User talk:Beardm

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Proposed deletion of MSC/J&L Industrial Supply


The article MSC/J&L Industrial Supply has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * No claim to notability, no secondary sources, and a good-faith search for sources yielded nothing.

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. bonadea contributions talk 20:30, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

Nomination of MSC/J&L Industrial Supply for deletion
The article MSC/J&L Industrial Supply is being discussed concerning whether it is suitable for inclusion as an article according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/MSC/J&L Industrial Supply until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. bonadea contributions talk 16:55, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

January 2011
Please do not remove Articles for deletion notices from articles or remove other people's comments in Articles for deletion pages, as you did with MSC/J&L Industrial Supply. Doing so won't stop the discussion from taking place. You are, however, welcome to comment about the proposed deletion on the appropriate page. Thank you. bonadea contributions talk 09:12, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

Just a couple of pointers, to explain why the article is up for deletion:
 * The issue is notability - is the company in fact notable according to Wikipedia's definition?
 * The information must be verifiable - that you know it to be true is not enough, there must be reliable sources for it.
 * The company's own records are not sufficient on their own. If the deletion discussion (which you are welcome to participate in) concludes that the company is in fact notable, the company's own information can be used as verification of its own claims, but not unless there are secondary sources to show notability.
 * Please also read the conflict of interest policy - you stated in an edit summary that you work for the company, which means that you do have a conflict of interest.

Thank you, --bonadea contributions talk 09:36, 18 January 2011 (UTC)