User talk:CharlesRobertBaldwin

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Speedy deletion nomination of Multimedia Online[edit]

A tag has been placed on Multimedia Online requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about an organization or company, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for organizations and companies. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, 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. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Glenfarclas (talk) 12:09, 21 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent edits[edit]

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Conflict of Interest guideline[edit]

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:

editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with;
participating in deletion discussions about articles related to your organization or its competitors; and
linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia: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 and the guideline on Best practices for editors with conflicts of interest. Thank you. JohnCD (talk) 13:26, 21 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Multimedia on-line[edit]

I have read the article and your comments on the talk page, and decided to delete it because I agree that it does not credibly indicate the importance or significance of the subject. The principal claim you make is to have originated the term "multi-media" in 1998 and "multimedia" a few years later; but the The Oxford English Dictionary gives a 1950 cite (NY Times) for "multi-media" with a hyphen, and 1970 (London Times) for "multimedia". Apart from that, the article seems to be as much about yourself as about the company, and autobiography is discouraged in Wikipedia for reasons explained at WP:Autobiography.

The Welcome paragraph above will tell you more about contributing. The threshold for having a Wikipedia article is Notability, a technical term in Wikipedia, which is not a matter of opinion but needs to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject" Significant means more than just listing-type mentions; reliable excludes Myspace, blogs, places where anyone can post anything; independent excludes the subject's own website, books etc, and affiliated ones, and press releases. There is more detail at Notability (people) and Notability (organizations and companies). Also, articles must be written from a neutral point of view, and so people are strongly discouraged from writing about themselves or their own organizations, because of the conflict of interest involved. If you do write on such subjects, follow the advice in User:Uncle G/On notability#Writing about subjects close to you:

When writing about subjects that are close to you, don't use your own personal knowledge of the subject, and don't cite yourself, your web site, or the subject's web site. Instead, use what is written about the subject by other people, independently, as your sources. Cite those sources in your very first edit. If you don't have such sources, don't write.

For more advice, see the FAQ/Organizations, in particular the sections headed:

Regards, JohnCD (talk) 13:59, 21 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]