User talk:GMCowl

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Hello and thank you for the kind message! I'm still getting the hang of things, and would like to try creating a Wikipedia entry in the near future! GMCowl (talk) 22:30, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, GMCowl. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the page Ginkgo Management Consulting, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the COI guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:


 * avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, company, organization or competitors;
 * propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the request edit template);
 * disclose your COI when discussing affected articles (see WP:DISCLOSE);
 * avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
 * do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Cabayi (talk) 19:36, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

Response to "Managing a conflict of interest
Hi Cabayi, I am not receiving, nor expecting to receive, any compensation for all or part of work in creating this article. I am not affiliated in any way with Ginkgo Management Consulting, and did not edit the article for the purpose of advertising, publicizing, or promoting anyone or anything. If there are parts of the article that you deem otherwise, please let me know and I would gladly make according changes to be compliant with Wikipedia's standards. Sorry in advance for the troubles, as it is my 1st article.GMCowl (talk) 19:52, 26 June 2019 (UTC)


 * I an not an admin so I can no longer see the article now that it's been deleted. From what I recall you cited a couple of awards as showing that the business was notable. I edited the article to add links for the organisations giving the awards. Neither organisation had an article which leads me to believe the awards too are not-notable. And, as I recall, the article came nowhere near to showing a business which meets the threshold of notability outlined in WP:NCORP.
 * The welcome message included a link How to create your first article which you'd do well to follow.
 * Your username points to a connection to Ginkgo, which is reinforced further by your edit history. Cabayi (talk) 20:35, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi Cabayi, thank you for taking the time to respond to my messages. My confusion for the notability came from the fact that the 3rd party sources I referenced to in the article (ex. Wortschafts Woche, Brand Eins) were also noted in similar articles that already exist in Wikipedia, but was still deemed of "insufficient significance" in my case. Still a bit contradictory in my opinion, but I will take that into consideration for future article creations.

I see your point of my username pointing a connection to Ginkgo, but the letters "GMC" is rather broad and even arguably more closely related to much bigger companies/terms (ex. General Motors Company, Genetically Modified Crops/Creatures...). While I'd rather not disclose my personal or professional info (which is not related to Ginkgo Management Consulting, as stated previously in my talk page), it was of coincidence that I came across a company that did not already have an article in Wikipedia and had the same shorthand "GMC". But since the rejection of the article was due to the reason "(A7: No credible indication of importance (individuals, animals, organizations, web content, events))", I understand the issue is in fact notability and not conflict of interest.

If you have any other suggestions or comments for the future, I would highly appreciate it! GMCowl (talk) 11:12, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

So far as I see, just one article refers to Wortschafts Woche, and it doesn't rely on that reference for notability. Brand Eins seems to have lots of mentions but nobody has thought it worthy of an article yet. Perhaps that's a starting point you should consider? Cabayi (talk) 11:48, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Ginkgo Management Consulting


A tag has been placed on Ginkgo Management Consulting, requesting that it be deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which pages can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly-defined criteria, then it may soon be deleted by an administrator. The reasons it has been tagged are:
 * It seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. (See section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Organizations for more information.
 * It appears to be about a person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), individual animal, or web content, 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. (See section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. Cabayi (talk) 19:38, 26 June 2019 (UTC)