User talk:Peanutashe

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Hays Recruitment
Hello ,

It seems to me that an article you worked on, Hays Recruitment, may be copied from http://www.linkedin.com/company/hays/careers. It's entirely possible that I made a mistake, but I wanted to let you know because Wikipedia is strict about copying from other sites.

It's important that you edit the article and rewrite it in your own words, unless you're absolutely certain nothing in it is copied. If you're not sure how to fix the problem or have any questions, there are people at the help desk who are happy to assist you.

Thank you for helping build a free encyclopedia! CorenSearchBot (talk) 17:48, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Hays Recruitment


A tag has been placed on Hays Recruitment, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article 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 encyclopedia article. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item G11, as well as the guidelines on spam.

If you can indicate why the subject of this article is not blatant advertising,. Clicking that button will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit |the article's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. You may freely add information to the article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would help make it encyclopedic, as well as adding any citations from independent reliable sources to ensure that the article will be verifiable. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Bagheera (talk) 17:52, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Hays Recruitment
You wrote: "We are the Irish branch for Hays PLC and wanted to highlight that we do exist and we are doing well... i thought if the plc has a page why can't a branch?" Wikipedia is not here to help publicise company branches, and if you work for the company you have a WP:Conflict of interest in writing about it.

Your article was deleted for three reasons: Sorry, but Wikipedia is not for what you want to do. Try Facebook or Myspace. Incidentally, you said you wanted to highlight the Irish branch, but your article didn't mention Ireland. JohnCD (talk) 17:44, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
 * The text was a slightly reworded copy of http://www.linkedin.com/company/hays/careers. Minor rewording is not enough to avoid a copyright violation - see Copy-paste. Wikipedia cannot accept copyright material unless a formal copyright release has been made.
 * That is not often worth doing, because Wikipedia is not for advertising or promotion, but material written for a company's own website is designed to be promotional. This was written in the first person: "We have over 7,600 people... Our customers benefit..." etc, and was full of marketing-speak and puffery: "leading global specialist recruitment group... is all about people... perform to the highest standards... " That is not an encyclopedia article, that is an advertisement.
 * Even if the article were not copyright and were neutrally-written, Wikipedia is not a business listing directory, and does not expect to have an article for every company branch that exists. Because Hays plc has an article, it does not follow that every subsidiary and branch should. Article subjects need to have notability, which is not a matter of opinion but has to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject."