User talk:TaigMarksInc
Re: Your question regarding copyrighted images[edit]
This is in reply to your question on the Wikipedia Help Desk
- A number of the items you listed (logos, print advertisements, screenshots) would already be copyrighted and are owned by your company. The two best ways to work around this are: 1) Upload content that is owned by you (such as photographs taken by yourself) and license under either Creative Common or GNU Free License. 2) In some cases copyrighted work can be used on Wikipedia but only if it follows a strict guideline outlined here. When you do upload your content you will need to select "Fair Use Rationale" and fill out the appropriate information. If you do find you you are still having problems feel free to leave me a message! Bvlax2005 (talk) 15:53, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi there. I'm sorry to have had to do this, but I've deleted the Workhorse Custom Chassis article under our speedy deletion guidelines as being an advertising piece. As it was written, it was far too promotional to be acceptable as an encyclopedia article - I could outline the problems, but it would take up a lot of space. Basically, it's written as a press release, and that will get you dinged for being unencyclopedic every time. The company's probably notable under our corporation guidelines, however, so what I'm going to do is paste the source code for the page onto User:TaigMarksInc/Sandbox so you can work on it some more. I highly recommend doing the following:
- Remove the glowing praise from the article. ("marketspeak," the wording that promotes the product - I've written more than a few press releases myself, and know how it gets used there, but it's inappropriate in an encyclopedia article.) The article must be neutral and factual to be acceptable, and not violate our neutral point of view guidelines. Things like "a leader in...," "challenge the market," "industry-unique," "the most fuel-efficient chassis to date," and so on are all promotional phrasings, and need to come out. Detailing each product is overdoing it as well.
- Please take out the trademark and other marks - those are inappropriate for an encyclopedia as well.
- Find some diverse reliable sources for the article - the ones you've used look to be reprints or rewrites of press releases in a lot of cases, and are from industry magazines. If you can find some references from other media that discuss the company, those would probably be better sources.
Another issue to keep in mind is conflict of interest. I assume Workhorse is a client of your company, and we're very wary of people writing articles about people who are paying them for promotional work. Please keep that in mind as you work on this. (Be warned that your username may also be considered a problem - Wikipedia:UN#Company/group names outlines our guidelines on that front, but I'm not going to pursue that at present.)
I hope this explains why I've had to delete the article, and what you can do to develop it into something more appropriate. I can certainly answer questions and offer my assistance where possible if you'd like. Drop me a note at User talk:Tony Fox if you have questions. Finally, if you feel that the deletion was inappropriate, you can contest it at Deletion Review. Tony Fox (arf!) 22:50, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
- Hi there. Regarding your questions on my talk page: you don't have to worry about anything in your personal sandbox page being deleted - that's only on the main Wikipedia sandbox page, which is automatically wiped on a regular basis. Your own user space is not automatically patrolled by the bots that handle such chores elsewhere - it's there until you decide you don't want it anymore. That way you can work on it at your own pace... I've got an article I started months ago sitting in a sandbox page growing electronic moss right now.
- As for the username - our policy on usernames is that those named after a company are generally considered inappropriate, because they may be viewed as promotional. It's not specifically a problem, but if you're going to be editing on pages involving your clients (which I do suggest is a little risky due to the conflict of interest issues), that may be an issue down the road. If you want to change it, you can make a request at this page, and our bureaucrat team can take a look at it. Make sure that any user name you want hasn't been taken before you request it, though, otherwise you may have to use a different method. Hope this helps! Tony Fox (arf!) 16:04, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
A tag has been placed on your user page, User:TaigMarksInc, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person, and which is a violation of our policies regarding acceptable use of user pages: user pages are intended for active editors of Wikipedia to communicate with one another as part of the process of creating encyclopedic content, and should not be mistaken for free webhosting resources. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 11, as well as the guidelines on spam, the guidelines on user pages, and, especially, our FAQ for businesses.
If you can indicate why the page is not blatant advertising, you may contest the tagging. To do this, please add {{hangon}} on the top of the page in question and leave a note on this page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Calton | Talk 13:25, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
January 2009[edit]
This kind of activity is considered spamming and is forbidden by Wikipedia policies. In addition, the use of a username like yours violates our username policy.
You may appeal this block by adding the text {{unblock|your reason here}} below or emailing the administrator who blocked you.
Your reason should include your response to this issue and a new username you wish to adopt that does not violate our username policy (specifically, understand that accounts are for individuals, not companies or groups, and that your username should reflect this). Usernames that have already been taken are listed here. Nancy talk 13:50, 1 January 2009 (UTC)