User talk:J.lapointe17

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I would like to create a page for our business but understand the requirements of Wikipedia that it must be unbiased and neutral. I have included several links about the company here: https://www.massagent.com/fivestar/agencies_new.cfm https://www.trustedchoice.com/agency-profile/102416/lapointe-insurance/ https://members.newbedfordchamber.com/list/member/lapointe-insurance-11880 http://www.tri-townchamber.org/list/member/the-lapointe-insurance-agency-1453 http://westportriver.org/support-us/ http://voicesforahealthysouthcoast.org/fall-river-ymca-summer-garden-camp/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaV4GV1X3pM&feature=youtu.be

as well as a draft

Lapointe Insurance

Lapointe Insurance, common business name for two corporations operating insurance agencies in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Operating companies

Herman W Lapointe Jr. Insurance Agency Inc., Massachusetts Domestic Profit Corporation f/k/a Michaud & Poirier Insurance Agency, Inc. Lapointe Insurance Services, Inc., Rhode Island Domestic Profit Corporation

History Herman W Lapointe Jr. began working as an insurance sales person at Michaud & Poirier Insurance Agency in Fall River, Massachusetts in 1962. He purchased the business from the retiring owner in 1970.

The agency name was changed to the current legal name, Herman W Lapointe Jr. Insurance Agency Inc., in June of 1984. Upon the retirement of Herman W Lapointe Jr. in 1992 the business was purchased by William H Lapointe and Colette L McKeon.

After expanding the business into Rhode Island, a separate corporation, Lapointe Insurance Services, Inc., was formed to conduct business in that state in February 1998.

Acquisitions Merger and Acquisition activity was substantial in the period from 1991 through 2000 and notable acquisitions included: Herbert Q Horne Insurance Agency of North Attleboro, Massachusetts Richard W Pratt Insurance Agency of Westport, Massachusetts John F Dator Insurance Agency of Fall River, Massachusetts Barker Insurance Agency of Tiverton, Rhode Island

Philanthropy Lapointe Insurance supports myriad community-based social service agencies as well as national health, education and welfare organizations serving diverse populations in need.

Ownership Both operating corporations are owned in their entirety by William H Lapointe and Colette L Mckeon. No public stock has been issued.

External Links http://business.sos.ri.gov/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?FEIN=000098996&SEARCH_TYPE=1 http://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?FEIN=042256781&SEARCH_TYPE=1 http://www.lapointeins.com/

J.lapointe17 (talk) 19:14, 22 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Hi! The usual approach to this is to (a) as you have done, be clear about your conflict of interest, and (b) having done that, to submit your draft to Articles for Creation.  Please *do* read WP:PSCOI for an explanation of what our policies say about editors editing with a conflict of interest.
 * Once you've done that, and taken any necessary steps from there, I would create the page Draft:Lapointe Insurance by clicking through that red link and asking to create it, then, when you are satisfied the edit is ready for review, adding subst:submit to the page. More info on that is at Articles_for_creation. If you get stuck, there, don't be afraid to ask for help, either in this way, or at the Wikipedia Teahouse at WP:Teahouse.  Best of luck!  --joe deckertalk 01:27, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Lapointe Insurance
Hello J.lapointe17,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Lapointe Insurance for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly say why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=&action=edit&section=new&preload=Template:Hangon_preload&preloadtitle=This+page+should+not+be+speedy+deleted+because...+ contest this deletion], but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions.

Mduvekot (talk) 22:27, 18 December 2017 (UTC)