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(a)xxos.net>
Reply-To: xxos(a)xxos.net, English Wikipedia <wikien-l(a)Wikipedia.org>
Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 12:32:16 +1200
To: wikien-l(a)Wikipedia.org
Subject: [WikiEN-l] Re: Pages deketed...
I have found the following reference relating to the deletion of my
contribution 'XXOS Group':
00:09, 16 May 2004 RickK <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:RickK> deleted
"XXOS Group" (once again deleting re-created nonsense)
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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