User talk:Claudio.smith

Gigaset Communications
Hello -

I wanted to respond to the question you left on the Articles for deletion/Gigaset Communications about the Gigaset Communications article. First of all - after an AFD has been completed you should not edit it. The discussion is kept as an archive for future reference, not as an ongoing conversation. From your question, it implied you were the author of the article. If you are in fact the same author as User:Cenora, I would give you the following response: the original article was replete with spam links back to the company's website. A link the a company's website is not so much viewed as a "reference" as it is an attempt to draw a reader to a company's site for commercial purposes and this practice is highly discouraged. As you will note as a new user, you are often required to authenticate yourself prior to making edits with links to external sites to avoid mass spamming. I took the initiative to try to salvage the original article which as it was written was not appropriate for Wikipedia - one of the reasons it was identified for a WP:AFD.

There are many articles with many references but they are designed to substantiate comements made in the article and not to attract website visitors. If you have further questions about this please let me know. |► ϋrбan яeneωaℓ  •  TALK  ◄| 23:40, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi UrbanRenewal. Yes I am Cenora. My intention was not to link users to the company site. That happened because most of the information does come from Siemens sites. Sorry to write on the AFD. I will try to keep future references as broad as possible. Take care. Cenora


 * While information from a website can at times be useful, an encyclopedic article should never be reliant on a website for information and linking every product to a website can appear to be promotional. You are still new so you should look at this as a learning experience.  Your contributions are welcomed. |►  ϋrбan яeneωaℓ  •  TALK  ◄| 22:59, 6 February 2009 (UTC)