User talk:Deborah L. Jacobs

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Speedy deletion nomination of User:Deborah L. Jacobs


A tag has been placed on User:Deborah L. Jacobs, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page 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 an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Business for more information.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion, or "db", tag; if no such tag exists, then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hang-on tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. P. D. Cook Talk to me! 17:44, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Portability (estate planning)


A tag has been placed on Portability (estate planning), requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page 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 an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Business for more information.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion, or "db", tag; if no such tag exists, then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hang-on tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. P. D. Cook Talk to me! 17:45, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

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 * 1) editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with;
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Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. JohnCD (talk) 20:25, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Portability in estate planning
Welcome, again, and best wishes for the new year. I am afraid there is rather a learning curve to Wikipedia, but there is plenty of advice available.

As an anyone-can-edit encyclopedia, Wikipedia is so vulnerable to being used for advertising and promotion that it is extremely sensitive to anything that looks like that. Hence our strong rules against editing with a WP:Conflict of interest, and the fact that anything that appears to be an advertisement is speedily deleted, even from user pages. If there is any thought in your mind that contributing to Wikipedia can be a way to help promote your book or your firm's services, forget that idea. There is more advice on this subject at How not to be a spammer and Best practices for editors with conflicts of interest.

However, an article about portability in estate planning might well be useful. I see one possible problem: you say that this is "a new term that is coming into use". As an encyclopedia, Wikipedia only reports on things that are already established. Our test is called notability, and requires showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." The test is, have other people, independent of the subject, thought it important and significant enough to write about? That rule means that articles on neologisms are seldom acceptable - see WP:NEO - unless evidence can be produced that the term is in wide enough use.

There is good general advice in the links from the Welcome paragraph above, particularly Your first article. You should also check out our three key content policies:
 * WP:Verifiability
 * WP:No original research
 * WP:Neutral point of view.

Regards, JohnCD (talk) 16:34, 1 January 2011 (UTC)