Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Carbone Smolan Agency

I just learned that a previously approved article I had written was deleted. First, reading the trail of comments below, I am a person, not a team of editors and I find the suggestion by DGG that I am "I suspect from the name of the contributor and totally inappropriate style that this is the work of many of our not-very-skilled-paid-editors" to be hostile, personal and insulting. I have never written for Wiki and I am a known writer for other magazines that cover graphic design. Every suggestion APerson made to me for change was made. DGG's suggestion that I cited their own ARCHIVE is incorrect. I did cite their book — which was NOT self published — and I used information that told their history. If that should be cut down, so be it.

To be safe, I tried to find any relevant citation in our industry and used it. APerson did not ask me to make fewer citations and all of them are respected (not TRIVIAL) in our industry. Too promotional? It is the brief history of an esteemed FOR PROFIT company that has made a historic impact on this industry and is revered by many of the same people who are featured on this online resource? Please, if someone can guide me on what to remove I will make the effort to do it. I put a lot of time into this and I was certain that this article was superior to ANY of the peer organizations that I was reading on WIKI that are up and acceptable now.

As for "name dropping" (another comment by DGG, that is unkind, rude and inaccurate), the names I cite I also quote and they are people on Wiki who are PEERS of Ken Carbone and Leslie Smolan. The pair were just nominated to the AIGA Hall of Fame, affirming my choice to write this article about this agency. Why write it? Because so many of their peers are on Wiki now and if they are Wiki then Carbone Smolan should be too. I have received no payment from CSA for this but I know them personally (of course) and told them I felt they should be on the encyclopedia if people like Pentagram and Stefan Sagmeister and Steven Heller and Massimo Vignelli were.. These people are competitors and peers. And as for "trivial mentions" in publications, most of these are interviews My first reviewer, APerson, was very helpful and I responded to each of their comments and requests/suggestions for changes.

When you ask the contributors to be polite and appreciative, how do you regard the acid commentary of an editor like DGG? Other Wiki editors deemed the piece worthy of publication. If Wiki is not a place to talk about such companies as Carbone Smolan and other design firms of note, fine. But pull all of them down. But don't call my promotional when I used so many outside references to verify that the CSA group is notable, important and has made a great impact on the graphic design/communication arts profession.

Porterwritewiki (talk)porterwritewikiPorterwritewiki (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 20:17, 10 March 2014 (UTC)