User talk:Chris4705
Hi Chris4705. The article you wrote (The Old Bank Hotel, Oxford currently has a number of issues I have tagged on the article page. At the moment, there are several issues affecting the suitability of your article for inclusion on Wikipedia. In the main, you haven't explained why it's notable enough to be included, and it's written such that it appears you are affiliated with the hotel ("our restaurant..."), which, coupled with the unencyclopedic tone, makes it look like an advert. Normally, such an article would be tagged for speedy deletion, but since yours is rather detailed and doesn't look copy-pasted, and you attempted to mark it up et al, I've instead requested that the NewPage Patrol not mark it as such and instead brought it to your attention. The article needs a significant overhaul - you might want to start by including an introduction which talks about the hotel's history in greater detail if you believe it merits inclusion here. If you do have a controlling interest in the hotel, you shouldn't be writing the article per the policy: WP:COI. If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message (click the 'talk' button after my username) and I'll help if able. Welcome to Wikipedia! Zelse81 (talk) 23:22, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
- Your best bet is to begin by citing a few articles talking about its recent national fame. Remove the parts of the article that you copied because that's a copyright violation. It's fine to make mistakes - try reading the tutorial linked to on this page. We all make mistakes as a beginner - wikipedia's too big not to trip every now and again. Best of luck! Zelse81 (talk) 23:40, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
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