User talk:IanAndersen

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Speedy deletion nomination of Selectica

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Hi Ian, I just wanted to add a note to the boilerplate above. There's nothing wrong with what you're writing, but you you should continue to clean it up in your sandbox User:IanAndersen/sandbox until it's ready to be moved into the main article space. Cmprince (talk) 22:34, 3 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Cmprince. I think I got it cleaned up. Can I leave it there without a logo until I can get it up? Or should I remove it until I can get the logo there? IanAndersen (talk) 22:44, 3 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The page Selectica has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appeared to be blatant advertising which only promotes something, and which is unlikely to be suitable for an article (or at best would need a fundamental rewrite). Wikipedia is not a medium for promotion of anything, whether a company, product, group, service, person, religious or political belief, or anything else. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item G11, as well as the guidelines on spam. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. NawlinWiki (talk) 22:59, 3 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Ian, I'd echo NawlinWiki's comments that any new article on Selectica needs to be written in neutral language and rely on independent sources, and also his reminder about WP:COI. The Wikipedia administrators are pretty quick to delete pages they think might have been created as advertisements for a company; as you can imagine, they see quite a bit of that. In response to your question on NawlinWiki's talk page, you could try WP:Articles for creation. Alternatively you could give it another try within your user area. The policies against advertisements apply to user areas as well, but if you explained you were working on an article I expect they'd give you some leeway. My advice would be to start with the independent sources rather than what the company says about itself. From what I remember about the article before it was deleted, a look at the guideline on external links might also be warranted. I'm not an administrator and can't guarantee how they'd react once an article is moved to the main space, but I'd be happy to provide feedback on any drafts. Welcome to Wikipedia, and happy editing! Lagrange613 (talk) 02:57, 4 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Some preliminary advice: cultivate a neutral tone. Don't try to sell the reader anything; don't brag about all the cool features; don't advocate or promote. Don't use peacock words or meaningless junkfood blather like "solutions" when you mean "hardware/service/software packages". (If it isn't the answer to an equation, or a solute dissolved in a solvent, then don't call it a "solution"!) This should read like what it is, an encylopedia article, not like something a marketing department spewed forth. --Orange Mike | Talk 16:19, 4 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]