User talk:Kiloj757

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I am trying to figure out how to request someone to write an article on a company that I have recently become affiliated with. I do not want there to be a conflict of interest and I am also concerned about placing this in the wrong place on Wikipedia. I was researching search terms and found other companies in this similar industry with articles about their companies. I feel like this would be a valuable resource because it is an emerging technology on the East Coast in the United States. It has been around for a while on the West Coast and there were a number of companies with their companies listed in the category: Companies based in San Diego, CA.

There are a lot of people that are unaware of this new technology and it is becoming increasingly useful for not only big corporations but also for the average consumer. The only problem is that nobody knows what it is and it would be great to share this technology with them. It needs to be known as well as any other plumbing service or construction service. There are many articles about the trenchless technology industry currently on Wikipedia. He has been featured in Trenchless Technology Magazine for his work on the Capitol building in Washington DC, the link remains on their website but the article had to be removed due to online limitations with government clearance. You can see the reference here when you search query Dynamic Drain on their website. Also, they were recently featured in Cleaner Magazine.

Thanks in advance for help. Kiloj757 (talk) 00:29, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
 * First off, I'm glad for your enthusiasm.
 * You could create an article in a userspace draft, and then submit it at articles for creation. However, I highly recommend that you read about the notability standards first, specifically the notability standards surrounding companies. While I'd hate to damper your enthusiasm, all because your competitors qualify to have articles doesn't mean the company you're affiliated with does--your competitors articles can't be the sole argument why your company deserves one.
 * I'm pointing out all of these pages is that I'm assuming that you're trying to have a Wikipedia article about a company that doesn't qualify have one, but I might be assuming wrong. --I dream of horses If you reply here, please leave me a message on my talk page. @  00:55, 2 September 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for your fast response, I'm new with Wikipedia so I must have had some settings wrong and did not receive notification of your reply. We are not the creators of this new technology and do not hole any patents, so I am pretty sure we are not exactly qualified for a company article. We are just working in the industry. On the other hand, I would love to be able to contribute/add information to Wikipedia since some of the definitions of our industry technologies are not completely up to date. Our industry is changing very rapidly and always coming out with updated materials and tools used along with their respective methods of installation. We would love to be able to update certain pages or even add new pages related to these fields in efforts to provide information to the public about these practices. I also see that there are references provided when new articles or information is added to an article. I want to follow proper practice when adding information and do not want to seem like I am just trying to add links to our website. If you can please provide the most relevant articles on the proper procedures it would be greatly appreciated!! I have read lots of articles about this but am overwhelmed by all of the different suggestions. Kiloj757 (talk) 14:36, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
 * In some cases, your website may be appropriate as an "external link", but only when your product is mentioned specifically - the policy is at WP:EL. Mdann52 (talk) 19:39, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

Welcome!
Hello, Kiloj757, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I notice that one of the first articles you edited appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

To reduce the chances of your contributions being undone, you might like to draft your revised article before submission, and then ask me or any other editor to proofread it. See our help page on userspace drafts for more details. If the page you created has already been deleted from Wikipedia, but you want to save the content from it to use for that draft, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page.

The one firm rule we do have in connection with conflicts of interest is that accounts used by more than one person will unfortunately be blocked from editing. Wikipedia generally does not allow editors to have usernames which imply that the account belongs to a company or corporation. If you have a username like this, you should request a change of username or create a new account. (A name that identifies the user as an individual within a given organization may be OK.)

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