User talk:Gary.DeGregorio

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A tag has been placed on your user page, User:Gary.DeGregorio, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person, and which is a violation of our policies regarding acceptable use of user pages: user pages are intended for active editors of Wikipedia to communicate with one another as part of the process of creating encyclopedic content, and should not be mistaken for free webhosting resources. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 11, as well as the guidelines on spam, the guidelines on user pages, and, especially, our FAQ for businesses.

If you can indicate why the page is not blatant advertising, you may contest the tagging. To do this, please add  on the top of the page in question and leave a note on this page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Syrthiss (talk) 18:29, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

spammish link / maybe conflict of interest
Hello-I'm going to undo the recent addition you made to Choice. Three things: First, I'm not sure that http://www.decision-making-solutions.com is a reliable source by Wikipedia standards. Second, because you're affiliated with the site (is that right?), there's concern about conflict of interest. A third point, which is just a suggestion for further edits, is that that addition shouldn't have been marked minor.

Sorry, if you're new here I don't want to scare you off. Well, if you really are just here to promote your business/web site, then maybe I do want to scare you off. But if you want to add material to the encyclopedia which is also in your area of knowledge, then you should stick around. But it might take some getting used to how things work here. C RETOG 8(t/c) 04:37, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

CONTESTING spammish link / maybe conflict of interest
To User:Cretog8: First, this website is a reliable source and is based on 15+ years of research and application and meets the Wikipedia standards as I understand them. Second, there is no conflict of interest since my motivation is to provide a neutral point of view on this important topic by adding a needed alternative view. Again, I believe I am in full compliance with the Second Pillar:

"Wikipedia has a neutral point of view. We strive for articles that advocate no single point of view. Sometimes this requires representing multiple points of view, presenting each point of view accurately and in context, and not presenting any point of view as "the truth" or "the best view"."

Third, I want to acknowledge my error in marking the change as minor instead of major. You are right, this would be a major edit as defined by Wikipedia.

In conclusion, I am here to add material to the encyclopedia which is in my area of knowledge. I hope this is a sufficient response for you to decide to retain my contribution which I am confident adds value to the Choice article.

Gary DeGregorio 21:19, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Contesting Speedy Deletion of my User:Gary.DeGregorio page.
To create my user page, and to be compliant with policies, I emulated the user page of another highly respected Wikipedian. See User:SteveBaker. As you will notice my description has exactly the same elements that Steve Baker has which includes a link to his company and his personal pages and email.

If what I have done is not acceptable, then please identify the items BOTH Steve and I need to correct (in addition to many others).

I believe it is important that people know who I am, since my edits should be more creditable than anonymous edits.

It is not my intent to promote me or the company.

Instead of doing a delete, please provide specific recommendations for changes as its currently not clear why my user page should be deleted based on emulating other Wikipedia users (like Steve Baker).