User talk:Universalutils

Speedy deletion of Unicom - www.switchingon.com
A tag has been placed on Unicom - www.switchingon.com, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read our the guidelines on spam as well as the Business' FAQ for more information.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on |the article's talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. - Spick And Span  [Talk][Contributions] 11:40, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Unicom
Please do not use Wikipedia to promote your company. We are not a free webspace provider. Thank you. A ecis Brievenbus 12:03, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

If you have a close connection to some of the people, places or things you have written about, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred from the tone of the edit and the proximity of the editor to the subject, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:
 * 1) editing articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with;
 * 2) participating in deletion discussions about articles related to your organization or its competitors;
 * 3) linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Spam);
 * and you must always:
 * 1) avoid breaching relevant policies and guidelines, especially neutral point of view, verifiability, and autobiography.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have conflict of interest, please see Business' FAQ. For more details about what constitutes a conflict of interest, please see Conflict of Interest. JohnCD (talk) 12:18, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

A tag has been placed on Unicom - Universal Utilities, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 11, as well as the guidelines on spam.

If you can indicate why the subject of this article is not blatant advertising, you may contest the tagging. To do this, please add  on the top of the article and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would help make it encyclopedic, as well as adding any citations from reliable sources to ensure that the article will be verifiable. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. JohnCD (talk) 12:18, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Hello John,

Can you please advise why this content is perceived as ‘advertising?’ The narrative is descriptive of our organisation.

Regards. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Universalutils (talk • contribs) 12:35, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a sort of business directory where anyone can list their business. To get in, something needs to be notable, meaning of enough general interest to appear in an encyclopedia - see Notability and for businesses Notability (organizations and companies), and the entry needs to be backed by verifiable references from  independent sources.  Also, articles must be written from a neutral point of view: if you are connected with the business, you should be very careful about putting in entries about it - that is a conflict of interest, see WP:COI and WP:ADVERT and the notes above. Basically, unless your business is important/interesting enough for someone outside, not you or your PR or advertising agents, to want to write an entry about it, it probably doesn't qualify.  JohnCD (talk) 12:55, 11 January 2008 (UTC)