User talk:TSokol1

Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:HomeSmart International


A tag has been placed on Draft:HomeSmart International, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Organizations for more information.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the. Jdcomix (talk) 23:38, 21 October 2019 (UTC)

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You have an obvious conflict of interest and you must declare it. If you work directly or indirectly for an organisation, or otherwise are acting on its behalf, you are very strongly discouraged from attempting to write an article at all. If you are paid directly or indirectly by the organisation you are writing about, you are  required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at User:. The template Paid can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form:   . If you are being compensated, please provide the required disclosure. Note that editing with a COI is discouraged, but permitted as long as it is declared. Concealing a COI can lead to a block. Please do not edit further until you respond to this message. Also read the following regarding writing an article


 * you must provide independent verifiable sources to enable us to verify the facts and show that it meets the notability guidelines. Sources that are not acceptable include those linked to the organisation, press releases, YouTube, IMDB, social media and other sites that can be self-edited, blogs, websites of unknown or non-reliable provenance, and sites that are just reporting what the organisation claims or interviewing its management. Note that references should be in-line so we can tell what fact each is supporting, and should not be bare urls
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 * you must write in a non-promotional tone. Articles must be neutral and encyclopaedic, with verifiable facts, not opinions or reviews.
 * there shouldn't be any url links in the article, only in the "References" or "External links" sections.
 * you must not copy text from elsewhere. Copyrighted text is not allowed in Wikipedia, as outlined in this policy. That applies even to pages created by you or your organisation, unless they state clearly and explicitly that the text is public domain. We require that text posted here can be used, modified and distributed for any purpose, including commercial; text is considered to be copyright unless explicitly stated otherwise. There are ways to donate copyrighted text to Wikipedia, as described here; please note that simply asserting on the talk page that you are the owner of the copyright, or you have permission to use the text, isn't sufficient.

Before attempting to write an article again, please make sure that the topic meets the notability criteria linked above, and check that you can find independent third party sources. Also read Your first article. You must also reply to the COI request above Jimfbleak - talk to me?  05:39, 22 October 2019 (UTC)

Reply
Thanks for message. I don't think it's as simple as that.
 * Your article was almost entirely unsourced or referenced to your own website, not independent third-party sources
 * Because the article lacks independent verification, it can't meet our notability criteria. Also, because you are so busy promoting the company, you tell us nothing about the company's finances, turnover or profits. The claim that it has 180+ offices in 30 states and more than 17,000 agents nationwide might make it notable, but has no independent source.
 * There are copyright infringements. One of the images is taken from here, which is not explicitly PD, and great chunks are from your own website, eg this, which says © Copyright 2018 HomeSmart International, LLC. All rights reserved so it can't be used here, where we require a PD or a CC BY-SA 3.0 licence
 * In any case, your text is pure spam
 * In place of real facts we get stuff like Her passion for diagnostics and leadership interaction to build engagement and alignment throughout organizations is what drives her to succeed. She is dedicated to implementing systems and efficiencies that HomeSmart brokers and agents alike can leverage to grow their businesses. She may be wonderful, but this is supposed to be an encyclopaedia article, not a job application.
 * You also refer to your great leader as "Matt", which is a bit informal for an encyclopaedia. Although it's not forbidden, naming staff other than the founder or CEO probably isn't a good idea anyway since it will become outdated. Stuff like Matt realized the opportunities the real estate industry provided and wanted a brokerage model that welcomed every individual. His vision was to utilize technologies that supported systems and services to make both the agent and the brokerage successful.  reads like divine revelation, and is a combination of mind-reading and hagiography.
 * You have a whole section on awards and recognition, but don't find room for anything negative. The section also consists entirely of external links (see my first message) with no actual text. This sort of section says to an admin "this is a company promo"

Because of the copyright violation, I'm not going to restore the text or images, but it needs to be rewritten from scratch anyway, with third-party reliable sources, real facts and a neutral tone. If you try again, take your time; if you write anything like the deleted version, despite your COI declaration, you can still be blocked as not here Jimfbleak - talk to me?  06:17, 24 October 2019 (UTC)