User talk:Mediashop

Speedy deletion of Splashlight Studios
A tag has been placed on Splashlight Studios, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read our the guidelines on spam as well as the Business' FAQ for more information.

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Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate encyclopedic contributions, but some of your recent contributions seem to be advertising or for promotional purposes. Wikipedia does not allow advertising in articles. For more information on this, see If you still have questions, there is a new contributor's help page, or you can write   below this message along with a question and someone will be along to answer it shortly. You may also find the following pages useful for a general introduction to Wikipedia. I hope you enjoy editing Wikipedia! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically produce your name and the date. Feel free to write a note on the bottom of if you want to get in touch with me. Again, welcome! — BradV 14:05, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
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History
Splashlight was founded by Benoit Lagarde and Henry Geddes in 2001 in New York. Originally from Paris, Benoit is trained as a professional photographer and studied at the International Center for Photography in New York.

In 2006, James Ingram was brought on as CEO of Splashlight. In two years, Ingram expanded Splashlight’s service offerings in the digital imaging and retail services categories. In 2007, Splashlight formed an alliance with Smashbox Studios Smashbox Studios in Los Angeles to provide support and equipment rentals.

In 2008, Splashlight opened a second studio in New York’s neighborhood Soho which has 60,000 square feet of studio space.

Events
Splashlight is well-known as an event space. In the last year, Splashlight has hosted some of the following organizations:

Operation Smile

Doe Fund

Time Magazine

Warner Brothers

Nike

Porsche Car North America

Whitney Museum

Fox Entertainment

Getty Images

Target

Alexander McQueen

Page deleted
Yes, your page Splashlight Studios was deleted for being blatant advertising. Looking at the content, I agree that it was blatant advertising. It's possible we might be able to have an encyclopedia entry on this topic (we certainly do, for major businesses). It's going to depend on how much coverage the topic has gotten in reliable third-party sources. The best answer is, don't write about yourself or your business- wait for someone uninvolved to do it. See also Conflict of interest. Friday (talk) 18:37, 28 May 2008 (UTC)