User talk:David Heintzelman

Reading through Wikipedia's copy right policy concerning images, I notice no explanation of how it would be indicated one had a business's permission to use their logo. I know there must be a simple process to do this because nearly every business has at least one logo and often a number of images on the page dedicated to them, I either cannot understand the terminology used or am missing something else. I was fairly thorough in reading all directions, so perhaps I'm not the only one confused as to why so many businesses have logos yet there is no clear way to indicate permission.

Thank you

Speedy deletion nomination of 411 Locals


A tag has been placed on 411 Locals requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about an organization or company, 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. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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Deletion of 411 Locals
Hi, the page I made was deleted, which I expected. It was my first try and I thought Sandbox=play so me saving it would just save it, not publish it. I was wrong :)

Anyway, if the language was right, (I was using a template of other similar companies so seems like it should be), minus the ref error which I think was just me not typing something correctly, would a source like a Las Vegas newspaper or reliable online source fix the reason it was deleted? There are a couple of notable things; they are the largest ad firm as far as customers in Las Vegas which is a town known for its advertising, and looking at sites like Customer Magnetism, I'm not seeing a huge difference, I mean most of their awards look like the self-nomination type.

Thank you


 * In response to your question which I just happened to come across - (if you wish to ask questions here in the future then you might wish to add the help me template as noted in the welcome message below as otherwise nobody is likely to be aware of them) - it would be a mistake to take as a template those articles which are poorly written and at high risk of deletion. Details of what is required for notability can be found at WP:N and particularly for companies at WP:ORG, however you will note that generally this could be summarised as the need to provide multiple examples of significant independent coverage in reliable sources. So by way of example this might include detailed national newspaper stories about a company (not press releases), but local news stories are rarely in themselves sufficient. Since you appear to be writing on behalf of the company I would suggest you make yourself aware of the guidelines mentioned at WP:PSCOI. Best regards --nonsense  ferret  23:14, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

Welcome!
Hello, David Heintzelman, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I notice that one of the first articles you edited appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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