User talk:Supercod

Paid On Results
I've added the "prod" template to the article Paid On Results, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also What Wikipedia is not and Notability). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree, discuss the issues raised at Talk:Paid On Results. If you remove the dated prod template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. --MCB 16:31, 26 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Thank you for the feedback MCB, I have improved the article as per your suggestions. I am a moderator of several UK Affiliate marketing forums and have been successful in the area both in the USA and the UK since 1997. I am keen to see more UK company get exposure like several if the USA base ones have however I am loathed to do any more work on including more companies with notable information and Industry 1st until I am sure what I am doing is adding value, I was also thinking of doing an Article on UK Affiliate Marketing as I feel the current one on Affiliate Marketing is heavily US biases and miss out some very important development in the UK for what is a multi-billion pound industry that many hundreds of thousands of people in the UK directly or indirectly benefit from. Supercod 23:44, 26 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for posting a response. (By the way, the practice on Wikipedia is to leave the previous postings, so that others can see the entire discussion; some people will get very upset if you remove their Talk page postings.) As for the article, please remember that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a web directory or business directory, and it is not a goal here to see "more UK companies get exposure", and anything with a promotional flavor will be deleted. I don't believe that the subject of the article meets the notability guidelines in WP:CORP; you might want to take a second look there, as well as at Wikpedia guidelines on reliable sources to more fully understand why Wikipedia requires strong third-party sources (and not press releases, forum posts, etc.) for articles. As you are working on this I am not going to nominate it for Articles for Deletion now, but to be candid, someone else may well. Thanks for contributing and I hope you will have a chance to read some of the policies and guidelines that I've mentioned. Best, --MCB 00:57, 27 October 2006 (UTC)