User talk:Nfitzmaurice

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Speedy deletion nomination of ClearTrial
A tag has been placed on ClearTrial, 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 as well as FAQ/Business for more information. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.

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 * Note: The article was 'speedy deleted' 19:42, 15 March 2010 by as Unambiguous advertising or promotion (CSD G11)  Chzz  ►  22:50, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

April 2011
Hello Nfitzmaurice. If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article ClearTrial, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:
 * 1) editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with;
 * 2) participating in deletion discussions about articles related to your organization or its competitors; and
 * 3) linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Spam).

Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

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. OSbornarfcontribs. 17:58, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

I have replaced the maintenance tags you removed from ClearTrial- they should not be removed until their issues are addressed. OSbornarfcontribs. 18:39, 11 April 2011 (UTC)


 * I think I've made all the correct changes. Please don't delete my ClearTrial page. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nfitzmaurice (talk • contribs) 18:40, 11 April 2011

Nomination of ClearTrial for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article ClearTrial is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/ClearTrial until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. OSbornarfcontribs. 18:43, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

This article has been nominated for a discussion about its deletion, you can participate at Articles_for_deletion/ClearTrial- please add your comments there, not on the article itself. OSbornarfcontribs. 22:53, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

PLEASE! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nfitzmaurice (talk • contribs) 17:51, 12 April 2011


 * If you wish to save the article from deletion then you are welcome to take part in the deletion discussion. JamesBWatson (talk) 17:58, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

Have I made all the changes necessary in order to get rid of the errors at the top of the page? Please confirm. Thank you.Nfitzmaurice (talk) 21:00, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

Now that I deleted the articles and added links and ref tags, can we delete the errors on the top of the page? The content is the same as it was when added last year. Thank you.Nfitzmaurice (talk) 21:39, 12 April 2011 (UTC)


 * The tag at the top regarding the deletion discussion needs to stay there whilst the discussion continues - it will last for at least seven days, at the end of which, a decision will be made as to whether to keep, or delete, the article.


 * The other tags give guidance to highlight the problems - specifically that,


 * The "notability" is in question. The article does not have enough references to prove the company is notable enough for an article; please see wP:VRS
 * "It is written like an advertisement" - ie, the tone is inappropriate for an encyclopaedia. That is because it makes claims which are not supported by independent third party sources. It says, for example, that Cleartrack captures clinical study progress information in a centralized and secure repository and tracks cost accruals and actual study progress against planned budgets and timelines - where can we verify that is true? And I hope you will agree, that does sound like an advert, not an Encyclopaedia


 * In addition - and by far the most complicated part - you clearly have a conflict of interest - and thus, the most important thing of all is, that you read our business FAQ.


 * I hope that clarifies.


 * If you have further questions, please put here - at the end of your talk page - and ask. We will reply underneath it, and thus it is clear what has happened here.


 * Cheers,  Chzz  ► 22:50, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

May I offer a suggestion?
It is easy to see you want to contribute and have your heart in the right place. Wikipedia can be, and often is, very confusing, when it comes to editing. I strongly, strongly suggest starting out by making changes to existing pages (there are plenty that need help) even if you aren't an expert in the field it covers. Actually, especially if you aren't an expert, none of us are in most of the edits we make. The key here is that there is a very specific set of guidelines that we all agree to follow, and you won't learn them in a week or two. Editing here can be fun, but it helps to start with baby steps: learn to add citations, briefly read the policies on notability and verification as well as others (and expect to be reading regularly). It is like playing baseball. When you are the new guy, don't expect you will come to bat your first time and hit a home run. Learn the ropes a little bit, and you will find an area where you can really make a difference. Many (if not most) new users get their first article deleted, typically because they jumped in a bit too quickly, before they got a feel for the place. Don't take anything anyone says too serious, everyone is more rude online than in person. Also, many editors here are great guys. More than a few are dicks. Ignore the dicks, have fun, learn a little, have more fun. It will be your turn to bat soon enough. Hope you stick around. Dennis Brown (talk) 22:47, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi Dennis. I deleted all the product conduct that may have come across as too promotional. I also updated my references and made it (in my opinion) more like an encyclopedia listing. I'd kindly appreciate your feedback on my changes. Thank you. NicoleNfitzmaurice (talk) 15:51, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

Please do not use the helpme tag when addressing an individual user. I have now removed the tag. Thank-you. Wikipedian2 (talk) 16:59, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

Your user page
I have just removed your email and phone number from your user page - ie, User:Nfitzmaurice. I replaced it with a standard header.


 * The phone number is definitely not appropriate.
 * An email address may be acceptable, but I advise against putting your email addy on Wikipedia - you might get lots of spam.

Again...this comes down to the principle of 'not advertizing'. Your user page is where you can say a little about yourself - but simply linking to a company website (which you are involved in), is not really OK.

I hope you'll have read that business FAQ, and thus you will understand. Cheers,  Chzz  ► 22:55, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

April 2011 (continued)
Please do not remove maintenance templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to ClearTrial, without resolving the problem that the template refers to, or giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your removal of this template does not appear constructive, and has been reverted. Thank you. JamesBWatson (talk) 18:42, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:ClearTrial.jpg
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