User talk:BrookeHamann

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Help me!
Hi! This is all kind of overwhelming. I am an intern at a small company and I really wanted to find a way to get a wikipedia page for them. There is currently no Wikipedia sites about them. Their name is Environmental Design Group. I keep reading things and am getting mixed opinions? Am I able to make a page for them if it is unbiased? Or does a third party have to do it?

Thanks!

BrookeHamann (talk) 20:14, 23 January 2015 (UTC)


 * A small company is unlikely to meet our notability requirements for companies, see WP:CORP. Those requirements need to be shown by reliable, independent sources (i.e., not the company's own website or press releases), see WP:V. That said, we do discourage company employees writing the page about their own company. Take a look at Conflict of interest.  NawlinWiki (talk) 20:17, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

So If I were to find a few independent sources, and asked one the Company's clients to make a page for me, then it would be possible?

BrookeHamann (talk) 20:23, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

The depth of coverage of the subject by the source must be considered. If the depth of coverage is not substantial, then multiple[1] independent sources should be cited to establish notability. Trivial or incidental coverage of a subject is not sufficient to establish notability. Deep coverage provides an organization with a level of attention that extends well beyond routine announcements and makes it possible to write more than a very brief, incomplete stub about an organization." NawlinWiki (talk) 21:05, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Theoretically yes. But take note of this excerpt from WP:CORP: "A company, corporation, organization, school, team, religion, group, product, or service is notable if it has been the subject of significant coverage in secondary sources. Such sources must be reliable, and independent of the subject. A single independent source is almost never sufficient for demonstrating the notability of an organization.


 * You should also take a look at the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use governing paid editing. Huon (talk) 21:29, 23 January 2015 (UTC)