User talk:Krafty1999

Speedy deletion nomination of EZTube
Hello Krafty1999,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged EZTube for deletion, because it seems to be promotional, rather than an encyclopedia article.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can 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. CoffeeWithMarkets (talk) 13:26, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of International Designs


A tag has been placed on International Designs, requesting that it be deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which articles can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly-defined criteria, then it may be soon be deleted by an administrator. The reasons it has been tagged are:
 * It 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. (See section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Business for more information.
 * It appears to be about a person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), individual animal, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. (See section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. Jimfbleak - talk to me?  05:33, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

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Hi, thanks for message. Following its nomination by another editor, I deleted your article because
 * it did not provide independent verifiable sources to enable us to verify the facts and show that it meets the notability guidelines. Sources that are not acceptable include those linked to the company, social media and other sites that can be self-edited, blogs, websites of unknown or non-reliable provenance, and sites that are just reporting what the company claims or interviewing its management. You had no references at all, just a spam link to the company's website, which in any case doesn't support most of your text.
 * There is in any case no claim of notability, such as the number of units that have been sold, awards won etc. For all we know, this could be a made by a couple of guys in a garage. FWIW, the company doesn't appear to meet our notability guidelines for companies either. Your article about the company, which I've tagged, had nothing about the company other than a US state. To show notability you need hard facts such as the number of employees, turnover or profits. Your stub seemd to be just to create a link to the product.
 * it was written in a promotional tone. Articles must be neutral and encyclopaedic. Examples of unsourced claims presented as fact include: to easily assemble or disassemble... cut down and custom fabricated as per customer request... creating a tight "bond" between the connector and and the extrusion... The versatile nature... enables an extremely wide variety of applications, and almost limitless configurations... and much more.&mdash;it's a sales leaflet, not an encyclopaedia article
 * the article was created in a single edit without proper references, and looks as if was copied from an unknown and possibly copyrighted source. Copyrighted text is not allowed in Wikipedia, as outlined in this policy. That applies even to pages created by you or your organisation, unless they state clearly and explicitly that the text is public domain. There are ways to donate copyrighted text to Wikipedia, as described here; please note that simply asserting on the talk page that you are the owner of the copyright, or you have permission to use the text, isn't sufficient.
 * If you have a conflict of interest when editing this article, you must declare it. That is particularly the case if you are working directly or indirectly for the company Paid advocacy is a category of conflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on neutral point of view and what Wikipedia is not, and is an especially egregious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a black hat practice. Paid advocates are very strongly discouraged from direct article editing, and should instead propose changes on the talk page of the article in question if an article exists, and if it does not, from attempting to write an article at all. At best, any proposed article creation should be submitted through the articles for creation process, rather than directly. Regardless, if you are receiving or expect to receive compensation for your edits, you are  required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at User:. The template Paid can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form:    . If I am mistaken – you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits – please state that in response to this message. If you are being compensated, please provide the required disclosure. In either case, please do not edit further until you answer this message.

I normally restore deleted text on request unless they are beyond redemption, but I'm wary about doing so here. Before I restore could you please
 * respond to the comment regarding COI
 * provided sources for your text, which as it stands seems to have come from nowhere
 * Provide independent third-party references as defined in my first bullet point to show that the product is notable

The last point is necessary, because if you can't show notability via sales figures or similar, you will be wasting your time doing any further work since it will be deleted on that basis alone, irrespective of other content

Jimfbleak - talk to me?  06:10, 5 October 2015 (UTC)