User talk:Reblurich
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[edit]Hello, Reblurich, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as User:Reblurich/sandbox, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.
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Speedy deletion nomination of User:Reblurich/sandbox
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A tag has been placed on User:Reblurich/sandbox, 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 encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.
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- See WP:Notability (organizations and companies) and Wikipedia is not here to tell the world about your noble cause. JohnCD (talk) 11:09, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
Reply to your message on my talk page
[edit]I'm afraid nothing like that is going to be acceptable. It wasn't advertising, but it was certainly promotion - the Foundation using Wikipedia as a platform to tell the world about itself, ("We are a team of passionate individuals"), addressing potential clients directly ("Are you struggling to afford diapers?"), and asking for help (" Open a Chapter, Become a Sponsor... ") Anything like that is deleted at sight, because it is not what an encyclopedia is for. I have this conversation so often that I have written User:JohnCD/Not a noticeboard to explain the background.
Before you consider a total rewrite, please think hard about our inclusion criterion, Wikipedia:Notability, which is not a matter of opinion but has to be demonstrated by showing references to "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Significant means more than just listing-type mentions; reliable excludes Myspace, Facebook, blogs, places where anyone can post anything; independent excludes the subject's own website, affiliated ones and anything based on press releases. The test is, have people not connected with the subject thought it significant enough to write substantial comment about? See also WP:Notability (summary).
Unless you can show notability, you will be wasting your time. Sorry, but (as linked above) Wikipedia is not here to tell the world about your noble cause. JohnCD (talk) 22:54, 12 February 2015 (UTC)