User talk:LincolnCStephens

A tag has been placed on Neo Soul Cafe, 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. --Jon186 16:01, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

A tag has been placed on DJ Frances Jaye, 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. --Jon186 16:01, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Reply to post on Jon186's talk page
Firstly, if you own or work for the company in question then it is usually best not to write the article yourself but to wait for someone else to write it for you. One option would be to post it in Requested articles to encourage someone to write it.

The key issues you are likely to face with getting your article on wikipedia without being deleted are likely notability and neutral point of view.

If I remember correctly, I think the article you created used a lot of opinionated statements that appeared to promote the business, and that was why I put the tag on it, which led to its deletion by an administrator. I think you may also have written it in the first person ("We...", rather than "They..." or "Neo Soul Cafe...").

Articles must not exist to promote businesses, they must provide factual information on something that is already notable, and should cover both positives and negatives. Statements must be verifiable using reliable sources, and not use weasel words.

You may like to look at the style of existing articles on businesses, such as Tesco.

Hope that helps. --Jon186 20:21, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Message posted on Sunday, April 29, 2007
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Kathy A. 21:40, 29 April 2007 (UTC)