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A tag has been placed on Del Saito Soke, founder of Traditional Karate-do Federation International and Saito-ha Shito-ryu 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 read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because... To the person who "speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance", please do some research on Soke Del Saito.

Karate and the appointed Soke, Del Saito, by Master Kenzo Mabuni, the son of Kenwa Mabuni, founder of Shito-ryu, may not be "important" to you, but it is important to the entire karate culture and it thousands of Shito Ryu practitioners.

"Content that violates any copyrights will be deleted." There was absolutely NO COPYRIGHT infringement as I WAS THE PERSON that wrote Soke Saito's biography and submitted it to various publications and websites many years ago.

So tell me, just what proof does Wikipedia need to allow Soke Saito his page as originally submitted? And who am I conversing with... RedDog? What kind of name is that? Is that a credible person working for Wikipedia?

Thank you,

Joel Lovingfoss

-- Joel Lovingfoss ( talk) 09:04, 4 February 2015 (UTC) reply

• To get your published material on here without copyright flags you would need to submit an OTRS ticket to the OTRS team on Wikipedia and then wait for them to approve it - IF it is in fact true that you wrote the material and can prove that you therefore retain the copyrights to the material. If you are interested in pursuing the avenue lemme know and I'll tell you who to speak to about getting the paperwork for the OTRS ticket filed. TomStar81 ( Talk) 09:49, 4 February 2015 (UTC) reply

Hello Tomstar81, 

"submit an OTRS ticket"... I'm not sure what that is or where it is explained. "retain the copyrights to the material"... That would not be possible because I did not copyright the biography that I wrote for Del Saito. I'm not sure anyone would go through the trouble of copyrighting material that was written in less than an hour...? Anyway, it would appear that I should just write a new biography... however, the new biography would have to contain some of the same distinctions and history leading up to Del Saito promotion to Soke, head of the Shito Ryu Karate-Do lineage.

After I write the new biography, is it best that I create a new page since the original one has been deleted by the red dog?

Thank you in advance Tomstar81... Joel Lovingfoss

• OTRS is explained at WP:OTRS, and if you have any further questions about it you can ask Moonriddengirl ( talk · contribs) for help, she's an onsite expert in copyright as it relates to Wikipedia, and would be in the best position to help you with that process. As for recreating the article, if you choose to recreate it you can put it back in the place it was before, but I would recommend that you create the article in Wikipedia's article's for creation process, as the people there can help you create an article that will not immediately end up deleted on Wikipedia. Essentially, its one large sandbox/draft space for people to create without the risk of deletion. TomStar81 ( Talk) 05:51, 5 February 2015 (UTC) reply

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Chess was:

The content of this submission includes material that does not meet Wikipedia's minimum standard for inline citations. Please cite your sources using footnotes. For instructions on how to do this, please see Referencing for beginners. Thank you.

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Grognard Chess (talk) Ping when replying 14:59, 9 February 2015 (UTC) reply

Hello! Joel Lovingfoss, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering or curious about why your article submission was declined please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! Grognard Chess (talk) Ping when replying 14:59, 9 February 2015 (UTC) reply

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Onel5969 was:

This submission does not appear to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. Entries should be written from a neutral point of view, and should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources. Please rewrite your submission in a more encyclopedic format. Please make sure to avoid peacock terms, that are designed to promote or show-off the subject.

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Onel5969 ( talk) 18:44, 21 April 2015 (UTC) reply

Hello, Joel Lovingfoss. It has been over six months since you last edited your Articles for Creation draft article submission, " Del Saito Soke".

In accordance with our policy that Articles for Creation is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}} or {{db-g13}} code.

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. JMHamo ( talk) 09:52, 23 October 2015 (UTC) reply

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Joel Lovingfoss ( talk) 18:44, 22 December 2015 (UTC) reply

To whom it may concern... we are still in the process of editing this submission. Pleas do not delete. Thank you.

Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Del Saito Soke, founder of Traditional Karate-do Federation International and Saito-ha Shito-ryu, a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.

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Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot ( talk) 22:24, 23 May 2016 (UTC) reply

Hello, Joel Lovingfoss. It has been over six months since you last edited your Articles for Creation draft article submission, " Del Saito Soke".

In accordance with our policy that Articles for Creation is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}} or {{db-g13}} code.

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Puffin ^{Let's talk!} 08:52, 26 June 2016 (UTC) reply