User talk:Thomasmansfield1

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Hi there! I have added Thomas Mansfield as a solicitors firm, as i noticed that there are quite a number of law firms on wikipedia, and added thomas mansfield and a background about the business and how it started. I'm unsure of how else to write about this - i thought it would be resourceful as there is some confusion about the company and its' services online, and thought the wiki page would offer some help. The page has been written with references and i have not used their services - so the content is thoroughly fact based and a background about the company and its' founders. Please could you help steer me in the direction of making this less 'biased' as suggested in the first review? It would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your help so far!

Well, the majority of the article's content, besides the lead, is just a description of the founders. For an example of a good article on a company, try Google. It has meta-sections on history, products and services, and corporate affairs and culture, all three of which are absent from this article. APerson (talk!) 01:29, 15 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Also, there may be helpful suggestions in the deletion discussion, mentioned below. —Darkwind (talk) 07:13, 15 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Thomas Mansfield for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Thomas Mansfield is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thomas Mansfield (2nd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Ronhjones ^(Talk) 23:11, 14 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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