User talk:Andyjames69

Contested deletion
This page is not unambiguously promotional, because I wish to list a local wine chain as an established business operating in Bromley like many other similar companies who have factual information held about them on Wiki as a source of information about a company.

How can I move this information to a factual page about a company, similar to many millions of pages on Wiki about other companies.

Posting this on my own talk space was a mistake as I am not sure how to use Wikipedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.8.138.252 (talk) 15:36, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

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Refreshers
I have moved this from your talk page into a user sub-page at User talk:Andyjames69/Refreshers where you can work on it. Read WP:Your first article for advice. Your main challenge is to show that this business is notable enough to have a Wikipedia article. The point is that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a business listing directory, and is selective about subjects: it does not want or expect to have an article about every company that exists, any more than about every person. The criterion used is called Notability, and is not a matter of opinion but has to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Significant means more than just listing-type mentions; reliable excludes Myspace, Facebook, blogs, places where anyone can post anything; independent excludes the subject's own website, affiliated ones and anything based on press releases. The test is, have people not connected with the subject thought it significant enough to write substantial comment about? See WP:Notability (organizations and companies) and WP:FAQ/Organizations for more information.

There is a "Submit" button at the top of the draft page which will send it, when it is ready, to WP:Articles for creation, where an experienced user will look at it and either accept it or give you feedback. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 17:37, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

April 2017
Hello, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. This is just a note to let you know that I've moved the draft that you were working on to Draft:Refreshers, from its old location at User talk:Andyjames69/Refreshers. This has been done because the Draft namespace is the preferred location for Articles for Creation submissions. Please feel free to continue to work on it there. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to ask me on my talk page. Thank you. North America1000 02:41, 6 April 2017 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Refreshers


Hello, Andyjames69. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Refreshers".

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Legacypac (talk) 16:03, 8 October 2017 (UTC)