User talk:Scotty99

Speedy deletion of "Red Square Direct Limited"

A page you created, Red Square Direct Limited, has been tagged for deletion in accordance with our deletion policy. In particular, it meets one or more criteria for speedy deletion; the relevant criterion is:

Blatant advertising. Pages which exclusively promote some entity and which would need to be fundamentally rewritten to become encyclopedic.

Wikipedia has certain standards for inclusion that all articles must meet. Certain types of article must establish the notability of their subject by asserting its importance or significance. Additionally, since Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, content inappropriate for an encyclopedia, or content that would be more suited to somewhere else (such as a directory or social networking website) is not acceptable. See What Wikipedia is not for the relevant policy.

You are welcome to contribute content which complies with our content policies and any applicable inclusion guidelines. However, please do not simply re-create the page with the same content. You may also wish to read our introduction to editing and guide to writing your first article.

If you have any questions, please contact an administrator for assistance. Thank you Loren.wilton (talk) 09:44, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

It was blatant advertising. For example:

"== An example recruitment advertisment: ==

We are looking for a team player that has the ability to achieve profit objectives...

You will be selling...

You will start...

All candidates will be fully trained in the following:

We focus on...

I can't include complete sentences because that would be a violation of our spam policies. However, you are directly inviting applicants to apply for a job. How is that "anything BUT advertising"? Please see our advertising policy as well as the neutral point of view policy. If you have any questions, you know where to find me, but please format new comments at the bottom of talk pages. Thanks, PeterSymonds (talk) 12:00, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Oh okay, sorry about the misunderstanding. True, but remember that the company name is in the title, so it makes it obvious that the article is talking about this specific company. I suggest reading through other articles regarding companies, for example Ford Motor Company, to see how they're laid out, what to include etc. See WP:ORG for the notability criteria; it may not be spam, but it can still be deleted because it doesn't meet this criteria. You must include non-trivial secondary sources to back up a notability claim. Best, PeterSymonds (talk) 12:36, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

To be honest I'm not comfortable about undeleting it at the moment. If you can write a purely neutral piece (leaving out adjectives such as "prestigious" and embedded external links) then go ahead and recreate it. However, the content as I deleted it is not appropriate for an encyclopedia. Examples include the company address and sentences such as "The use of a good search engine will reveal that...". There is very little encyclopaedic content so it doesn't warrant full undeletion, and I would be uncomfortable doing so. However, if you disagree with my views on this, you can request a deletion review, in which editors and administrators will discuss whether I made the right call in deleting the article. And just as an aside, I'm British as well. :) Best, PeterSymonds (talk) 13:05, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

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