User talk:Balboni/Archive 1

Hello, I am a freelance business writer with a 26-year history as a published author on rental industry operations and market concepts in the United States, the UK and Europe -- this includes numerous, documented state-of-the-rental-industry topics, with an emphasis on rental technologies. In addition, I have a firm with a range of rental business-related clients that include rental companies, industry suppliers and more than one rental technology provider. My business affiliations date back to Taylor Rental Corporation in the 1970s and continue to the present, so I feel confident of the historical accuracy of my content.

Congratulations on your long career. Your qualifications are not in question. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and not an online advertisement. Check out the policies and you will see that pages written by PR department to advertise one's business is not acceptable. The deletions make this an actual encyclopedia's entry rather than an advertisement. Of course, you can always send the page to an editor to get their opinion on the appropriateness of your entry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.139.32.242 (talk) 19:32, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

What exactly do you object to in the historical facts that you expend so much time eliminating? If you believe there's a mis-statement in the content I would like to consider it -- assuming you want to identify yourself to stand behind your opinion. Otherwise, I'm sure you can understand that your decision to remain anonymous speaks volumes in itself.

Again, it has nothing to do with "historical facts". Are you the PR firm for Solutions by Computer? Is this the same type of "article" that you use in marketing or advertising their company? I believe the answer is yes to both questions which is against Wikipedia's policies. I will send this link to your competitors so that they can add their "historical facts" to the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.139.32.242 (talk) 20:10, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

With all due respect, you're not making any sense. If you choose to attribute motive, I can't stop you -- but if I choose to write something about the history of doorknobs, for example (a topic of which I admittedly have MUCH less expertise than the rental industry), I would speak to the early developers, the market leaders, the nationally-recognized awards ... in other words, exactly the same topics. I'm sorry that you don't like the historical answers, but there it is ... history is history, whether it serves your purposes or not. And what exactly are your purposes? I see even Wikipedia is urging you to register and stop hiding behind anonymity.

Rental Management Software
Wikipedia is a source of information not a source of advertisement. DELETED LIBELOUS REFERENCE 12.156.32.146 (talk) 18:44, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

It's required that I warn you several times before having Wikipedia block you for vandalism, so please consider this the first notice. And try to make your comments more professional in the future.

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Rental management software
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