User talk:Gustav.penny

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Speedy deletion nomination of Simplicity.co.za


A tag has been placed on Simplicity.co.za, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Organizations for more information.

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 "Click here to 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 removed 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, you can place a request here. Vacation 9  13:35, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, Gustav.penny. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Simplicity.co.za, you may have a conflict of interest.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about ensuring their edits are verified by reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

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 * Avoid or exercise great caution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with.
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Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. Vacation 9  13:36, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

Advice
Please read WP:CORP and WP:WEB about notability, and whichever fits, read WP:RS as well. Read WP:SPAM and WP:COI (conflict of interest - editing about subjects you are close to). Please remember that Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, not a directory or social media, and that there is no 'right' to a page. Best of all, create your page at User:Gustav.penny/DRAFT (click and save) and ask any regular editor or admin for advice before it goes live. But do the reading first, and find good refs. The page as it was will be deleted again if you simply repost it. Not by me - by any admin that sees it. Peridon (talk) 18:37, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

--Gustav.penny (talk) 18:53, 1 July 2014 (UTC)Thank you, we have added reference, please view page now. Thanks again.

Speedy deletion nomination of Simplicity.co.za


A tag has been placed on Simplicity.co.za, requesting that it be deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which articles can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly-defined criteria, then it may be 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 or person 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/Business 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 "Click here to 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 removed 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, you can place a request here. Dolescum (talk) 18:59, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

More advice
Hi Gustav,

I've retagged for deletion because the sources still aren't strong enough to support an article. User generated sites fail WP:RS and we really want to see things like newspaper articles on the business. The tone is still promotional which is inappropriate, too. Peridon has given you some good advice about drafting the article and getting feedback as you write it. Dolescum (talk) 19:18, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

We have added news links to references - Thanks Gustav.penny (talk) 19:22, 1 July 2014 (UTC)


 * So, what does those news articles tell us all about the business, Gustav? Dolescum (talk) 19:29, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

 Hi, The one article is about our advise on new online payment methods by a local bank called Standard Bank with a new payment gateway called Mimoney. The second artile is about grey product imports.

Gustav.penny (talk) 19:33, 1 July 2014 (UTC)


 * The first article says that Standard Bank are setting up MiMoney, that Simplicity were involved and has a brief statement from a Mr Penny. The second discusses grey market products, mentions Simplicity and has another statement form a Mr Penny...


 * The article does not mention either of these things. You also should read WP:CORPDEPTH. Dolescum (talk) 19:42, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Best to sign at the end of a post... Sorry, no. The first two are mentions, and the third is not independent. Read Peridon (talk) 19:50, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

Response
The subjects for the articles are as follows: - ITWeb Article - Mimoney takes unbanked online - ITWeb Article - Web sites misleading consumers

Both of which I and Simplicity.co.za are mentioned.

What other info is required?

Gustav.penny (talk) 19:48, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * You need more than mentions in articles about general things. You need coverage ABOUT your outfit, or where it is discussed in more than one paragraph. Peridon (talk) 19:52, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

--- Is a company blog ok, we have hundreds of links that reference our business. We have been established since 2003. What other proof do we need to provide? Here is proof of the company: http://www.cipro.co.za/ccc/EntDet.asp?T1=%D2%44%25%85%53%C0%1B%B6%1F%B7%3D%8B%BB%A9%20&T2=SIMPLICITY%20XT Here is proof of the domain name in my name / email address: https://www.registry.net.za/whois/
 * No blogs - yours isn't independent, and others apart from some like the Huffington Post aren't reliable. We're not doubting the existence of your business (unlike a few other cases I can recall...). Reliable AND independent - that's the key. Not 'OR'. You can link the company site as an external link, but it can't show notability. If you saw some of the stuff we do, you wouldn't wonder why we are quite strict. Peridon (talk) 20:26, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

I can emagine, we where also awarded 2nd runner up in two catagories of the 2013 ecommerce awards, more info here: http://www.ecommerceawards.co.za/2013-winners/ I have view competitor website on wiki and our content is inline. I can send you links via email if you can provide this. Thanks Gustav.penny (talk) 20:33, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

Please don't write about your company
Hi. I see you have had your article deleted twice (I was one of the deleting administrators). The reason I deleted it was because it was promotional - I never even got as far as checking to see how notable the article is. The article read as advertising copy. Even if that wasn't your intention, the article read like an advert.

Even if you were to tone down the promotional tone to something more neutral, you will face further issues. Even assuming that you can demonstrate your company is notable (which I think you will struggle with at the moment), you should be aware that you have no say as to what can and can't go into the article. It might start out as a little factual article about your company, highlighting the good things about it, but it can very quickly go downhill.

Have a read of this essay: An article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing. That is mainly aimed at people writing about themselves, but a similar thing applies to companies. Any negative press from reliable sources will invariably end up in the article, and as long as it is referenced, it will not be removed. Stephen! Coming... 06:57, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

Hi Stephen, We will resubmit our hard work again and again until you guys are happy! Can I have your email address as we have benchmarked our article off some of our competitors and their articles are live! 41.213.14.11 (talk) 07:03, 2 July 2014 (UTC)Gustav.penny (talk) 07:05, 2 July 2014 (UTC)


 * If you need to email me, you can do this by going to my profile page and clicking on the link "Email this user" in the box "Tools". However, I would prefer to discuss this here rather than privately; as you can see from the number of people contributing to this page, there are a number of people who will want to hear what you have to say.


 * With regards to your benchmarking of articles, I would like to draw your attention to the essay Other Stuff Exists. Saying your article should exist because someone else has an article never gets anywhere.  If that's all you're relying on, then you really don't have a chance for getting the article published.  And I should also caution you that repeated promotional postings may result in you being blocked.


 * Sorry to be so blunt, but at the moment all your efforts appear to be getting an article about your company posted, and you are very likely going to be wasting your time. Your efforts would be better spent in either paying someone to create an advert for you and placing it in a legitimate business directory (not Wikipedia), or contributing to articles in the field you specialise in and help improve Wikipedia.


 * If this still hasn't swayed you, and you do insist on creating this article, even though you run the risk of being blocked for promotional posting, then creating a Userspace draft will give you the chance of working on it before requesting it go live. However, draft articles are still subject to the non-advertising requirements, and articles that appear to be promotional will be speedily deleted, even if they are work in progress. Stephen! Coming... 09:39, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
 * As I said above, user space is safer. There's even a click-and-save link in the Advice section above to start you off. Peridon (talk) 14:10, 2 July 2014 (UTC)