User talk:Themarkchristie

Concern regarding Draft:Perth Panthers

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Speedy deletion nomination of Perth Panthers

Hello Themarkchristie,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Perth Panthers for deletion, because it seems to be promotional, rather than an encyclopedia article.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

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Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) 11:58, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

About Draft:Perth Panthers

Hi, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you tried to give Draft:Perth Panthers a different title by copying its content and pasting either the same content, or an edited version of it, into Perth Panthers. This is known as a "cut-and-paste move", and it is undesirable because it splits the page history, which is legally required for attribution. Instead, the software used by Wikipedia has a feature that allows pages to be moved to a new title together with their edit history.

In most cases for registered users, once your account is four days old and has ten edits, you should be able to move an article yourself using the "Move" tab at the top of the page (the tab may be hidden in a dropdown menu for you). This both preserves the page history intact and automatically creates a redirect from the old title to the new. If you cannot perform a particular page move yourself this way (e.g. because a page already exists at the target title), please follow the instructions at requested moves to have it moved by someone else. Also, if there are any other pages that you moved by copying and pasting, even if it was a long time ago, please list them at Wikipedia:Requests for history merge. Thank you. ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 12:47, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have protected the Perth Panthers page, and will be deleting it. User:Themarkchristie, work on the draft. If you continue to edit disruptively, like attempting to move the draft again, you will be blocked from editing this page. The page is far from ready for mainspace. BusterD (talk) 12:53, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can you please explain to me (or point me to an article) so that i can put the page live? Themarkchristie (talk) 12:59, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The language in this draft is quite promotional. There are a number of passages which read right out of game program. Wikipedia:WikiProject Ice Hockey will list articles in their assessment section which can show you what a normal article on a hockey team should look like. I see you are adding bare links to the page. This won't impress reviewers. You'll need WP:Citation templates, or a citation style which will get approval from reviewers. BusterD (talk) 13:19, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've invited a wiki friend User:BeanieFan11 to take a look. This guy and I disagree all the time, but he's vastly experienced as a writer of sports subjects, and I trust him implicitly with this kind of material. He can recommend other users who are helpful as well; best, he can show you an article which you can aspire to, where your page becomes something truly useful to the reader. At this point, it looks more like web hosting and Wikipedia really doesn't do that. BusterD (talk) 13:43, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Themarkchristie. From a quick search the Panthers definitely look like a notable team (worthy of an article). The draft will need a good deal of work and probably some trimming down, but I'll see what I can do soon to clean it up and hopefully get it published eventually. BeanieFan11 (talk) 02:12, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- It took me awhile, but I got it published today: Perth Panthers. BeanieFan11 (talk) 18:00, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of File:Perth Panthers Logo.png

A tag has been placed on File:Perth Panthers Logo.png requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F9 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a copyright violation of https://www.taysidepanthers.co.uk/pre-season-schedule/ and has no credible claim of fair use or permission. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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If you are the copyright holder, you will need to follow the instructions below in the bullet point labeled "Copyrighted material donation". -- Whpq (talk) 03:04, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia and copyright

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Managing a conflict of interest

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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicizing, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Whpq (talk) 03:04, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Perth Panthers

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! DreamRimmer bot II (talk) 14:26, 6 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]