure Festival

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A tag has been placed on World Figure Championship & Figure Festival, requesting that it be deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which articles can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly-defined criteria, then it may be soon be deleted by an administrator. The reasons it has been tagged are:

It 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. (See section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Business for more information.
It appears to be about a person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), individual animal, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. (See section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

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, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. McMatter ^(talk)/_(contrib) 02:02, 25 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

File copyright problem with File:WFC Logo.jpeg

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File source and copyright licensing problem with File:WFC-photo-section-1.jpg

File Copyright problem

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Speedy deletion nomination of File:WFC Logo.jpeg

A tag has been placed on File:WFC Logo.jpeg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the image is an unused redundant copy (all pixels the same or scaled down) of an image in the same file format, which is on Wikipedia (not on Commons), and all inward links have been updated.

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Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Lakeplacidskater. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article World Figure Championship & Figure Festival, you may have a conflict of interest. People with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, see the conflict of interest guideline and frequently asked questions for organizations. In particular, please:

avoid editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, its competitors, or projects and products you or they are involved with;
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Editors who are compensated for their contributions should make the disclosure by placing the {{connected contributor (paid)}} template at the top of the talk page of affected articles and filling in the parameters. They should also supply this information as part of a list on their user page of all their paid contributions.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing, and autobiographies. As it's states on your BLOG "serving as the media manager for the World Figure Championship" you have an undeclared Conflict of Interest. Please read through the links above and if your article does get deleted I would suggest you use the WP:AFC process. McMatter ^(talk)/_(contrib) 03:33, 25 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Mcmatter I apologize, I am still very new and did not realize that was a problem. I was asked to post a Wikipedia entry and didn't realize it was a conflict of interest. Thank you for clarifying. Can you assist in deleting this page?

What I will do for you is move it to DRAFT:World Figure Championship‎‎ so you can continue to work on it. Once you think it may be ready you can add {{Submit}} to the top of the page. This will signal an experienced editor to come by and take a look.McMatter ^(talk)/_(contrib) 03:44, 25 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Mcmatter Thank you, I did add information about the 2016 event and did add that code to the top of the page for review (hoping I did it correctly). I do, however, need help adding references. I navigated to the references list and when I wanted to edit them, all I saw was

. Not sure how the other news articles are visible then. I would want to add other news articles as reference. Please advise if you can. Thank you again.

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Pinging other users

Hi Lakeplacidskater. I see that you tried to ping me with this edit by mentioning my username. Just to let you know that that only works properly (as in, generates a notification) if you remember to sign your post using four tildes (~~~~). See Wikipedia:Notifications if you want to learn more about this. Cordless Larry (talk) 20:30, 12 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Cordless Larry, thank you, and thanks for the assistance. I appreciate your helpful advice. Lakeplacidskater (talk) 20:35, 12 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

No problem (and I received a notification of your reply this time). Cordless Larry (talk) 20:36, 12 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: World Figure Championship (April 13)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Dodger67 was:

This submission's references do not adequately show the subject's notability. Wikipedia requires significant coverage about the subject in reliable sources that are independent of the subject—see the general guideline on notability and the golden rule. Please improve the submission's referencing (see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners), so that the information is verifiable, and there is clear evidence of why the subject is notable and worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia. If additional reliable sources cannot be found for the subject, then it may not be suitable for Wikipedia at this time.

The comment the reviewer left was:

The only independent source cited is a local newspaper. If this was really a "world championship" there should be multiple international press sources.

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:World Figure Championship and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 15:27, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Draft moved per your request

The draft is now at User:Lakeplacidskater/World Figure Championship, you can work on it there at your own pace. Just do not submit it for review before it's ready, because that will start a six-month countdown to deletion if it isn't actively being worked on. Meanwhile you might take a look around WP:WikiProject Figure Skating, that's where editors interested in the topic can be found. You might find more articles that you can contribute to. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 19:29, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: World Figure Championship (April 14)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Onel5969 was:

This submission is not adequately supported by reliable sources. Reliable sources are required so that information can be verified. If you need help with referencing, please see Referencing for beginners and Citing sources.

The comment the reviewer left was:

Submitted on behalf of article creator, who seems to be having difficulty figuring out how to submit the draft. That being said, we need in-depth coverage from several independent, reliable sources to show the notability of this event.

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to User:Lakeplacidskater/World Figure Championship and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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Onel5969 ^{TT me} 12:28, 14 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, User:Lakeplacidskater/World Figure Championship

Hello, Lakeplacidskater. It has been over six months since you last edited your Articles for Creation draft article submission, "World Figure Championship".

In accordance with our policy that Articles for Creation is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}} or {{db-g13}} code.

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. 1989 (talk) 19:58, 1 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]