User talk:AkiMerced

Deletion discussion about Tenfold
Hello, AkiMerced,

I wanted to let you know that there's a discussion about whether Tenfold should be deleted. Your comments are welcome at Articles for deletion/Tenfold.

If you're new to the process, articles for deletion is a group discussion (not a vote!) that usually lasts seven days. If you need it, there is a guide on how to contribute. Last but not least, you are highly encouraged to continue improving the article; just be sure not to remove the tag about the deletion nomination from the top.

Thanks,

Rentier (talk) 19:08, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

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Hi, thanks for message. I deleted your article because
 * it did not provide adequate independent verifiable sources to enable us to verify the facts and show that it meets the notability guidelines. Sources that are not acceptable include those linked to the company, press releases, YouTube, IMDB, social media and other sites that can be self-edited, blogs, websites of unknown or non-reliable provenance, and sites that are just reporting what the company claims or interviewing its management. I can't read the subscription only ref 1, but of the others, five don't mention the company and the other two are quoting the company and aren't independent third-party sources. Much of the text is completely unsourced. I may have missed it, but I can't find much of what you claim about the company even on its own linked website. It would help to show notability if you had more hard verifiable facts such as turnover or profits
 * it was written in a promotional tone. Articles must be neutral and encyclopaedic. Examples of unsourced or self-sourced claims presented as fact include: marked for its customer service... Inspired by this... to solve these customer experience challenges... They had a successful run... included Rackspace co-founder Pat Condon, Webmail.us founder Pat Matthews, and Techstars... Tenfold's revenue is up 400 percent year-over-year... Tenfold is on a similar growth trajectory as Marketo Inc&mdash; and so on
 * there shouldn't be any url links in the article, only in the "References" or "External links" sections. That's particularly the case when they are spamlinks to affiliated sites.
 * I note that your only edits here were to create a full article about the company, and that you include plausible facts that are not in your sources nor, as far as I can see, on the company's website. If you have a conflict of interest when editing this article, you must declare it. In particular, if you work directly or indirectly for the company, or otherwise are acting on its behalf, you are very strongly discouraged from attempting to write an article at all. At best, any proposed article creation should be submitted through the articles for creation process, rather than directly. Regardless, if you are paid directly or indirectly by the company you are writing about, you are  required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at User:. The template Paid can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form:    . If you are being compensated, please provide the required disclosure. Note that editing with a COI is discouraged, but permitted as long as it is declared. Concealing a COI can lead to a block. Please do not edit further until you respond to this message.

Before attempting to write an article again, please make sure that the topic meets the notability criteria I linked above, and check that you can find independent third party sources. Also read "Your first article.

If you then still wish to proceed, let know, and I'll restore an edited version of the text. Note that you must respond to the COI query above first though Jimfbleak - talk to me?  07:24, 9 December 2017 (UTC)


 * For the COI, you need to post the complete Paid template above on your user page. You also need to post

on the talk page of the article. I'll post an edited version of the deleted text to a user sandbox, but it will be later today Jimfbleak - talk to me?  09:03, 9 December 2017 (UTC) https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:AkiMerced/sandbox&diff=814541229&oldid=810731774
 * Deleted text posted here. I made these changes from the deleted version. Also see the history, other edits were made after your last edit prior to deletion. Make sure you post the COI message on your user page before you begin to edit the text, and that you address all the issues I've raised above Jimfbleak - talk to me?  12:19, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
 * That looks better. I think you have established notability, although some of the refs are a bit marginal, and the tone is better. Although I've killed the tag while it's in draft, it's still an orphan, that link has a section suggesting how you might fix that if you don't want it to be tagged again. At some stage you will just have to move the text (don't cut-and-paste) to article space and see what happens Jimfbleak - talk to me?  07:25, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
 * The editor who tagged it is not an admin, so you will have to wait for an admin to see the tag and either decline it or delete. If the latter, you will need to discuss with the deleting admin. Personally, I don't think the article now meets the SD criteria, but I'm too involved now to take any action myself. I don't think you are actually required to go through WP:AFC, but it's not an area I'm much involved in. And the article has been reviewed by an experienced editor Jimfbleak - talk to me?  10:08, 12 December 2017 (UTC)

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I see an admin has removed the speedy tag. Although you are not allowed to remove the speedy tag yourself, you can do so with the current maintenance tag if you think you have addressed the issues. Take care though, if other editors disagree, the tag could be reinstated Jimfbleak - talk to me?  07:08, 13 December 2017 (UTC)