User talk:Merkabamantra

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The article Kennesaw State University Department of English has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group or service and which would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 11, as well as the guidelines on spam. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. NawlinWiki 18:48, 2 October 2007 (UTC)a

What you posted appeared to be a cut-and-paste of the entire department description from the university website, including promotional and self-laudatory content. For example:

"The program includes a dynamic and enthusiastic group of scholars and writers, who are united by a love of teaching and a willingness to serve teh community, the student and the institution. We invite you to come and meet us; think about joining us; we work and play hard, and we are proud of our students, our programs, and our university"

See WP:SPAM, WP:NPOV, and WP:COI. Furthermore, specific departments at universities are not considered notable in themselves. If there are pages on other departments that need to be flagged for deletion, please let me know. NawlinWiki 18:58, 2 October 2007 (UTC)


  • That's the point. If you insist on recreating the exact departmental page, you're not writing an encyclopedia -- you're trying to use Wikipedia to advertise your department. Again, members of the department should not be writing about the department -- see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. NawlinWiki 19:09, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

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To my knowledge, no university department has a Wikipedia entry. If you see one, let us know, as it most assuredly doesn't belong here. - CobaltBlueTony 19:12, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

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Hi, there. In case you didn't know, when you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion, you should sign your posts by typing four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment. On many keyboards, the tilde is entered by holding the Shift key, and pressing the key with the tilde pictured. You may also click on the signature button Image:Wikisigbutton.png located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your name and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when. Thank you! --SineBot 19:14, 2 October 2007 (UTC)