User talk:OST Energy

Speedy deletion nomination of OST Energy


A tag has been placed on OST Energy, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising that only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an acceptable page. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item G11, as well as the guidelines on spam.

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Here's another of our competitor's with "promotional" company profile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgurr_Energy. Surely if there are other companies doing this, then OST Energy can too?
 * Nowhere near as promotional as the article you tried to create. . . Mean as custard (talk) 13:27, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

I beg to differ! You could at least offer some guidance on how I ought to proceed?

Thank you for your reply Yunshui, I don't see a B2B related outlet on that link. This is a really frustrating process as I don't understand what it is I'm doing that is so wrong when other companies have also just promotional posted information about themselves and aren't necessarily contributing in any other way? All I would like to do is post factual company information about OST Energy. If someone could clearly demonstrate / point out information I've attempted to post is not suitable, please do so. It would be great to speak with someone on the phone about this if possible - phone number is (Redacted).


 * Wikipedia is not a B2B platform in any case, so I don't see why you would be looking for one on a list of Wikipedia alternatives. As to your content, I was unable to find a single sentence in your submission which would have met our neutrality requirements - statements such as, "we have enabled our clients to install of 8GW of capacity," "providing exceptional consultancy services built upon a wealth of knowledge and experience," "our Asset Management services complement the full lifecycle of each plant," and, "we are at the cutting edge in the industry and are highly regarded as insightful thought leaders," whilst they might not look out of place on a corporate website, have no place here. If you honestly believe such text constitutes neutral, encyclopedic information, then I fear you have spent too long working in the marketing sector. Yunshui 雲 &zwj; 水  15:38, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

Thank you Yunshui - having spent over 10yrs in marketing perhaps my viewpoint is a bit squiff. So what about the kind of company information that this competitor has written (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgurr_Energy)? Could I then re-write to just mention: year established, office locations, key milestones, what industry events we've presented at, what areas of renewable energy we specialise in and highlighting a specific project we've worked on? I could link to resources from the events and presentations we've given and client case study for example. Would this be ok then?