User talk:Elbragg
Second Price is an advertisement
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The article Second Price has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group or service and which would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 11, as well as the guidelines on spam. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. - CobaltBlueTony™ talk 20:58, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
- All article about companies must meet Wikipedia's notability criteria and have multiple verifiable, reliable sources cited. (Yes, each of those blue phrases are link you should read.) Cheers! - CobaltBlueTony™ talk 21:19, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
What you created was not an article, but rather more of an essay; but it referred inappropriately to an advertisement for some company in some country, as if all Wikipedia readers would recognize it. What you seem to be talking about, I believe, is a form of what in this reference work is termed "bait and switch." --Orange Mike | Talk 23:40, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
- Orange Mike's comments are accurate. Also, see WP:NEO. We need multiple notable (nontrivial) coverages of this term becoming or being established as a common word. The fact is, it may be some time after the usage becomes common that verifiability can be established.
- About blue links: I find in general that I need to tell people about them because the templated messages containing such valuable and explanatory information goes ignored, and I get questions like "OMG Why did you delted my arcitle!!!" MY note there was definitely not some reflection of my estimation of your intelligence; since I don't know you, I have no presumption. My apologies if you felt insulted, and my appreciation for your active use of the grey matter with which you were endowed. Feel free to ask me any more questions. - CobaltBlueTony™ talk 13:08, 10 April 2008 (UTC)