User talk:Mdavis01

February 2012
Hello Mdavis01. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

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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.  City O f  Silver  21:45, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of User:Mdavis01/Matthew A. Davis


A tag has been placed on User:Mdavis01/Matthew A. Davis, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia for multiple reasons. Please see the page to see the reasons. If the page has since been deleted, you can ask me the reasons by leaving a message on my user talk page.

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". 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 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.  City O f  Silver  22:39, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Contested deletion
Hello CityofSilver. While my username may suggest that I am writing this for self-promotion. This is actually incorrect. My name is Jason and I know of Mr. Davis from his time in the military. While in the military myself I met Mr. Davis once at a charity event he put together to support wounded veterans of the U.S. Military. Since then I have followed his career as I have interest in investment and business acquisition. He never mentioned that he was interested in this field as well and as it turns out he has become an expert in it. I contacted him through Facebook not long ago and mentioned my admiration of his work. I found out even more about his body of work. Besides being a Veteran who has served the people of the United States proudly, he has been instrumental in collecting over $250,000 for donation to various charities while still being a titan of his industry.

From my research, I've found that Business Brokerage is a fairly new field of industry. While residential real estate agencies have been around for centuries this field is in it's teenage years. If, God forbid, something were to happen to Mr. Davis health-wise and he were to die tomorrow, he would be remembered as a pioneer, visionary, and dominant figure amongst business brokerage firms. While we are acquainted, we are not friends or colleagues. I am simply an admirer of his work and feel as though a page should be created as a dedication to him. If more people on this earth conducted themselves like Mr. Davis we would be a much more peaceful and well-run society. If Wikipedia has allowed pages dedicated to various actors, comedians, and one-hit wonder music artists...there is absolutely no reason why a page shouldn't be dedicated to Matthew A. Davis.
 * Davis's notability has not been established via reliable sources and the article read like his résumé. Articles like that have to be deleted. As soon as reliable sources establish his notability, the page can easily be recreated, and hopefully with far less promotional material.  City O f  Silver  23:41, 7 February 2012 (UTC)


 * I understand your position and looking at it currently it may seem that way. However, I am not even close to finished with the page.  I was under the impression this was a draft and the page had yet to be published.  I have gathered references including articles written by various columnists about him and companies that he's created.  However, I am still working to collect, organize, and post the data.  I was simply "getting started" for lack of a better description.  As far as promotion is concerned, I don't recall a single line in my text that tells anyone to contact him or use his service.  In fact, anyone with knowledge of M&A transactions would laugh to think that major corporations would use Wikipedia to select their Business Intermediaries.  Perhaps, the entire body of material should be reviewed before judgement is handed down, and the judge then should have first hand knowledge of the subject that's being written.
 * I waited a while and when it seemed you had ceased editing, I nominated it for deletion. I may have acted too quickly, but I don't think I did. (The article itself was deleted by User:Fastily, a Wikipedia administrator.) There was, in my opinion, no way that article was going to be brought up to par with regards to reliable sources and encyclopedic tone.  City O f  Silver  00:14, 8 February 2012 (UTC)