User talk:Barkis419

Emanuel Goldberg

You can check the changes I've just made. Best, --ThT (talk) 14:36, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Buckland & Taylor Ltd

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A tag has been placed on Buckland & Taylor Ltd, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.

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Before attempting to write an article again, please make sure that the topic meets the notability criteria linked above, and check that you can find independent third party sources. Also read Your first article. You must also reply to the COI request above Jimfbleak - talk to me? 16:53, 16 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your comments on my talk page. I'm prepared in principle to restore as a draft, but since the article lacked any independent sources as defined above, it will be a waste of your time unless you can find proper references. Are you able to do that? Also note that one danger of only using COI sources is that you get promo like noted not only for its bridge engineering of all types but also for its contributions to research and building code development... allowed Buckland & Taylor to compete on its position of strength: the design of durable, buildable, economical bridges... Notable Design Projects... Notable projects... first to be designed to modern North American earthquake standards... Innovative techniques... said to be the most intricate bridge ever constructed.... We require neutral text, not self-sourced or unsourced favourable opinions. Do you wish me to proceed to restore as a draft? Jimfbleak - talk to me? 10:50, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure that you have answered my COI query, which you must do. Some of yours refs have bare urls, and the problematic durable, economical bridges with an emphasis on ease and speed of erection is still there. You can move the draft yourself or ask for a review using {{subst:submit}} Jimfbleak - talk to me? 06:04, 18 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]