Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Tales Of Mavis

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was Speedily deleted as a {{db-repost}} of a {{db-copyvio}} of a Myspace page about a non-notable film. (aeropagitica) 16:23, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Tales Of Mavis

See also Jolly Mavis (AfD discussion) and Special:Contributions/Cecil Draygon.

According to this edit, the James Butler (talk · contribs) who created, and after it was deleted re-created, this article is the James Butler who wrote these purported films. Unsurprisingly, the content of this article, which is blatant advertising, is a word-for-word duplicate of the advertisement for these movies on the MySpace page, and is only missing the part at the end that gives the price. It appears that this article is a mis-use of Wikipedia as an advertising billboard to advertise some amateur movies. There's no way to write an encyclopaedia article about these movies, because outside of the MySpace page, there's nothing written about them at all, anywhere. Indeed, we have no evidence that they even exist in the first place. (There's no reason to believe that what is written about a subject, on a web page created by the authors and vendors of the subject, is true. See Wikipedia:Autobiography for the problems with people writing about themselves, their achievements, and what they are trying to sell to others.) Wikipedia is not a free web host, nor an advertising billboard. Uncle G 13:54, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Actually I am proud of what we have created and wanted to log it for the future. I am not trying to sell the story at all. There is nowhere on the entire article that refers to purchasing the trilogy. I have created this through demand and love for the story. This is an encyclopaedia if nobody searches for the tales of mavis then no one will see it. It's not a pop up. This is not about money or promoting. James Butler 14:12, 15 November 2006

Note that I nominated sister article Jolly Mavis for deletion after James Butler removed my speedy tags. I think this article should be Speedy Deleted per G11 and protected. Amists ^{talk • contribs} 14:17, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

• Speedy delete per nomination. Doesn't matter what your plans are. Wikipedia is not a free webhost nor is it a billboard. MartinDK 14:23, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy delete per nom and about half a dozen other things I can think of: it's a copyvio as a copy of a MySpace page, WP:NOTE, WP:COI, I could go on. Seems like everyone who spams WP with this kind of stuff claims they're just doing it as a fan, IOW, see WP:MEAT. Tubezone 14:30, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy delete per nom. --Folantin 15:00, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.