User talk:Marc Simpson

Speedy deletion nomination of Ploink! - the online charity collection box
Hello Marc Simpson,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Ploink! - the online charity collection box for deletion, because it seems to be an promotion, 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. Thanks, Tony May (talk) 19:11, 1 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi Marc. We have rules on this sort of thing - see WP:COI.


 * Also, Pennies (electronic charity box) may be of similar scope but it has managed to get itself mentions in The Daily Telegraph, and won various awards. AFAICT, your organisation hasn't had similar success.   Wikipedia relies on secondary sources, so if you want to promote your company, you need to get it covered by newspapers and similar resources first not before.  Tony May (talk) 19:34, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Promotion
You said it - "We use Twitter and Facebook to promote our service and Wikipedia is a natural fir for us" [sic]. Please read WP:SPAM and understand that Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, not a directory or social marketing. Peridon (talk) 19:59, 1 April 2013 (UTC)


 * You said:


 * I'll reply here because the page at talk:Ploink! - the online charity collection box will be deleted after the main page which has now gone. Looking at this area in detail, it does appear that other firms may have managed to squeeze their way in slightly surreptitiously.  Unfortunately that doesn't mean you can.  (See WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS).  Here's what I think:


 * I think the article Micro-donations could reasonably have a list of companies in this sector; "Companies in this sector include foo, bar and qwzzy" [Ref to e.g. http://www.guardian.co.uk/voluntary-sector-network/2011/sep/13/online-fundraising-smaller-charities-site] - as long as your company is listed with others, that's OK. They probably should be in alphabetical order to avoid giving priority to one over the other.  However, I'm not sure it should be WP:REDLINKed.


 * You can try to take a version through WP:AFC, where it will be approved by others before going out, but please look at WP:COI and remember that anyone can edit it. Try to source it properly.


 * Why don't you try to edit some other articles? Maybe you have some obscure knowledge about a hobby that you want to share?  That'll help you understand how editing is supposed to work.


 * What I would advise against doing is ignoring my advice as unfortunately due to the level of blatant self-promotion that occurs, admins deal with it pretty harshly. Tony May (talk) 20:10, 1 April 2013 (UTC)