User talk:FoodWine

Hello FoodWine. I've nominated Food & Wine Magazine for deletion because it reads like an advertisement. Wikipedia articles need to be written in the tone of an encyclopedia. You can go to the nomination page if you wish to express your opinion. Thanks. --F a ng Aili 19:35, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. I'm afraid that your user name in conjunction with the article you created tripped some people's alarm bells, as we've got quite a problem with new users mistaking this place for a PR vehicle.

Assuming that the name reflects your interests and not your employer, you might want to check out Category:Food and drink stubs, which are a lot of articles that need expanding.

Assuming that the name does reflect your employer (or even if it doesn't), you need to bring Food & Wine Magazine up to a more encyclopedic standard: What is its circulation? What is its readership like or intended to be? What is its history? What is its focus (ALL cooking magazines have recipes)? What makes it different from other, similiar magazines?

Think of the consumer and not the provider of the information: why is a Wikipedia user looking this up? That is, think of what it is that the reader wants to find out, not what you want to tell him or her.

Good luck. --Calton | Talk 05:07, 10 March 2006 (UTC)