RickK was correct to delete the article about your web activities. For other's reference here is what was deleted:

XXOS Group [1] is the umbrella organisation that ties the various activities of 'the Paul Annears' [2] together. Online activities include the virtual gallery that goes by the name of X [3]. 'Art For Squares' [4] caters for a niche market: art collectors with serious money and a sense of humour. These enterprises are part of The Concise Model of the Universe which amongst other activities supports the non-profit Flat Universe Society [5] and promotes the sentience awareness initiatives Zebra Reality and Al Qaka: the Voice of the Desert Penquin [6].

Your website is excellent and that article and a link to the website would be welcome on

http://www.wikinfo.org (a Wiki with different policies which I initiated) but Wikipedia policy frowns on self-promotion of this sort. If some independent party had created the article, the situation would be different, if there was some general recognition, for example, shown by newspaper articles, or Google hits, of the significance of the subject matter of the article.

It is possible RickK should have listed this article on [[Wikipedia:Votes for deletion]] but this matter seems pretty clear cut.

As far as pursuing the matter, doing so is likely to only result in needless embarrassment. What you have done is excellent and eventually will receive the  recognition it is due.

Fred


From: Paul Annear <xxos@xxos.net>
Reply-To: xxos@xxos.net, English Wikipedia <wikien-l@Wikipedia.org>
Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 12:32:16 +1200
To: wikien-l@Wikipedia.org
Subject: [WikiEN-l] Re: Pages deketed...


Is his lack of understanding of an article, admittedly a stub at the time it was deleted, a good reason to delete it and to block any further contribution from me?

It is also not clear to me how to effectibely pursue this matter.

Paul Annear

www.xxos.net <http://www.xxos.net>

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