User talk:SmartSnoopyDog
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[edit] Verbumvanum
Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. An article you recently created, Verbumvanum, has been tagged for speedy deletion because its content is clearly written to promote a company, product, or service. This article may have been deleted by the time you see this message. Please keep in mind that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not an advertising service. Thank you. Perel 12:08, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
Answer:
"The given reason is: It is blatant advertising for a company, product, group or service that would require a substantial rewrite in order to become an encyclopedia article."
I dispute it's blatant advertising (unless mere mentionning the existence of something is deemed blatant advertising, but then allmost all pages would be advertisement), though I agree it's a stub which can be improved upon. What, exactly, is the blatant advertisement in your eyes, which can not be found in any of the other CC projects mentionned on wikipedia? (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons#Projects_using_Creative_Commons_licenses) Especially if you look at how they were originally started (for example, see http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikitravel&oldid=1543793) you will see they are no different (in fact, even worse) then the one about verbumvanum. Note that there is a difference between blatant advertisement and a stub. Thank you. - SmartSnoopyDog
