User talk:DarrenPFrancis

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Speedy deletion nomination of Shoothill Limited


A tag has been placed on Shoothill Limited, requesting that it be deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which articles can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly-defined criteria, then it may be soon be deleted by an administrator. The reasons it has been tagged are:
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 * It appears to be about a person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), individual animal, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. (See section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Shoothill Limited


A tag has been placed on Shoothill Limited, requesting that it be deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which articles can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly-defined criteria, then it may be soon be deleted by an administrator. The reasons it has been tagged are:
 * It 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. (See section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Business for more information.
 * It appears to be about a person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), individual animal, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. (See section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, you can place a request here. Valenciano (talk) 10:54, 3 July 2013 (UTC)

Notability of Shoothill
I'm copying my reply from the Shoothill talk page to here:


 * The article's heavily promotional tone is more akin to what you'd find on a company press release, not what you'd find in a serious encyclopedic article. Indeed much of the article is simply copied from the company's own website. For example:


 * "Shoothill can develop unique solutions which allow companies to visualise their data in new and more intuitive ways" is fairly identical to allows Shoothill to develop unique and immersive solutions which allow you to visualise your data in new and more intuitive ways.


 * "Used by some of the world’s top digital media agencies, music and film companies and media owners, Shoothill have become recognised as leading developers who are able to provide rich and immersive brand experiences for both consumer and corporate facing audiences." Again a copy of Used by some of the world’s top digital media agencies, music and film companies and media owners, including MSN, Yahoo!, Disney, DreamWorks, F1 and Warner Bros, Shoothill have become recognised as leading developers who are able to provide rich and immersive brand experiences to both consumer and corporate facing audiences.


 * Those are just examples, the rest of it, looks like something likely copied or closely paraphrased as well. Per WP:COPYVIO we can't accept copyrighted text here. So G12, our speedy deletion criteria on copy violations would apply also in this case.


 * For an article to exist on this topic, it would need to meet our notability criteria here which could be summarised as "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." I'm not seeing that on google. Valenciano (talk) 11:14, 3 July 2013 (UTC)

Hello, I'm Deb. I wanted to let you know that I undid one or more of your recent contributions because it appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you.

July 2013
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Your submission at Articles for creation
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