Wikipedia:Association of Members' Advocates/Requests/March 2007/Robhuisingh

Case Filed On: 21:15, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

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Questions:
Have you read the AMA FAQ?
 * Answer:

'''How would you describe the nature of this dispute? (policy violation, content dispute, personal attack, other)'''
 * Answer: I am trying to post legitimate information about Foxbright. Irishguy keeps deleting it listing it as advert.  It is not an advert.  The information I tried to post is about the company and where it is located.  There is prior precident of similar company pages.  See X-Rite for example.

'''What methods of Dispute Resolution have you tried so far? If you can, please provide wikilinks so that the Advocate looking over this case can see what you have done.'''
 * Answer: I have tried to ask Irishguy why he is deleting my page but have not had a response. I send this person an email throught the system.

What do you expect to get from Advocacy?
 * Answer: I just want to know what I can say about my company that is not outright deleted for being an advertisement.

Summary:
Here is what I am trying to post for Foxbright which I do not beleive is an advertisement:

Foxbright, is a Grand Rapids-based company specializing in improving the way schools, school districts, and educational consortia communicate using the Internet.

The company has won The Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center’s (MI-SBTDC) 2006 Main Street Award for Best Small Business in the region.

Headquartered in the historic Waters Building, Foxbright was formed in 2006 from a merger between H2ML Inc. and Cordestech LLC.

The company website is located at: www.foxbright.com

Discussion:
In general, there are a lot of conditions you have to meet in order for an article to remain on Wikipedia. For companies especially, there are several rules: notability, specifically notability of companies/organizations, attribution and neutral point of view. Also, it's generally recommended that you don't create or do massive edits on articles directly related to you, for example, creating an article about your company, because it generates a possible conflict of interest. If your company is notable, you're supposed to trust that an independent editor will contribute an article about it. As far as Irishguy, I'd recommend leaving a message on his talk page rather than emailing. Hope this helps, let me know if you need any more help. Thanks! -Cquan (talk, AMA Desk) 22:14, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Followup:
When the case is finished, please take a minute to fill out the following survey:

Did you find the Advocacy process useful?
 * Answer: Yes

Did your Advocate handle your case in an appropriate manner?
 * Answer: Yes

On a scale of 1 (worst) to 5 (best), how polite was your Advocate?
 * Answer: 5

On a scale of 1 to 5, how effective do you feel your Advocate was in solving the problem?
 * Answer: 5

On a scale of 1 to 5, how effective do you feel the Advocacy process is altogether?
 * Answer: 5

If there were one thing that you would like to see different in the Advocacy process, what would it be?
 * Answer: Nothing, my advocate was very helpful.

If you were to deal with this dispute again, what would you do differently, if anything?
 * Answer: Yes, I understand the reasons why my page was being deleted.

AMA Information
Case Status: closed

Advocate Status:
 * Accepted by AMA Cquan.