User talk:Tpcorbon

May 2013
Hello, I'm 2001:db8. I wanted to let you know that I undid one or more of your recent contributions to Cor-Bon because it appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. – 2001:db8:: (rfc &#124; diff) 21:23, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

Your edits did not comply with the Neutral point of view policy. Please read the guidelines at WP:PROMO as well. You are welcome to edit the page, but you need to do so in a neutral and encyclopedic fashion, not insert text that is written from the point of view of the company in question. Material needs to be supported with independent references that are not from the company's own website. I would recommend that you read the Wikipedia pages for similar companies to see how they are structured, to get an idea of how you can write a neutral article.

Additionally, from your username it appears that you may have a conflict of interest on this article. Please read that policy as well. Such a conflict does not prohibit you from editing, but it is strongly encouraged to disclose a conflict of interest if it does exist. – 2001:db8:: (rfc &#124; diff) 21:28, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to add soapboxing, promotional or advertising material to Wikipedia, as you did at Cor-Bon, you may be blocked from editing. Please read the policies I linked before reinserting promotional content that is not written from a neutral point of view. – 2001:db8:: (rfc &#124; diff) 21:41, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Tpcorbon (talk • contribs)


 * (Moved your comment so it's readable.) The information is written in an excessively promotional tone, much of it written from a first-person perspective rather than as encyclopedic content. Statements like "where velocity is KING!", "Our technical support staff is ready to answer any of your questions", "We lead, never follow and are always one Step Ahead!", and "What started out as a hobby quickly turned into a hobby run-a-muck!", among many others, are not neutral, encyclopedic statements. See WP:PEACOCK as well.
 * Please read all the policies I linked, and read the Wikipedia pages of other similar companies to get a feel for how neutral articles on that subject should be written. – 2001:db8:: (rfc &#124; diff) 21:55, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

HELP me then.
Couldn't you just edit out what seemed like advertising, without eliminating the company's historical information? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tpcorbon (talk • contribs)
 * Sure, if it was just a small amount of material, that's what I would do. The problem is, the vast majority of the information was written in a non-encyclopedic fashion; it was written as excessive puffery. It is impossible to expect another editor to go through the entire thing and edit it down into an encyclopedic tone. Again, read similar pages to get a feel for how such material should be presented. I'm glad to help further, but not with copyediting very large amounts of overly promotional text. – 2001:db8:: (rfc &#124; diff) 22:02, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

I'm glad you worked on rewriting this article in a more-neutral fashion. However, there's a lot of stuff that's just general unreferenced narrative or WP:PEACOCK terms. I've tagged those instances, and I invite you to provide references and rewrites where needed so that information does not just have to be removed. Thanks. (And again, you should disclose any conflict of interest. It looks bad for the company if you are working for them and do not disclose such a conflict.) – 2001:db8:: (rfc &#124; diff) 06:22, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

MfD nomination of User:Tpcorbon/sandbox
User:Tpcorbon/sandbox, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Tpcorbon/sandbox and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of User:Tpcorbon/sandbox during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 05:57, 24 November 2013 (UTC)