User talk:Llamatronic

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Llamatronic. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the page Jean Wilks, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, company, organization or competitors;
propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (see the {{request edit}} template);
disclose your COI when discussing affected articles (see WP:DISCLOSE);
avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Also please note that editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Longhair\^talk 08:54, 1 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Longhair, I have added my relationship to Jean Wilks and Hector Wilks on their respective Talk pages. I have done my best to ensure that all of the facts are appropriately cited. Llamatronic (talk) 10:06, 1 June 2018 (UTC) Llamatronic[reply]

Thanks. I just wanted to make you aware of the COI related information available here. No harm done and happy editing. -- Longhair\^talk 10:12, 1 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Speedy deletion nomination of Cambridge Consultants

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A tag has been placed on Cambridge Consultants requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a company, corporation or organization that does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Synapse Product Development

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How to create a page for a notable company that happens to be my employer?

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I noticed last week that my employer's page (Cambridge Consultants) was deleted back in July 2017 for unambiguous advertising or promotion". I created this account in order to be able to reinstate a basic factual page about my employer. I read all the info about declaring conflicts of interest etc. I then created that page today along with references etc. and made it very brief, factual and neutral, I declared my conflict of interest on the Talk page using the appropriate template (including the fact that I don't work in marketing, I'm a software engineer, I created the page on my own time and was not asked to do so by my employer nor paid for my time in any way.). Within an hour of me creating the page it had been tagged for speedy deletion due to the subject not being notable - because I had not included anything that said why it was notable in the interests of avoiding "unambiguous advertising or promotion"!. I contested the deletion on the talk page and provided a neutral third party reference showing why it was notable (The Guardian, a respected national UK newspaper, described it as the third most important factor in the creation of [Silicon Fen] after the invention of EDSAC and the discovery of DNA.). It was then deleted anyway.

What are my options at this point? I don't want to get into a creation / deletion war as that benefits no-one. If I re-create the page and include more third party neutral links showing its importance (eg the fact that we spun out 3 of Silicon Fen's 15 >$1bn companies) is there more chance it will stick around, or am I on a hiding to nothing?

You are welcome to recreate the page, but I would suggest going through the articles for creation process rather than creating it yourself. ~~~~10^Eleventeen 19:53, 4 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Diving right into creating new articles is not the best introduction to Wikipedia. It's difficult to understand everything necessary to write an article that meets the notability criteria, and especially diffiuclt when the topic is not one that anyone is clamoring for. In contrast to the hundreds of names found at, for example Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Redlist index, or Wikipedia:WikiProject Dictionary of National Biography/Medics. All that is compounded by COI editing, which is a very difficult and thankless task under the best circumstances. It would be much less frustrating and ultimately discouraging to pick several topics where you have no conflict at all, and only a moderate interest in, and begin by making minor improvements and copy edits to articles in those topics. Check the talk pages for suggested changes that haven't been implemented yet. Build on that experience and then after a while, create an article from one of the lists of redlinks like those I offered above. After several months, if you still wish to create a new article about a company that you have a conflict of interest over, at least you'll know what you're getting into.
Putting a lot of time into anything only to see it deleted isn't fun, and there are paths you can follow that will avoid that. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 23:58, 4 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Cambridge Consultants moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Cambridge Consultants, was moved to mainspace in error, so I've returned it to draft. When you feel that it meets our notability and neutrality requirements, and is thus ready for mainspace, please submit it using the Articles for Creation template on the page. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 13:59, 10 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello User:Justlettersandnumbers, are you implying that the article was reviewed and found to be lacking in neutrality and/or notability? I have not had any feedback from reviewers indicating this - in my opinion it does (and did) meet the requirements on those fronts but if it doesn't then I would need some specific feedback on what is lacking or what needs to be changed. (I've already clearly declared my conflict of interest on the Talk page and on my own user page, and provided neutral third party cites from large well-respected publications). Thanks. --Llamatronic (talk) 16:12, 11 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Llamatronic! No, I'm not implying anything at all. Through no fault of yours, your draft happened to get moved to mainspace by a user who had not understood that we have an approval process for reviewers of draft article submissions, and so had not gone through that process. That move was a mistake, though one made in good faith. After sounding out the opinions of other experienced reviewers here, I moved the page back to draft simply to allow it to go through the normal review process. You can go ahead and submit it at any time you think it is ready; however, before you do so you might like to check the comments that were made about it in the discussion that I've linked. I see that you've not had an easy time with this so far, so I'm sorry that this particular hiccup should have affected you on top of everything else. Regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 23:25, 11 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again User:Justlettersandnumbers and thank you very much for the info, particularly the link with the reviewer comments on it - very helpful. I will endeavour to add further third party cites before re-submitting. One quick question - I only cited the company's own pages for the most basic factual stuff: the locations, number of employees, and current CEO, and specifically not for "we are amazing and look at all the things we do" type info - is it even better to find neutral cites for these pieces of information? Your help is much appreciated, especially as you say this has been a rather painful process so far! Thanks again, --Llamatronic (talk) 10:16, 12 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

In general, it's usually OK to do that, as long as it really is only those basic facts. However, connected sources do nothing to demonstrate notability, and I think that may be what is in question here. We have new and more rigorous guidelines for the notability of companies; the section headed "How to apply the criteria" is probably the most important to you. Good luck with it! Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 10:42, 12 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Cambridge Consultants has been accepted

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HighKing⁺⁺ 16:43, 7 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You might also think about adding https://books.google.com/books?id=jSTmRXVaOjQC&pg=PT309 as a reference. HighKing⁺⁺ 17:03, 7 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]