User talk:Louisjefferson

Welcome!

Hello, Louisjefferson, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as Warranty Direct, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may soon be deleted.

There's a page about creating articles you may want to read called Your first article. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type helpme on this page, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Here are a few other good links for newcomers: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Questions or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! Karl 334  ☞ TALK to ME ☜  19:06, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
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Speedy deletion nomination of Warranty Direct


A tag has been placed on Warranty Direct requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about an organization or company, 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. Under 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 that this notice was placed here in error, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion," which appears inside of the speedy deletion tag (if no such tag exists, the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate). Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. Karl 334  ☞ TALK to ME ☜  19:06, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Warranty Direct (USA)


A tag has been placed on Warranty Direct (USA), 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 "Click here to 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, you can place a request here. Jackmcbarn (talk) 20:48, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

July 2013
Hello, Louisjefferson. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Warranty Direct (USA), you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about ensuring their edits are verified by reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of problems:


 * Avoid or exercise great caution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with.
 * Be cautious about deletion discussions. Everyone is welcome to provide information about independent sources in deletion discussions, but avoid advocating for deletion of articles about your competitors.
 * Avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Spam).
 * Exercise great caution so that you do not accidentally breach Wikipedia's content policies.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. Jackmcbarn (talk) 20:53, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

Creating an article for your company
If you absolutely want to create an article for your company (which is not recommended), you should do it in your userspace (here, for example), and then submit it to Articles for Creation when you think it's done. Then it won't be at risk of getting speedily deleted and other editors will help you get it to the point where it is an acceptable article. Jackmcbarn (talk) 20:56, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

Thanks!

Moving pages
Just as a heads-up, in the future, you should move pages with the Move button, not by copying and pasting their contents. It's not a big deal this time because the page is brand new, but if it weren't, it would take a lot of work for an administrator to fix it. Jackmcbarn (talk) 21:02, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

10-4 -- I will have to read up more on the page creation. It's not as easy as I thought it would be. Now that Google trying to including companies in their knowledge graph feature I would imagine that you will get a lot more company submissions. Louisjefferson (talk) 21:08, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

Use of Wikipedia
Sorry, but we are not here to aid your search engine optimisation. Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, and not for promotion, which is what SEO is (and we don't have profiles, which are in the province of directories and social networking). If there are other businesses with similar names, it is, of course, up to you to to improve your position - but not by involving us. If your business is notable (WP:CORP) and this can be proved with reliable independent sources (WP:RS), then it can probably have an article. Otherwise, you will have to achieve that notability. Peridon (talk) 21:11, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

Then are you going to remove Carchex and Warranty_Direct "Trivial or incidental coverage of a subject is not sufficient to establish notability." ? Louisjefferson (talk) 21:21, 31 July 2013 (UTC)


 * No. See the first example on Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point. Jackmcbarn (talk) 21:24, 31 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Also WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. Peridon (talk) 21:32, 31 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the links - just to clarify I wasn't asking to get those pages deleted -- just trying to find out what the level of "notability" is required for inclusion. Louisjefferson (talk) 21:37, 31 July 2013 (UTC)