User talk:Ericdow

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Carrierhelper
A tag has been placed on Carrierhelper, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be blatant advertising that 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 general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 11, as well as the guidelines on spam.

If you can indicate why the subject of this article is not blatant advertising, you may contest the tagging. To do this, please add  on the top of Carrierhelper and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would help make it encyclopedic, as well as adding any citations from reliable sources to ensure that the article will be verifiable. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. StephenBuxton (talk) 12:59, 18 April 2008 (UTC)


 * I saw your comment on the article's talk page. As there is no guarantee that the article will last (though the hang-on tag will give you a bit of time to make changes to the article), I have copied my response onto this page. StephenBuxton (talk) 13:46, 18 April 2008 (UTC)


 * I presume you mean efax (software)? To be honest, that may not be a good example to quote, as I don't believe that is particularly notable either.  However, the tone of the efax article is fairly neutral, and does not appear to be advertising.  However, your article is quoting prices, and it dieas read like an advert, and advertising on Wikipedia is a no-no.


 * If you can re-write your article so that it isn't reading as an advert, then it might be spared from deletion. That isn't up to me, it will be up to an administrator who will make the final decision.  I would recommend you also read Notability (software), as (while it isn't considered a policy) it should help you determine notability, and lack of notability is what often gets an article deleted.  If you want any help, just drop a note on my talk page. StephenBuxton (talk) 13:46, 18 April 2008 (UTC)