User talk:Jbenander

AfD nomination of Athena study abroad
I have nominated Athena study abroad, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Articles for deletion/Athena study abroad. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Oscarthecat (talk) 22:22, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Similar study abroad companies are on Wikipedia. This is to make people aware of the valuable concept of study abroad and global awareness. Many universities promote and work with Athena Study Abroad, and charities receive donations on behalf of the organization, which makes the company notable. Many study abroad websites make reference to the company. Have a good day. Jbenander (talk) 22:52, 14 November 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.192.68.190 (talk)

November 2008
If you have a close connection to some of the people, places or things you have written about, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred from the tone of the edit and the proximity of the editor to the subject, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:
 * 1) 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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For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for businesses. For more details about what, exactly, constitutes a conflict of interest, please see our conflict of interest guidelines. MuZemike ( talk ) 08:27, 15 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi MuZemike - Thank you for your comments. The text has been cleaned up, per your note.  Please let me know if there are any more issues. Jbenander (talk) 19:05, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
 * It still meets regular deletion criteria, I'm afraid, as it doesn't meet the general notability guideline. What you need to do is to reference your article using reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic, and make sure you reference them properly using the citation guidelines.
 * I have also flagged the article for rescue, so maybe someone else can also help improve the article so it doesn't get deleted. I have also recommended in the AFD that no prejudice be taken towards recreating the article should it happen to get deleted. Hope this all helps, MuZemike  ( talk ) 19:26, 15 November 2008 (UTC)