User talk:Rivera.jon

Welcome!

Hello, Rivera.jon, 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 Bert oliva, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may soon be deleted.

There's a page about creating articles you may want to read called Your first article. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{helpme}} on this page, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Here are a few other good links for newcomers:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Wikipedia:Questions or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! GILO ^{ACCIDENT &}_EMERGENCY 14:47, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Bert oliva[edit]

A tag has been placed on Bert oliva requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for biographies. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles – see the Article Wizard.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag - if no such tag exists then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hangon tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. GILO ^{ACCIDENT &}_EMERGENCY 14:47, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion template removed[edit]

Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but you removed a speedy deletion tag from Bert oliva, a page you have created yourself. If you do not believe the page should be deleted, you can place a {{hangon}} tag on the page, under the existing speedy deletion tag (please do not remove the speedy deletion tag), and make your case on the page's talk page. Administrators will look at your reasoning before deciding what to do with the page. Thank you. --Sweet xx ^Talk 16:39, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Bert Oliva[edit]

The article that I deleted was actually by you, but others have been deleted several times by other people, the reasons generally being that the articles were promotional or that they did not establish notability.

If you want to try again, first read WP:Your first article carefully. The first obstacle you have to overcome is establishing Notability, a requirement to have a Wikipedia article, which is not a matter of opinion but needs to be demonstrated by showing "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. See also WP:Notability (people).

You say that Mr Oliva is "one of your life mentors". That may give you difficulty in writing a neutral article about him, because your special knowledge of him is not a reliable source. A good way to check whether your subject meets the notability requirement is to follow the advice in User:Uncle G/On notability#Writing about subjects close to you:

When writing about subjects that are close to you, don't use your own personal knowledge of the subject, and don't cite yourself, your web site, or the subject's web site. Instead, use what is written about the subject by other people, independently, as your sources. Cite those sources in your very first edit. If you don't have such sources, don't write.

The same idea is described in WP:Amnesia test. If you find you can't write an article on that basis, he probably is not notable in Wikipedia's special sense.

Also, take care not to make the article sound promotional. Many people try to use Wikipedia as a free advertising platform, and it is extremely sensitive about being used for any kind of promotion: it requires a neutral point of view. You should describe what Mr Oliva does and what he has achieved, but if your article sounds at all as though its aim is to sell his services, or even to say how great he is, it is likely to be deleted. Read WP:PEACOCK and WP:PUFFERY. If you are tempted to write a glowing adjective, imagine a hostile critic looking over your shoulder saying "Can you prove that? Who says so?" It does not matter that you, personally, may know he is great: for you to put your opinion in would be original research, and we only want facts that are verifiable from reliable published sources. The fact that so many articles about Mr. Oliva have been deleted will tend to make editors suspicious - it gives the feel of a promotion campaign.

You may like to start by making a draft article in your user space at User:Rivera.jon/Bert Oliva, and when it is ready ask for feedback by posting a message at WP:Requests for feedback before moving it into the main encyclopedia space.

Regards, JohnCD (talk) 16:36, 20 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Bert oliva[edit]

This is an automated message from CorenSearchBot. I have performed a web search with the contents of Bert oliva, and it appears to include material copied directly from http://www.linkedin.com/in/bertoliva.

It is possible that the bot is confused and found similarity where none actually exists. If that is the case, you can remove the tag from the article. The article will be reviewed to determine if there are any copyright issues.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Bert oliva[edit]

A tag has been placed on Bert oliva requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be a clear copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words.

If the external website belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text — which means allowing other people to modify it — then you must verify that externally by one of the processes explained at Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials. If you are not the owner of the external website but have permission from that owner, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission. You might want to look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines for more details, or ask a question here.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag - if no such tag exists then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hangon tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. mark nutley (talk) 12:54, 5 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The page Bert oliva has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appeared to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group or service and which is unlikely to be suitable for an article (or at best would need a fundamentally rewrite). 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. JamesBWatson (talk) 13:38, 5 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Conflict of interest[edit]

Welcome to Wikipedia. If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Bert oliva, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:

editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with;
participating in deletion discussions about articles related to your organization or its competitors; and
linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam).

Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. JamesBWatson (talk) 13:45, 5 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]