User talk:Fairmark1

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Fairmark1, good luck, and have fun. – Aboutmovies (talk) 08:10, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

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It's basically just spam. Jimfbleak - talk to me?  14:06, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
 * it was written in a promotional tone. Articles must be neutral and encyclopaedic. The article is almost entirely an interminable list of awards, plus a spammy press release for the book. Examples of unsourced claims presented as fact include: The book covers important issues when advising and representing clients involved in mergers and acquisitions in China... select experts provide tried and proven advice on some of the most important issues...
 * it's all about what the awards, little about the company itself other than locations. How many employees? Turnover? Profits? Has the company ever received negative publicity? Who are its competitors?
 * You say I am surprised to see that this page was deleted, given that it contained generic information...&mdash; But it doesn't provide information, it's just an uncritical list of awards and a blurb to sell the book
 * You say one of the world's leading financial services law firms that has made great achievements in various areas of practice. a renowned global organisation and we can then discuss...&mdash; Your comments are framed in spammy and loaded language. You appear to have made no contributions to the article, but nevertheless suggest that we should be discussing it. You may have a conflict of interest when it comes to editing articles about this subject. If you still believe that your organisation is notable enough for a Wikipedia article (and that there is significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources), you could, if you wish, post a request at Requested articles for the article to be created. See also Best practices for editors with conflicts of interest.


 * Hi, thanks for further message. You can sign your comments automatically using four tildes ~ . I don't intend to reply in detail because
 * your message contains multiple accusations of bias regarding a firm I had never heard of before your "article" appeared. You are therefore unlikely to accept anything I say, and you state that you intend to pursue your grievance elsewhere anyway, so good luck with that.
 * I wonder why you feel so strongly about this, given that your only edits have been vituperative comments on my talk page? I note that you haven't denied that you have a conflict of interest yourself
 * I should just point out that Amazon is a commercial book sales site. Blurbs for the books are written by the author or publisher and are worthless as an independent view
 * If any future accusations of bias appear on my talk page, I will just revert them. I don't feed trolls Jimfbleak - talk to me?  16:26, 8 January 2015 (UTC)