User talk:Mikeb-bristol/Sandbox

Current Objectives
I am currently working towards providing local companies within my city of Bristol with Wikipedia pages in order to build my ability to author articles. As a resident of Bristol I feel that there isn't enough coverage of the companies that have built within Bristol, so I have started to write a number of pages to represent these businesses. I am currently working towards becoming a Journalism student and would like to practice my coverage of the city and county of Bristol. As I am new to Wikipedia it would be interesting to get some input as to whether this falls within the aims of Wikipedia as (in my honest opinion) a mere Wikipedia article on a local business will not generate any publicity for them. mikeb-bristol {talk} 13:27, 10 July 2009

I am currently writing an article on SACO Apartments, a notable worldwide company that operates in Bristol and has its main offices mere minutes from the city centre. Soon I will be writing pages within my Sandbox on a number of student ventures from the universities in Bristol. First of all, I would like to move my SACO Apartments article to its own page and would like to know of the communities view of this move before I do so, although I am still working towards finishing the article. mikeb-bristol {talk} 13:06, 13 July 2009
 * Hi, and welcome to Wikipedia! Here we usually go by our notability guidelines to determine whether a subject should have its own article. The two that would apply here would be the general notability guideline and the notability guideline for corporations. Basically, a subject is notable enough for inclusion if it has received "significant coverage" in reliable sources.  If this is obvious than the article will most likely not be put up for deletion.  If you want to dedicate yourself to the creation of more articles like this, you might want to browse through some of our featured articles to get a feel of the type of writing that's considered our finest. As to your last question, having a neutral, encyclopedic article on a business isn't considered promotion. There's a difference between verifiable, encyclopedic articles on notable subjects and spam.


 * Looking over your article, I see no major concerns with notability but the history section could be sourced better. It isn't a major issue as there isn't anything contentious that isn't sourced but unsourced statements can be challenged and removed at anytime.  It's much harder to remove sourced statements and figures due to our policy on verifiability which encourages these. I'd say you can go ahead and move the article to the mainspace, and also remove the conflict of interest tag at the top of it. If you need any help doing this or anything else here, feel free to contact me at my talk page. Oh, and I don't think you need to bother requesting edits for pages like this in the future, unless you feel that your interest in the matter prevents you from writing a neutral article (such as you having a financial stake in an article). Your first article displayed no hint of bias.  Them  From  Space  04:48, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for your response. It was my decision to write an article on this company from Celebrity Come Dine With Me, as their apartments have been used for a number of episodes. However, my intentions on Wikipedia were primarily to practice such writing, and I guess I was just a bit surprised to see that others had read my sandbox when this article was still in its infancy. I'll tidy the article up a bit, resource most of it then move it onto the main space. Thank you for the clarification. mikeb-bristol 10:24, 20 July 2009 (UTC)