User talk:Vanessaleighclark

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June 2011
Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, please do not add promotional material to articles or other Wikipedia pages. 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.Jasper Deng (talk) 16:22, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Mobiflock


A tag has been placed on Mobiflock, 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, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Business for more information.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion," which appears inside of the speedy deletion tag (if no such tag exists, the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate). Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page 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 page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. Jasper Deng (talk) 16:22, 6 June 2011 (UTC) Hello Vanessaleighclark. If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, 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, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:
 * 1) editing or creating 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; and
 * 3) linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Spam).

Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you.Jasper Deng (talk) 16:23, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

Mobiflock
Hello Vanessa. I wanted to let you know that I declined the deletion request for the Mobiflock article. I didn't feel that the article was really promotional at all, it was written factually and neutrally without praise for the service itself. So for now at least the article will stay on Wikipedia. I do have a couple of concerns though.

My first concern is with the article itself. While I see nothing that would require the article to be deleted immediately (you can see the list at Criteria for Speedy Deletion for what would qualify), it may be in danger of deletion later, probably following an article for deletion discussion. For the most part, for an article to be included in Wikipedia it must meet our notability requirements, specifically that the article's subject be given significant coverage by reliable sources independent of the subject. That includes newspaper or magazine articles, books that cover the subject, etc. Significant coverage means more than a brief mention. Except in rare circumstances, blogs aren't considered to be reliable sources. These references will also help us verify that the information in the article is accurate.

My other concern is with your involvement with the article. It looks like you are the head of marketing for Mobiflock, and as someone paid to promote the product you have a conflict of interest with the subject. We don't forbid editors from creating or changing articles where they have a conflict of interest, but we do ask that people exercise caution. You should read our guideline if you have not had a chance to, it contains advice on how best to edit articles where you might have such a conflict. What might help is to openly declare your conflict of interest, either on your user page, talk page, or (better yet) the talk page of the article. Being open about a COI helps put other editors at ease about your motives, and would make them more receptive to your editing. You don't have to reveal any personal information when doing so (I usually advise people not to), simply declaring that you have a conflict of interest should be enough. Thank you. --  At am a  頭 18:46, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

Mobiflock
Thanks Atama for the assistance and clarification. I have declared my conflict of interest and will bear your advice in mind. One question, some news-orientated sites, such as gigaom.com, are strictly speaking "blogs" but are run on the same editorial principles as news publications. I assume these are acceptable sources?

Vanessaleighclark (talk)

Speedy deletion nomination of Mobiflock


A tag has been placed on Mobiflock, 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.  DGG ( talk ) 23:14, 16 January 2018 (UTC)