User talk:Marsha16

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Speedy deletion nomination of Windells camp[edit]

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A tag has been placed on Windells camp, 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 unambiguous 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 and Wikipedia:FAQ/Business for more information.

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Whether or not you think it's not promotional, the article is a remarkably pure example of promotional prose, unacceptable for inclusion in an encyclopedia. Do you seriously think that "Windells is the "funnest" place on earth!" is neutral, non-promotional, encyclopedic prose? The article is also entirely unreferenced, apart from self-references that are not acceptable for anything but limited verification. Acroterion _(talk) 19:47, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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WP:RS Reliable sourcing Acroterion _(talk) 20:16, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Good job, especially finding those references. It's still a bit promotional - "mission statements" are generally sniffed at, but it's a reasonable outline. I'll see if I can help you with some minor improvements and tone-downs in a couple of hours. Acroterion _(talk) 23:17, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your help, I really appreciate it. I will take out the mission statement. I still have to work on putting the references in the text correct? Marsha16 (talk) 23:51, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've done a little formatting and tidying and found some references. The unique aspect of the place is noted in the AP/NYT article, and is what makes the place notable, along with the dry slopes. Those are the features that make it place wiki-notable. I looked around for references from the Portland Oregonian. Didn't find much of a serious journalistic nature, but surely there's something. The academic aspect is important, because schools are in general considered notable. I've moved the article to a sandbox at User:Marsha16/sandbox for development, as your userpage is really for information about your activities on Wikipedia, should you choose to share any such information, rather than as article development space. You may wish to expand on some points, provided you can source them from the Windells website or somewhere else, keeping in mind that encyclopedias are kind of, well, dry prosewise. Acroterion _(talk) 03:32, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Also, since Tim Windell was multi-year national champion, it certainly would make him notable enough for his own article. The only problem is that it was in the 1980s, so there was no online coverage, and it was the 1980s, when snowboarding was sneered at by the skiing press. Sources would be helpful. Acroterion _(talk) 04:11, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for taking the time to edit my article. You have been very helpful and I will continue to edit this project. I will search for references to start a Tim Windell athlete page as well as a quick article for Windells Academy.--Marsha16 (talk) 06:52, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not convinced that separate articles on the camp vs. the academy would be good. A single well-rounded article that covers both topics would probably be better than chopping it in two and making readers go back and forth. Keep in mind that off-line media are valid, so if Windell has clippings from back in the day, those would be valid references for his article. The bigger the paper, the better - New York Times, LA Times, etc. Acroterion _(talk) 14:58, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Just made some edits to the page. I am still searching for Tim Windell's references.--Marsha16 (talk) 00:28, 18 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Offline sources or newspaper archives will be the place to find those. If you scan some clippings, I can help you out with formatting and attribution if you email the scans (go to "E-mail user on my talkpage). Don't post them here, because that would be a copyright violation. You can always start a separate draft for Tim in another user subpage, say, at User:Marsha16/Tim Windell. Acroterion _(talk) 15:50, 18 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Can I attach files to the emails within Wikipedia? I was trying to find the option, but maybe I missed it. Tim had pretty good records of his career. I found some applicable articles and scanned them. Let me know how I can make these usable with the correct copyright labeling and such.--Marsha16 (talk) 21:36, 18 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Don't post scanned copies on Wikipedia - it's a copyright violation, and I had to delete that last one, since this is a free-content website that can't use anything that isn't published in the public domain or under the Creative Commons license. Hold on a second, I'll log out so I can pfind the email link and point it out to you. Acroterion _(talk) 22:58, 18 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

On the left of my user talk page, under "Toolbox," you should see a link that says "E-mail user." That will send to an account I use for on-wiki activities, I can look at scans there without copyright issues. Acroterion _(talk) 23:01, 18 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent edits[edit]

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Non-free files in your user space[edit]

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File source problem with File:TimWindell_halloffamearticle.jpg[edit]

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February 2011[edit]

Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but your recent edit removed maintenance templates from Windells. When removing maintenance templates, please be sure to either resolve the problem that the template refers to, or give a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, as your removal of this template has been reverted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. tedder (talk) 02:28, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Windells[edit]

The article Windells has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Questionably local camp as my searches found no better in-depth coverage aside from a few local articles and mentions here and there. The listed coverage is unlikely enough for a solidly better notable article.

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Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. SwisterTwister talk 08:41, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]