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Speedy deletion nomination of Red Tree Leadership and Development


A tag has been placed on Red Tree Leadership and Development, 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.

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As reviewing administrator, I deleted the article. On the now deleted talk page you wrote


 * This page is not unambiguously promotional, because this page provides valuable information surrounding the company Red Tree Leadership and Development. Often members of the community are interested in the history of important companies, including: what they do, where they are located, who runs them, etc. As Red Tree Leadership and Development is the company behind the bestselling book "Who Moved My Cheese" it is likely to garner the interest of community users who would be interested in knowing the information mentioned above. This article provides useful and valid information that should not be deleted.
 * The author of this book already has an article.TheLongTone (talk) 00:43, 15 February 2014 (UTC)

The article was not deleted for lack of notability, but for promotionalism. However, the notability is very much questionable. People are interested in important companies, but a company that is devoted basically to publicizing the work of a single person is not of any importance beyond that of the author. Even if you were to write a non - promotional article, it will probably be deletable on that basis.

But what you did write was promotional. Phrases like " create simple, yet powerful solutions for today’s changing business world. " provide no information at all -- they are just puffery, pure advertising. "ed Tree Leadership currently works to provide all of the tools and services necessary for our clients to develop change as a competitive advantage and gain an execution advantage to actually deliver on your strategy" is directed at a person wishing to acquire the servi es of the firm--that's advertising. Amything written addressed to "you" generally is, but even if it were rewritten, it would still be advertising, because it gives no specific information about anything. Articles about companies are generally limited to giving the name of the ceo; the attempt to include others shows a desire for publicity--such information is changeable, and belongs on the firm's website, not in an encyclopedia. Announcing a book that has not yet been published is advertising.

Please be careful.  DGG ( talk ) 03:02, 15 February 2014 (UTC)

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 16:18, 17 February 2014 (UTC)