User talk:Sandeepgill

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This is probably the 5th time I've tried creating my company's wiki. I don't see how it is advertising when I'm stating company facts and where we're located and how we had a split between divisions. I've removed all external links within the actual article and have only listed facts. By no means am I advertising what our company does and am not trying to attract consumers to visit our site. Autoextra, a sister company of ours, has similar information on their wiki but yet they have remained live. Please advise. Thank you. Sandeepgill (talk) 16:58, 25 January 2008 (UTC)


 * You can only create articles that are notable. Unless your company is notable, which in that case someone else would have created the article already, you should not try to create such article.  Also, there is a conflict of interest, which is also against WIkipedia's policy.  Thank you for your understanding.-- Ivo Emanuel Gonçalves  talk / contribs (join WP:PT) 17:06, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

What makes a company notable? Also, what you're saying is that someone outside of the company would have to create this article?? Sandeepgill (talk) 17:29, 25 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Here's an example: a company is notable if it has more than 500 hits in Google from third-party websites (i.e. not the company itself). You may read more on this policy at Notability.  And yes, to avoid a conflict of interest, it would be best if the article was created by someone from outside the company itself.  I understand you would like your company to be better known, but this is not a phone directory; it's an encyclopedia.  Ask yourself this question: does my company at the present time really deserve to be listed on an encyclopedia?-- Ivo Emanuel Gonçalves  talk / contribs (join WP:PT) 17:36, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Understandable. Just to note, we get thousands of hits daily from third-party sites to our site through Google. I do feel we deserve to be listed on an encyclopedia. Guess i'll have to wait and look for someone to have us be note worth enough for that.

January 2008
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