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As reviewing administrator, I have needed to delete the article because it is a/ promotional and b/. a copyvio of your web site. (promotional applies to articles about non profit groups tryingto spread the word about their activities just as much as to commercial advertising. ) Additionally, in the past we have rarely considered a research unit of this sort within a university to be appropriate for a separate article, unless there are exceptionally strong specific references to the importance of the group as a group, not just to some of its particular research projects.

The article needs to show notability with references providing substantial coverage from 3rd party independent published reliable sources, print or online, but not blogs or press releases, or material derived from press releases. It also needs to be written like an encyclopedia article, not a press release--don't praise the organization, say what it does Don't talk about the overall importance of the subject--talk about what it has accomplished. Remember not to copy from a web site , even your own -- first it's a copyright violation, but, even if you give us permission according to

, the tone will not be encyclopedic and the material will not be suitable.

Include only the material that would be of interest to a general reader coming across the mention of the organization and wanting the sort of information that would be found in an encyclopedia . If you want to write about the general topic of the academic study of games, find some of the many articles here that need this sort of material, and add it--always with references to published sources.

Additionally, you must choose another user name; we have a rule that only individuals can edit, and that the user name cannot indicate the name of an organization, in order to avoid the appearance that they control the page. On the new page, declare your affiliation. And be careful about

I think what you are doing is fascinating, important, and necessary content for Wikipedia to improve our rather immmaturely written articles on this subject, but please do it right.

As a general rule, a suitable page will be best written by someone without

; it's not impossible to do it properly with a conflict of interest or as a paid press agent, but it's relatively more difficult: you are automatically thinking in terms of the organization wishes to communicate to the public, but an uninvolved person will think in terms of what the public might wish to know.

On the article talk p., I see: "This page should not be speedy deleted because it is a recognized group of academics operating out of the University of Wisconsin Madison. This group has affiliations with notable Scholars such as James_Paul_Gee, Kurt Squire, Constance Steinkuehler, Erica Halverson Erica Halverson giving a TED talk, Rich Halverson Author of Rethinking Education Technology, Sasha Barab Creator of Quest Atlantis, and David Williamson Shaffer. Additionally, the Games, Learning and Society conference, created and managed by GLS, has garnered a great deal of press journal of media literacyAV club talks about GLS conference. In fact, this year's conference has been sponsored by Microsoft, which is about to launch a significant educational games effort as well as the the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation GLS 2011 in the isthmus. --Cheetahxing (talk) 07:03, 29 May 2011 (UTC) "

All of this may well be true, it is not important necesariy, and does not make for notability.You need to show references providing substantial coverage about the institute itself from 3rd party independent published reliable sources, print or online, but not blogs or press releases, or material derived from press releases. As for the individuals, see

-- what is needed here are basically reviews of their books. Conferences can be notable, though it requires good references--not just notes about talks at individual colleges.

I want to help you --so please consult me further if necessary, on my talk p. DGG ( talk ) 15:03, 29 May 2011 (UTC) "[reply]

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If you think that this notice was placed here in error, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion," which appears inside of the speedy deletion ({{db-...}}) tag (if no such tag exists, the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate). Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Epeefleche (talk) 00:18, 30 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The offending passages have been removed. I am cleaning up the writing in the rest of the article to meet Wikipedia's guidelines and standards.--VideoGameScholar (talk) 01:24, 30 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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