User talk:Iscauthor

Speedy deletion of CrossPoint
A tag has been placed on CrossPoint, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam as well as FAQ/Business for more information.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. Rob Banzai (talk) 21:25, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Intersect Software Corporation
A tag has been placed on Intersect Software Corporation, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam as well as FAQ/Business for more information.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. Rob Banzai (talk) 21:26, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

hangon
Hello, this tag only goes on pages which have already been marked for speedy deletion with a {{db- tag. Your user page has not been tagged in this manner, so does not need to have a tag. Thanks. Hers fold  {{sup|(t/a/c)}} 21:37, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Reply to email
Hello, Iscauthor. I just got your email. As your article currently stands, it still doesn't establish why the company is notable. Articles must show that their subjects meet a certain standard for inclusion, most generally that they are covered in multiple reliable, third-party sources in a non-trivial fashion. Some articles have a more specific guideline which they can meet instead; the applicable one here would be WP:CORP. I notice you have provided some third-party sources, which is good; unfortunately, the first (to Washington Business Journal) doesn't have a whole lot of information in it, and the second (to Highbeam Research) requires registration and/or payment to read the full article, which doesn't allow others to easily verify the information.

Another thing I notice is that the tone of the article still reads rather promotionally. In reading your introduction section, most of it seems to be about CrossPoint rather than the company itself, and the description is full of buzzwords: "a platform-independent, project portfolio management (PPM) suite that provides portfolio management, resource management, task management, issue tracking, document management, schedule (project management), earned value management, and real-time status reporting." It's not necessary to list all the features, as this makes it sound as though you're trying to sell the program here, which isn't what Wikipedia is for.

While you work on that, I noticed your username (something I didn't take too close a look at previously). Would it be correct to assume that you have some sort of relation to this company? If so, you may have a conflict of interest in writing about them. Since Wikipedia tries to be as neutral as possible, we usually ask editors not to write about subjects they are personally related to. I'm sorry this wasn't mentioned to you earlier, but we have noticed over time that employees of companies in particular will often write about their own companies and will end up introducing some sort of bias into the article, whether they intend to or not. Usually it's not their intent to advertise, but their articles will often come across this way and get deleted (which I would guess is what happened to you). Now, this is not to say you can't write about your company; it's just that we'd really really prefer you didn't. There are alternatives, though - you can request that an article be written about your company by someone who doesn't have any relation to it. They can use some of the information you've already gathered to help with this, but hopefully the end result would be a neutral article that Wikipedia can be proud of. Once that's done, you would still be welcome to provide information and suggest improvements on the article's talk (or discussion) page. That has worked well in the past, and avoids the problems often associated with a conflict of interest.

I hope this helps to answer your question - sorry my response was so long - but if you still have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact me again. Email works fine, but it's often faster to contact me on my user talk page by clicking the "new section" tab at the top of it. Welcome to Wikipedia. Hers fold  (t/a/c) 00:24, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

User:Iscauthor
A tag has been placed on your user page, User:Iscauthor, 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. Calton | Talk 11:44, 4 March 2009 (UTC)