User talk:DaOgre

Notability of Raptors Away!

A tag has been placed on Raptors Away!, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article appears to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not assert the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion. To do this, add {{hangon}} on the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag) and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. P4k 14:34, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Novabackup

I'm writing to you regarding a wikipedia article you removed: "23:37, 15 September 2009 RHaworth (talk | contribs) deleted "Novabackup" ‎ (A7: No indication that the article may meet guidelines for inclusion)"

I represent the company that originally posted the article (novastor.com) and was under the impression that the A7 inclusion guidelines only applied to organizations and not their specific products (in this case, a piece of software we produced). Either way if you could provide the text of the article, and if you happen to have any advice for getting the article appropriately published I'd appreciate it. -- DaOgre (talk · contribs) [via e-mail]

Correct, A7 was inapplicable. But G11: blatant spam did apply. And in any case, an article where no attempt had been made to show notability would never pass the other deletion processes.

"I represent the company …" Say no more - you have a COI and really should not be writing about the product here at all. Also, I note that you did not in fact edit any of the versions of Novabackup - have you been using sock puppets? That is another no-no here. I have e-mailed you a choice of text. Here is my standard advice to spammers like you. — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 08:07, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

• I just wanted to take a quick moment to thank you for both providing the deleted article and the advice for getting the post up. I just recently started with the company and they asked me to take a look at why the posts were deleted, and after reading over the deleted article I totally understand, heh. After reviewing the COI info and your standard advice section I think I have a good direction to move in, thanks again for your assistance. DaOgre (talk) 19:31, 17 May 2010 (UTC)