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[edit]Hello, MovingScenes, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.
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before the question. Again, welcome! SovalValtos (talk) 09:13, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
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Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a notice to inform you that a tag has been placed on Thame Players Cast & Crew:2020-03 Dial M For Murder requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.
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 deleted 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. Drmies (talk) 13:48, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
Conflict of interest and promotional editing
[edit]Have it your way; I'll tag the articles appropriately. You might find yourself blocked unless you follow the instructions under WP:DECLARE. You might find yourself blocked anyway for promotional editing. Drmies (talk) 14:03, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Thame Players Theatre
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A tag has been placed on Thame Players Theatre, requesting that it be deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which pages can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly-defined criteria, then it may 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, person, or point of view 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/Organizations 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 deleted 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. Drmies (talk) 14:03, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Thame Players Cast and Crew over the years
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A tag has been placed on Thame Players Cast and Crew over the years requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person, a group of people, an individual animal, an organization (band, club, company, etc.), web content, or an organized event that does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about 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 deleted 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. Drmies (talk) 14:04, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
Warning
[edit]You have been warned twice about conflict of interest, which you must declare on the talk page of any drafts or articles, {{Connected contributor|User1=}} even if you are not paid (if you were being paid, you would be blocked by now). Don't promote an organisation in which you have a COI
Before attempting to write an article again, please make sure that the topic meets the notability criteria linked above, and check that you can find independent third party sources.
Jimfbleak - talk to me? 14:18, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
MovingScenes, Jimfbleak is right, and you should take note in particular of the "even if you are not paid" passage. I saw you arguing on User_talk:SovalValtos, about your edits to Thame, that you have "no commercial or employment within the town - the theatre is run entirely by unpaid staff". But that's not correct: you clearly (as your user page proves) have a conflict of interest with the theatre, and you have brought that COI into the Thame article, as is obvious here--where you use the same fluffy language you had used in the article on the theatre. That edit cannot stand and I am glad SovalValtos removed it.
So here is the thing. It is possible that your theatre is in fact notable; if third-party sources exist, and if they are sufficiently neutral and discuss the theatre in depth, the article can stand--if it's neutrally written. But without a declaration of your interest, nothing will stand, and I hope that your next edit will be to make that declaration on your user page as required (this is required) by our policies. Again, see WP:DECLARE. Without that, you will be blocked, I'm afraid. Thank you, 23:22, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
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[edit]This is an encyclopaedia, not free advertising. I know theatres are struggling, but it's not our job to save them. You must follow the guidance below if you write an article.
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Before attempting to write an article again, please make sure that the topic meets the notability criteria linked above, and check that you can find independent third party sources. Also read Your first article.
I'm not unsympathetic to your theatre's plight, but this just isn't the right forum. I'm sure you are right about other small theatre articles, and it's probably sensible for you not to tell me, but perhaps they have survived because they were better referenced, less promotional or more notable that your draft? Jimfbleak - talk to me? 15:51, 31 July 2020 (UTC)