User talk:Annika Laas

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Speedy deletion nomination of Shadow Ink


A tag has been placed on Shadow Ink, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Organizations for more information.

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Shadow Ink
I saw your note, and thought that there might be some misunderstanding regarding a few things, so I wanted to leave you a note.

Firstly, the purpose of Wikipedia is never to "get the word out" about anything. It is, rather, a tertiary source that reflects "word" that's already well "out", once we have several neutral, independent reliable references not affiliated with or having an interest in something covering it in reasonable depth. That helps us to maintain neutrality, a core value and something that's not negotiable.

Your article wasn't neutral. Firstly, the massive image gallery would never be appropriate. The rest of it read like a glossy brochure for the app. It sounds, from the note you left, like it's your app, and that's understandable&mdash;it's really hard to stay neutral on a subject you're close to, and refrain from the use of personal knowledge rather than only verifiable information.

Finally, in reference to the images. These are all listed under the CC-BY-SA license. Some people misunderstand what that license means, so I wanted to make sure you're aware. First, to release images under that license, you must in fact be the person who took or drew the images, or must have explicit permission to do so from the person who did since they would hold the copyright. Secondly, if that's the case, releasing under that license means that anyone, anywhere, could use those images for any purpose they like whatsoever, including commercial purposes, which would include, for example, in a competing app. Maybe that's okay with you and that's what you want, but I do want to make sure you're aware that's part of what such a license means. Seraphimblade Talk to me 08:38, 30 June 2016 (UTC)