User talk:Brendanmarsh

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Speedy deletion nomination of Myzerr

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Hello, Brendanmarsh. You have new messages at Codf1977's talk page.
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You asked for my comments; I hope to be useful and make some suggestions for improvement or next steps.

First of all -- I agree with Codf1977 that a really good way of getting the best input is by submitting the draft to the articles for creation process. That would be my first choice if I were you.

Second -- I had a look at every single one of the references in the draft, which is what someone giving consideration to the notability of the company would do in, say, an articles for deletion process. (Not that we're at that stage yet.) There are eight of them at the moment. #3 and #8 don't actually mention the topic and would not be considered useful in this article (you can merely link to another Wikipedia article to refer to another product). #7 would be discounted because it's something from the company's own website. #5 is, as near as I can tell, a word-for-word reproduction of the company's own press release and thus runs into the same problems as I mentioned before; a company's own press releases are not reliable sources. Which leaves us with nos. 1, 2, 4 and 6. All of these seem to be of the same type of source, an article on a website that gives information about new technology/websites, etc. Now, I have to say that I am not the best person to assess this type of website for reliability; it's definitely not my area of expertise or interest. I can say, though, that one of the things that *I* look for when trying to assess the reliability of a source is "Does the site exercise any expert editorial control in what it says?" For instance, if a site is reviewing (say) a novel, is the review contributed by an anonymous source or is it a well-known professional with some sort of book reviewing credential? Does the site make any claim to experience or expertise in this area? (I would rather read a book review on professionalbookreview.com than hotgeektopics.com, to invent an example.) One of the reasons that printed magazines like Forbes or Playboy are considered reliable sources is because all the published material is overseen by a professional editor who makes a professional judgment about whether the published material is "good" or not and excludes "bad" information. If anyone can contribute anything at any time, like IMDb or Wikipedia, then the site is not reliable. It seems to me that nos. 1, 2, 4 and 6 are a little sketchy -- but, as I say, I'm not an expert in this area and would definitely defer to any colleague with specialized knowledge. I know Wired is reliable for opinions about websites like this; I know that a posting in a forum is not reliable. 1, 2, 4 and 6 fall somewhere in the middle and are beyond my ability to judge, but I guarantee that the subject of their reliability will be raised by people with more expertise than mine.

Another issue i felt I should raise is that the information in the draft seems to be "advertising-y"... there is no criticism of the site or the concepts that underlie it, or any suggestion that it's anything but wonderful. Wikipedia has a neutral point of view policy that pretty much insists that all coverage of topics has to be fair and balanced, as much as possible. I admit it might be hard to get such comments while the site is in beta and that says something in and of itself. It seems as though there has not been enough time for the site to demonstrate whether or not it is notable according to Wikipedia's definition of that term.

There also seems to be a lot of information that is already interesting to people who are intimately familiar with the site, but that don't strike me as being particularly encyclopedic. For this sort of thing, what I mean is that if someone is interested in the details of how the site does what it does in granular detail, they can easily go to the site and find out. It may well be that the best length for an article like this is what's called a "stub" -- a couple of short paragraphs that give the very basic details of what the site is and what it's intended to do. When you try to compare the site to, say, Ning.com, you raise all kinds of questions about who made that comparison and upon what basis. That's the sort of opinion based material that does get deleted quickly, so you might be prepared for that to happen. Again, I'm not suggesting that the comparisons, etc., are untrue; simply that you cannot prove that an arm's-length, third-party expert source of opinion thinks that they are true. With Wikipedia, it's not necessarily what is true that gets to stay, it's only what can be proven. I can say that Angelina Jolie has a smokin' hot body, but unless I can cite an expert source that says so, it's pretty much just my opinion, even though nearly every heterosexual male in the world would agree with it in a flash.

What I frequently recommend to people creating articles who are inexperienced is that they accumulate whatever reliable sources they have and create an article that is, as much as humanly possible, entirely composed of quotations from those reliable sources. (Except for things that are an uncontroverted matter of public record, like the street addresses of the company's offices.) Every adverb, every adjective, should be a quotation. If you say the site is X, Y and Z, I would expect there to be three references attached to that sentence. That way, you eliminate as much opinion and non-neutral point of view material as is feasible and everything that is in the article, no matter how brief the article is, is pretty much bulletproof. I sense that you would have a problem with this approach because I strongly suspect that you won't have enough reliable sources to say more than a couple of sentences. Again, this might be the best you can do at the moment (and it is entirely possible that it won't be possible to have an article at this time, until the site is commented upon by those reliable sources). It might be best to hold off on creating an article until you can get some reliable sources together, after the site goes into a more public form. I would also be looking to see if there were citations from a wide geographical area. A bunch of local newspaper articles about various shopping malls in Sydney AU getting on board with the concept probably won't cut it -- the kind of geography I mean is newspapers/reviews/magazines that span a quarter of the Australian continent PLUS one or two from North America and/or Europe.

One thing that is always a good idea is to get a really clear idea of what the definitions of Wikipedia's terminology are. To that end, I'd suggest tracing every link in my note and reading the article that's attached to it; this is all basic, basic stuff here but people frequently get tripped up (and frustrated) for not knowing it. When you've looked at your article with these comments in mind and made whatever changes you think are appropriate, my next step would be to go directly to WP:AfC; as I've said above, my expertise is limited and I cannot give you the best advice about the reliability of sources. So, although I would be happy to look at the article again, it probably won't be of much more help to you; you need to expose this to a wider audience of Wikipedia editors before going much further.

I hope this has been of some assistance to you. Don't hesitate to get in touch if I can give you any more background on Wikipedia policy or if you need any information. Best of luck with this and your future contributions. Accounting4Taste:talk 20:48, 24 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback

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Your submission at Articles for creation

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