User talk:NealPeirce

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Hello, NealPeirce, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as Citiscope, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Citiscope


A tag has been placed on Citiscope requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about an organization or company, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. RichardOSmith (talk) 15:32, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

August 2015
Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but you removed a speedy deletion tag from Citiscope, a page you have created yourself. If you believe the page should not be deleted, you may contest the deletion by clicking on the button that says: Contest this speedy deletion which appears inside the speedy deletion notice. This will allow you to make your case on the article's talk page. Administrators will consider your reasoning before deciding what to do with the page. Thank you. RichardOSmith (talk) 15:53, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, NealPeirce. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you have an external relationship with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Citiscope, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about ensuring their edits are verified by reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of problems:


 * Avoid or exercise great caution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with.
 * Avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Spam).
 * Exercise great caution so that you do not accidentally breach Wikipedia's content policies.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies. Note that Wikipedia's terms of use require disclosure of your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation.

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. RichardOSmith (talk) 20:41, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

Citiscope
Assuming you are the same NealPeirce who founded Citiscope, please note the above about conflict of interest. Writing with a conflict of interest is not explicitly prohibited but extreme caution needs to be taken and I'm afraid that the article is clearly a promotion piece written from a non-neutral point of view. In contesting speedy deletion you wrote that Citiscope could be "of service to thousands more through reference to a Wikipedia page", which pretty much confirms that you see Wikipedia as a promotional tool. There are web outlets that can be used for that purpose, but Wikipedia is not one of them.

If the company is notable that must be shown with reference to reliable, independent sources and written about objectively. Because the article does neither of these, it will almost certainly be deleted in its current form.

RichardOSmith (talk) 20:57, 18 August 2015 (UTC)