User talk:AdamSurch

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Please do not add commercial material to Wikipedia. While objective prose about products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not intended to be a vehicle for advertising or promotion. -- Iván Sánchez (talk)  09:11, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Spam in Exchange@PAM
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Encyclopedic content
Hi there,

Please have a look at WP:NOT for things that are not encyclopedic content, and WP:N for the things that are notable enough to deserve an encyclopedia article. -- Iván Sánchez (talk)  09:44, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Hi,

How does 'Enterprise Vault' qualify for a wiki entry?


 * Because it got a review from a third party, eWeek. It's all in WP:N and WP:V. -- Iván Sánchez (talk)  09:50, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Hey,

How about now with the msexchange.org award under 'industry sources', does this count as a verifiable third party source?

Your recent edits
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Exchange@PAM Entry
The general rule is found at WP:N, not all competitive programs get an article - only those which have received significant third party coverage from reliable sources. Has PC Week or one of the other magazines devoted to computers done a featured article on the product? Unfortunately, merely winning an award is not sufficient to establish notability unless it is the most recognized award in the (broadly-defined) field- so some product of the year award by a large recognized award bestower. If you still the software is notable under the guidelines, you should re-create the article in your user space here until it's fully ready for prime-time. You should also read WP:COI because this is your software that you are writing about. While writing about your own product is not prohibited, it does generate some negative feelings and those articles may be held to a higher standard of objectivity: the material needs to be neutral in tone WP:NPOV; the bad points or shortcomings need to be mentioned along with the good ones - what features the competitors have that your product doesn't, including being backed up by a large multinational company for service and support need to be mentioned or it'll read more like an ad. Ads written by people with a conflict of interest are generally frowned upon and often get deleted. Cheers, Carlossuarez46 17:03, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Exchange@PAM Logo.jpeg)
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