User talk:ScottJames

Answer to your Question
Hi ScottJames - good question. First, I hope you'll indulge me in thanking you for your commitment to fair trade and social justice. On a personal note, I appreciate it. I'll leave a copy of this on your talk page as well, just to be sure that you get it. To answer your question more specifically, though, Wikipedia has some fairly well established standards for notability, and in the incarnation I saw, the article about your company didn't seem to meet them. I'll be happy to restore the article and place it in your userspace somewhere (we can work out where) so that you can take some time to pull the article up to standard, and then I'll help you move it to the main wiki, if you can demonstrate that you've met those standards. Our standards say:


 * A company, corporation, organization, team, religion, group, product, or service is notable if it has been the subject of coverage in secondary sources. Such sources must be reliable, and independent of the subject. The depth of coverage of the subject by the source must be considered. If the depth of coverage is not substantial, then multiple independent sources should be cited to establish notability. Trivial or incidental coverage of a subject by secondary sources is not sufficient to establish notability. Once notability is established, primary sources may be used to add content. Ultimately, and most importantly, all content must be attributable.


 * ''The "secondary sources" in the criterion include reliable published works in all forms, such as (for examples) newspaper articles, books, television documentaries, and published reports by consumer watchdog organizations1 except for the following:


 * Press releases; autobiographies; advertising for the company, corporation, organization, or group; and other works where the company, corporation, organization, or group talks about itself—whether published by the company, corporation, organization, or group itself, or re-printed by other people.2 Self-published material or published at the direction of the subject of the article would be a primary source and falls under a different policy.


 * Works carrying merely trivial coverage; such as (for examples) newspaper articles that simply report meeting times or extended shopping hours, or the publications of telephone numbers, addresses, and directions in business directories.''


 * So, at this point, I just need to know if you'd like me to undelete the previous article to your userspace so that you can work on it or not. I wish you the best, and again thank you for your commitment to social justice.  - Philippe &#124; Talk 22:59, 20 August 2007 (UTC)


 * I've moved it to User:ScottJames/Fair Trade Sports for you. Good luck and let me know when you're ready to move it back out!

- Philippe &#124; Talk 00:50, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Fair Trade Sports
ScottJames, would you like me to take a shot at writing the article in a neutral way? I don't want to edit a page inside your userspace without your permission. Feel free to reply here - I've got you on watch. You'll still be able to re-edit anything you don't like of course, but it's very difficult to start an article in a neutral way if you're related to the topic area. Mark Chovain 04:51, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Yes, please! Any advice and direct edit help is appreciated. Working with Philippe to make this up the Wiki standards, but I clearly need a good editor! Many thanks, Mark... --ScottJames 19:03, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
 * No problem. I'll take a look through your current revision some time today and give you my thoughts.  If I reckon it still needs a rewrite, I'll do that over the weekend. Mark Chovain 21:13, 30 August 2007 (UTC)