User talk:AngelaHernandez

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Hello, AngelaHernandez, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! JohnCD (talk) 20:58, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
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I'm afraid I'm out of time tonight - I'll answer you tomorrow. The FAQ/Organizations would be a useful read in the meantime. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 20:58, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Ok, thanks John. I've reviewed the FAQ/Organizations and look forward to hearing your thoughts. Thanks! AngelaHernandez (talk) 20:12, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

General advice first
(This section is more or less boilerplate, because I have to give basically the same advice so often).

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a business listing directory or a vehicle for any kind of promotion. Articles have to be of enough general interest for an encyclopedia article: the Wikipedia term for that is Notability, which is not a matter of opinion but needs to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." The test is, have other people, independent of the subject, thought it significant enough to write about? More detail in Notability (organizations and companies).

Also, articles must be written from a neutral point of view, and so people are strongly discouraged from writing about themselves or their own organizations, because of the conflict of interest involved. An anyone-can-edit encyclopedia is constantly in danger of being used for promotion, and Wikipedia is extremely sensitive to this, and has strong policies about it: see
 * Conflict of interest
 * Best practices for editors with conflicts of interest

If you do write on such subjects, follow the advice in User:Uncle G/On notability: "When writing about subjects that are close to you, don't use your own personal knowledge of the subject, and don't cite yourself, your web site, or the subject's web site. Instead, use what is written about the subject by other people, independently, as your sources. Cite those sources in your very first edit.  If you don't have such sources, don't write." Doing that will confirm notability and help with COI issues.

For more advice, read the FAQ/Organizations, in particular the sections headed:
 * Why doesn't Wikipedia have an article on my organization?
 * I think my organization deserves an article on Wikipedia but none exists. What can I do?

Particular advice
I see from the deletion log that there has been some drama about this: besides my deletion last March as a copyright violation, it has since been deleted a number of times under different names, so that the titles are presently salted - protected from re-creation. It will need an administrator to allow the article to be recreated, and first approach should be to admin who protected it.

What I suggest you do is: There is one other important point to make, which you and Inteva should understand: a difference between Wikipedia and business listing sites is that, if Wikipedia has an article about Inteva, Inteva will not control it, and will not be able to insist on a particular version. Nobody, least of all its subject, owns a Wikipedia article; other users can and will edit it.
 * 1) Read WP:My first article
 * 2) Read WP:Notability and WP:Notability (companies and organizations). Consider whether you can find the significant independent references you need
 * 3) Make a draft in your user space at User:AngelaHernandez/Inteva Products, LLC. Remember that this is an encyclopedia entry, not a prospectus, advertisement or puff piece. Avoid WP:Peacock terms
 * 4) Post a request at WP:Requests for feedback to get comments on your draft from other users. Explain, in your request, your connection with the company.
 * 5) When you are ready, approach admin, again explaining your connection, and ask whether he will agree to unprotect the title so that the article can be posted.

I'm afraid all that is lot to read: I hope it helps. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 21:28, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

Hi John, This is all very helpful. I will follow your provided advice! Thanks so much for your time. AngelaHernandez (talk) 16:37, 4 August 2010 (UTC)