User talk:Mindtaps

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Hello, Mindtaps, 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 Brand Cycle Development (BCD), may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may soon be deleted.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Brand Cycle Development (BCD)


A tag has been placed on Brand Cycle Development (BCD) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an article with no content whatsoever, or whose contents consist only of external links, a "See also" section, book references, category tags, template tags, interwiki links, a rephrasing of the title, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion, or "db", tag; if no such tag exists, then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hang-on tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, 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. Borkificator (talk) 09:52, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

January 2011
Thank you for your recent contributions. Getting started creating new articles on Wikipedia can be tricky, and you might like to try creating a draft version first, which you can then ask for feedback on if necessary, without the risk of speedy deletion. Do make sure you also read help available to you, including Your First Article and the Tutorial. You might also like to try the Article Wizard, which has an option to create a draft version. Thank you. Fæ (talk) 10:07, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Brand Cycle Development (BCD)


The article Brand Cycle Development (BCD) has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * Brand management and similar (mostly poor quality) articles already exist, a search on Google Books shows that BCD is an unnecessary weak content fork from the parent topic.

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Fæ (talk) 10:28, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

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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. ''Using Wikipedia for promotion is easily spotted, the key disadvantage you will have in attempting to create an article to promote http://www.blendedeye.com is that the website is likely to get blacklisted making it difficult for anyone else to reference the site in any other articles in the future. I suggest you raise a request at WP:COIN if you would like some independent advice on editing Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest.'' Fæ (talk) 11:00, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Brand Cycle Development (BCD)


A tag has been placed on Brand Cycle Development (BCD), requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page 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 an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Business for more information.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion, or "db", tag; if no such tag exists, then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hang-on tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, 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. Fæ (talk) 11:01, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Guidance on notability
Hi Mindtaps,

Wikipedia has its own guidance for notability that may not be the same as your intuitive sense of what is notable. Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia of general knowledge rather than an index of profiles of companies and people. Each article needs several independent reliable sources to show significant impact on the historical record. The guidance for organizations is given at WP:ORG and for biographies WP:BIO applies.

If the articles you are creating have reliable sources to support the criteria defined in that guidance then you may have a reason to keep the articles from being deleted which you are welcome to raise on the article talk page or on any linked deletion discussion. If you are associated with the organization, person or product the article is about then you must follow the conflict of interest guidelines and avoid editing the article yourself but you are free to suggest and discuss changes.

Rather than starting "live" articles, you can create a draft first which allows you to get your article properly sourced before risking speedy deletion - see Userspace draft and Userfication.

If you would like some independent help you can ask one of the noticeboards at WP:Requests or try chatting with other Wikipedians on.

Thanks, Fæ (talk) 11:10, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but you removed a speedy deletion tag from Brand Cycle Development (BCD), a page you have created yourself. If you do not believe the page should be deleted, you can place a tag on the page, under the existing speedy deletion tag (please do not remove the speedy deletion tag), and make your case on the page's talk page. Administrators will look at your reasoning before deciding what to do with the page. Thank you. Borkificator (talk) 11:17, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Your recent edits
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BCD Sources
It may help to explicitly check the sources against reliable source guidelines:
 * 1) http://blendedeye.com/ appears to be a vendor site and so fails the WP:RS or WP:ELNO guidelines. At the moment the website fails to do anything for me but show the animated logo screen so I cannot see why it is even relevant.
 * 2) http://www.ogilvypr.com/en/content/consumer-marketing-more/ appears to be cited as a counter-example and so does not mention BCD or do anything to establish notability.
 * 3) http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2010/10/jgans.html appears to be cited as an article that happens to mention customer drift. It does not mention BCD or do anything to establish notability.

My conclusion is that the article is virtually unsourced with only tangential references found. It seems highly unlikely that quality relevant sources will be added in the near future. Fæ (talk) 13:59, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

So i take it you wont be the one deciding if the page stays. These sources are quality enough, I don't think insulting Ogilvy or Harvard will help you either... Perhaps no sources need to be added, It's already ranked 2nd on google, not to mention how perfectly written it is. Are you a Phd? Do you have a masters? What is your college major? I mean you threw BRAND MANAGEMENT on Wikipedia at me and you say I'm sounding unsourced? They virtually ONLY have E-Branding of business as their content Body, c'mon please...Mindtaps (talk) 14:12, 27 January 2011 (UTC)


 * I made no comment about the quality of sources 2 & 3 above, they are tangential which means that they do not help the case for notability of this article. As for my qualifications they are irrelevant here as being an expert in this area does not mean my opinion has more weight than another's. Yes, you are correct that I will not be the person determining deletion of the page, that is how the process works ensuring it is seen to be as fair as possible. Refer to Deletion policy. Please take time to review the advice already given on your talk page. Fæ (talk) 14:26, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Article deleted
I have deleted the article at Brand Cycle Development (BCD). As indicated, it did not meet our criteria for inclusion. I have also copied your last post to the article's talk page, and the response from User:Fæ, above - if you wish to continue to edit this encyclopedia, that information may be relevant. Remember, also, that editors are here to improve the project, and are enforcing long-standing community norms and policies. They have no personal issue with you, or with the subject. If you require assistance, you can post helpme on this page with a request and an editor will come by to assist. Best, UltraExactZZ Said~ Did 14:35, 27 January 2011 (UTC)