Talk:International Arts and Film Foundation

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What is the problem with talking about a Non-profit Organization? There are many such listed on the Wiki. Maybe I am missing something, how can I better state the information in regards to this?Stevenc317 23:15, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please see WP:N for notability guidelines--organizations should demonstrate a threshold of notability to merit inclusion in this encyclopedia. To establish a verifiable and notable article, verifiable & reliable sources need to be provided that back up the basic claims and any assertions of notability. Additionally, it is Wikipedia policy to write everything from a neutral point-of-view. Statements such as "We need your help as a donor, volunteer or youth mentor to fulfill our mission" read like an advertisement, which is explicitly what Wikipedia is not for. Those are the reasons I've tagged this article with the applicable {{notability}} & {{advert}} tags. -- Scientizzle 00:30, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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I have made the changes and posted some independant comments, please let me know what else I shoul do? thanks Stevenc317 00:52, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Since you removed my tags (you really should not do that), and I find I wasn't the only one to add them, I rewrote the article to a proper Wikipedia stub, using neutral point-of-view and including only the information appropriate to an encyclopedia. If there have been any other publications besides teh SP Times that have written about the IAFF, I suggest bringing those to the plate. I think your organization barely qualifies, from a Google search, but you cannot write for Wikipedia the way you write your press releases. We do not serve your organization. --Dhartung | Talk 04:10, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I thank you for your assistance, I am not here to cause trouble, just want to learn. Once again thank you Stevenc317 04:17, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry, we don't seem to be communicating. You have basically written all of the original material back into the article. Let me make this clear. We do not care about the mission statement, or the flowery language about good works. You have a small organization of limited notability, so there is not that much to have in the article. The important thing is the film festival, which seems to have an international connection, but to a non-notable (redlinked) Italian group. If you persist in engaging in organizational vanity and other Wikipedia guidelines you are going to have a short, unhappy time at Wikipedia and your article(s) will not survive. --Dhartung | Talk 05:33, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Once again I thank you for your input, the reason for adding the SP article is both you and the previous commenter stated the page lacked verifiable information. This is the reason for the SP Times article. Also the photograph that keeps being removed is the children at the event. The mission statement while I disagree with you on this, I am willing to concede in an effort of working together. Stevenc317 06:50, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Since you are talking but barely listening, you cannot incorporate the entire text of a copyrighted news article in Wikipedia. It is against United States copyright law and exposes Wikipedia to a copyright infringement lawsuit. This is a very simple rule and you should be able to understand it. As you have added the text in three times now, I have gone ahead and placed a copyright violation notice on the article. If you can rewrite the article to conform to Wikipedia guidelines, you can avoid having it deleted. If you persist in tyring to write press releases and other non-encyclopedic approaches, you are as I have said not going to have a happy experience here. I have been kind with you, but my patience is wearing thin. --Dhartung | Talk 07:28, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I once again thank you for your opinion, but it is exactly that. Actually under the DMCA 1998 there is a little section called 'fair use', you might want to look at it. Also on top of that the items was fully cited without any possibility of plagiarism. Yet in an effort of appeasement and to diminish hostility I have removed it. Honestly I appreciate your help in rewording this posting to help conform with the requirements, but please keep your comments to that of constructive criticism and not of an open legal debate. I am a legal scholar and would very easy win such a debate.Stevenc317 07:37, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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