User talk:Alanbkahn

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Speedy deletion of Carspin usa[edit]

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Speedy deletion of Carspin USA[edit]

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Speedy deletion of CarSpin USA, LLC[edit]

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September 2007[edit]

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, please do not add promotional material to articles. Advertising, and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox", is strongly discouraged. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Bfigura ^(talk) 17:08, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion of Carspin[edit]

A tag has been placed on Carspin, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia per CSD a7.

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Please stop. If you continue to add promotional material to Wikipedia, as you did to Carspin, you will be blocked from editing. Bfigura ^(talk) 17:11, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion of CarSpin[edit]

A tag has been placed on CarSpin, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia per CSD a7.

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This is your last warning.
The next time you use Wikipedia for advertising, as you did with CarSpin, you will be blocked from editing. Bfigura ^(talk) 17:12, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Reply[edit]

Hi there. Actually, there are several good reasons why your pages have been deleted.

They don't appear to be notable. In order for a company to be listed in wikipedia, it needs to meet the following guideline: WP:CORP. The articles you created didn't meet this bar. This means they qualified for immediate deletion without warning under the speedy deletion policy. However, even if your company was found to be notable:
Creating an article about yourself or any organization with which you are involved violates the conflict of interest policy. Basically, the argument is that since it is your company, you are likely to be biased. And wikipedia articles must be written from an unbiased, neutral point of view (this is a non-negotiable rule). So, if your company is truly notable, then you should wait until someone eventually creates a page for you.

This is not a minor point -- there is a strong consensus supporting this view.

And lastly, creating a non-notable article about your own company is pretty much the definition of using wikipedia as a soapbox (which is prohibited under WP:SOAP).

Now, if you think that your company has received sufficient (non-trivial) coverage from independent reliable sources (as defined by WP:RS), then I'd be glad to help you create an article here. Best, --Bfigura ^(talk) 20:23, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

To be honest, that doesn't really sound like significant, independent coverage. You really need an article or two from a reliable source devoted to the company. Maybe something from a business mag? --Bfigura ^(talk) 05:03, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Carspin[edit]

Hi there. I can't really comment on the sources, since I don't remember off the top of my head (and the pages are now deleted). But I can say that I don't think they proved the notability of the company. (Generally you need a few significant writeups in reliable media, ie magazines, newspapers, reputable online sites (ie, not blogs, or anything that is primarily user-generated content). If you want to take another stab at it, I'd create a test drive in your userspace first (ie, someplace like 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Alanbkahn/Draft1') so that it doesn't get deleted again, and then that way you can get some feedback.

Also, as a note, creating a bunch of different pages with only different spellings is generally a bad idea. (It looks very spammy, plus it makes it hard to keep them all up to date. We generally use redirects for this sort of thing).

And by people being nasty, you mean the people writing on my talk page? Eh, I'm sure other people get worse :) Anyway, let me know if this was at all helpful, or if you have any other questions. (PS: next time, please use the plus button to add a new heading to my talk page, then sign your post -- I had to hunt for a sec to figure out who wrote what.) Best, --Bfigura ^(talk) 04:02, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I just meant that next to the 'Edit this page' tab, there's another tab with a '+' tab that starts a new topic. Nothing huge. --Bfigura ^(talk) 19:11, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding the carspin article: I just took a look, and I think it needs some independent sourcing before it would be ready to do. If you put it up now, it'll probably just get deleted under WP:A7 (failure to assert notability). I just did some google searching, but I wasn't able to turn up any references that seemed appropriate (I found this [1], but I don't think it would be good enough). The company's US website has a few news stories, but they don't mention the product or company directly. Do you know of any other references? (They don't have to be online, although that is preferred). Best, --Bfigura ^(talk) 19:32, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding the references, I don't think the thomas net one will help too much, since it's more of a listing than an article discussing the company. The second one (fixit) is better, but in my honest opinion, this might be a lost cause. I hate to sound negative, but the company might not be notable enough (even with the on air interview). You can try recreating the article, but if you do, I'd strongly suggest leaving a note on the talk page of the new article saying that you're trying to address the problems that led to deletion previously. (Make sure you sign that post by typing ~~~~ at the end.) Best of luck, and let me know if I can help. --Bfigura ^(talk) 01:37, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

New Section for Carspin[edit]

Not sure. A WSJ mention should help, but the fact that it's pseudo-advertising isn't great. If you add in the new reference, you could try, but I think it's about 50/50. You could try marking it as a stub (see WP:STUB), and leaving a note on the talk page that you're trying to improve the page, and that you'd welcome suggestions. Also, since you're genuinely trying to contribute here, it probably wouldn't hurt if you had a user page (see WP:USER). It'll help position you as a genuine contributor rather than some spammer person. Best, --Bfigura ^(talk) 23:08, 4 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

User:Alanbkahn[edit]

A tag has been placed on User:Alanbkahn, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 11, as well as the guidelines on spam.

If you can indicate why the subject of this article is not blatant advertising, you may contest the tagging. To do this, please add {{hangon}} on the top of the article and leave a note on [[Talk:User:Alanbkahn|the article's talk page]] explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would help make it encyclopedic, as well as adding any citations from reliable sources to ensure that the article will be verifiable. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Calton | Talk 06:19, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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