User talk:Foundationperson

Speedy deletion of Texas a&M foundation

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Friendly warning

Howdy, as an Aggie I hate to give you a warning but I think I should. First, please be aware that all accounts should be used by only one person. The naming of this account suggests that it could be used by multiple users; if that is the case, then each of you will need your own account. If that is not the case, then I'm sorry for thinking that way! Also, please note that Wikipedia is not a free web host or an advertising medium. I see above that your article on the Texas A&M foundation was deleted, and it looks like it was moved to userspace. It should not remain in userspace for very long - either an article needs to be created that meets the WP criteria or the userspace page should be deleted. I really don't think that the Foundation meets Wikipedia's notability criteria for organization, so I suspect that any article would be speedily deleted again. If you can find reliable, third-party sources that discuss the foundation in depth and need help putting that into the article, please let me or one of the other members of WikiProject Texas A&M know and we can help you. Wikipedia can seem overwhelming at first because there are a lot of rules to know about, but you should pick it up quickly. If you have any questions, please post here or at my talk page and I'll be happy to help you! Gig 'em. Karanacs (talk) 20:12, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

PS: I took a look at the sources that you cite in your userpage, and they are not the type of sources that help establish notability. Many of them are not reliable sources. Of the few that are (the newspaper articles), they mention the foundation primarily in passing. There is no significant coverage. Karanacs (talk)

20:16, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

question

To the aggie who posted above, are you an employee of wikipedia? If you are, I will be happy to take your suggestions, and of course I will try to meet all of wikipedia's guidelines, however I have researched wikipedia for similar organizations and have found them, so as for notability the Foundation appears to meet the criteria. We are not using it to advertise, only to increase awareness of Texas A&M's organizations, and there are many such academic pages on wikipedia. Regarding our sources, once again there are many academic pages on wikipedia which have similar types of sources, and they appear to meet the guidelines as given within wikipedia's instructional pages.

Hi, I am not an employee of wikipedia. Like just about everyone here, I am a volunteer. I have been writing and editing wikipedia articles for some time, and I am quite familiar with most of the policies (image policy still confuses me), so I hoped to offer you advice that would help ease you into editing here. Unfortunately, there are many articles here which do not meet all of Wikipedia's policies. As these articles get noticed by people more familiar with the policies, they get modified or deleted. We call this argument WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. You are, of course, free to create the article again (in article space, not as a part of your user space). If you need help moving the article to article space (Texas A&M Foundation), let me know and I will help you (although I will likely nominate it for deletion as it stands now. Then the community decides whether it meets current policies.). I will also be happy to help you improve the article if you can help find better sources. At the very least, the article needs to be removed from your userspace (where it currently is), or it comes across as advertising. Karanacs (talk) 20:48, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Where else can i move the article while continuing to work on it? I want to add images before I publish the article - I do not want it to be deleted, and I don't understand why it would be considered advertising when it is only an informative article, and many other academic institutions have similar articles. We are simply trying to add a venue where people can go if they wonder about what the Foundation does or its purpose, just like any other article on wikipedia tries to do.

It's the tone of the article that seems like advertising. It reads like something that would appear on the Foundation website. If you are still developing the article in userspace then I'll step back and let you finish. I saw that it hadn't been worked on in awhile and assumed it was done and you were leaving it permanently in userspace (I'm sorry for that - I should have assumed good faith. Good luck! Karanacs (talk) 15:32, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Howdy!

Howdy! As a current or past contributor to a related article, I thought I'd let you know about WikiProject Texas A&M, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Texas A&M University. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks and related articles. Thanks and Gig 'em! Oldag07 (talk) 21:59, 29 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fact tags

Please stop removing the citation needed tags ({{fact}}) from the Texas A&M Foundation page. All statistics need to have citations inline (meaning in the sentence, not elsewhere on the page) so that users can verify the information. Those tags are used on pages throughout the encyclopedia so that users are alerted that this information needs a citation. You are not supposed to remove them without adding in an inline citation (see WP:CITE for help, or let me know what the citation is supposed to be and I will help you format it properly). I have left a similar message on the article talk page that was ignored. I am going to restore these tags for now; do not remove them again without fixing the underlying issue. Karanacs (talk) 21:01, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please also note that you are close to being in violation of the 3-revert rule because you keep removing these tags. This can lead to a temporary block. I have made an attempt to discuss this and other matters on the article talk page, and I ask that you please engage there rather than make the same changes repeatedly without discussing why you are making those changes. Karanacs (talk) 21:04, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Account usage question

Hi, you mentioned on the foundation talk page that the person who created this information has quit. Please note that wikipedia policy requires that accounts are only to be used by one person. That is so that Wikipedia remains in compliance with its licensing guidelines (we need to be able to identify each individual editor, at least by username/IP). If you are not the same person who had been using this account previously, then you really need to create your own account. Otherwise, the account could be blocked. For more information, please see [1] (I know, there are lots of rules, but this one is pretty important). If you are the same person, you might want to clarify your talk page comment so no one else misunderstands. Karanacs (talk) 17:29, 15 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

AfD nomination of Texas A&M Foundation

I have nominated Texas A&M Foundation, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Texas A&M Foundation. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.

Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. Karanacs (talk) 18:21, 4 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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