User talk:Jwoodcock

A tag has been placed on Find a part, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group or service and which would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 11, as well as the guidelines on spam.

If you can indicate why the subject of this article is not blatant advertising, you may contest the tagging. To do this, please add  on the top of the page and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would help make it encyclopedic, as well as adding any citations from reliable sources to ensure that the article will be verifiable. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Tonywalton | Talk 15:28, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Due to the rising profile of Wikipedia and the amount of extra traffic it can bring a site, there is a great temptation to use Wikipedia to advertise or promote links. This includes both commercial and non-commercial sites. You should avoid linking to a website that you own, maintain or represent, even if the guidelines otherwise imply that it should be linked. If the link is to a relevant and informative site that should otherwise be included, please consider mentioning it on the talk page and let neutral and independent Wikipedia editors decide whether to add it. This is in line with the conflict of interests guidelines.

Criteria for companies and corporations
A company or corporation is notable if it meets any of the following criteria:
 * 1) The company or corporation has been the subject of multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent of the company or corporation itself.
 * 2) * This criterion includes published works in all forms, such as newspaper articles, books, television documentaries, and published reports by consumer watchdog organizations except for the following:
 * 3) ** Media reprints of press releases, other publications where the company or corporation talks about itself, and advertising for the company.
 * 4) ** Works carrying merely trivial coverage, such as newspaper articles that simply report extended shopping hours or the publications of telephone numbers and addresses in business directories.
 * 5) The company or corporation is listed on ranking indices of important companies produced by well-known and independent publications.
 * 6) The company's or corporation's share price is used to calculate stock market indices. Being used to calculate an index that simply comprises the entire market is excluded.

Criteria for products and services
A product or service is notable if it meets any of the following criteria:
 * 1) The product or service has been the subject of multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent of the company itself.
 * 2) * This criterion includes published works in all forms, such as newspaper articles, books, television documentaries, and published reports by consumer watchdog organizations except for the following:
 * 3) ** Media re-prints of press releases, other publications where the company or corporation talks about its products or services, and advertising for the product or service. Newspaper stories that do not credit a reporter or a news service and simply present company news in an uncritical or positive way may be treated as press releases unless there is evidence to the contrary.
 * 4) ** Works carrying merely trivial coverage, such as simple price listings in product catalogues.
 * 5) The product or service is so well-known that its trademark has suffered from genericization.

Recommendations for products and services
Information on products and services should generally be included in the article on the company itself, unless the company is so large that this would make the article unwieldy. In that case, it is preferable to keep minor products in lists, and major products in their own article.

The distinction between a 'minor' and a 'major' product is somewhat arbitrary. The main point is that if a lot of information is available on a product, it should be split out, and if little is available, it should be merged into a list.

For instance, if a company has twenty different models of cell phone, and there is little difference between them, then compiling a single article for all of them would help readers in spotting the differences and similarities. On the other hand, a new model of car (as opposed to the same model with an 'extra' or two) is generally rather different and should have its own article. Shoessss 16:10, 18 January 2007 (UTC)