User talk:Abcfsuser

Speedy deletion nomination of ABC Financial Services


A tag has been placed on ABC Financial Services, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be unambiguous advertising that 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  on the top of ABC Financial Services and leave a note on |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 independent 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.  Blanchardb - Me•MyEars•MyMouth - timed 16:18, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

Hi! Wikipedia isn't a forum for advertising, and the rules don't allow us to use the name of a business as a username, so I've blocked this account and deleted the advertisement you created. Although we have strict rules against advertising, we're otherwise very nice people, so if you're interested in volunteering to help write the encyclopedia, you're entirely welcome. Just create a personal username and jump right in- but be careful to avoid writing about your own business. Thanks! If you believe this block is an error, you may contest the block by adding the text below.

Hello, I was trying to write an article about this Company. I was using two of its competitor's WIKI pages (FISERV & Fidelity National Information Services ) as an example. I am unclear as to why they are allowed and ABC Financial Services would not be. I tried to write the article objectively, factually, and unambiguously. I would appreciate any suggestion on writing about this company in a way that meets the WIKI standards. Thank you

Abcfsuser (talk) 16:41, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi! Under the conflict of interest guidelines, we all agree to avoid writing about our own companies.  Don't worry- if your company is truly notable, then it's inevitable that people outside the company will write about it, without your having to lift a finger. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 16:43, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

So the IBM site was writen by others? How would others know about specialized products such as developerWorks, alphaWorks, UC2, etc? Hey - let's at least be honest and just call it what it is, a double standard.

Thanks Abcfsuser (talk) 17:00, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
 * It's easier if you put your comments at the bottom, not the top, of the page. It's easy enough for you to look for yourself at the editing history of our article on IBM and see that it has been written by many hundreds of people, and that they aren't IBM employees.  You can even read Talk:IBM and see them all arguing and collaborating on how to make the best possible article- that's a wonderful process, and it's how Wikipedia works.  I understand that you're disappointed not to be able to promote your company on Wikipedia, but that isn't what Wikipedia is for- it isn't a business directory, but an encyclopedia.  There's no double standard- we expect everyone to avoid writing about their own companies.  I take it you don't have any interest in volunteering to help write an encyclopedia with us, then?  There's still lots of articles that need to be written on List of Irish cheeses.  There's also a few countries in LGBT rights by country or territory that still need articles written- are you interested in writing LGBT rights in Samoa? -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 17:32, 13 July 2010 (UTC)