Bobbyksehgal
A tag has been placed on Terraskin, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam as well as Wikipedia:FAQ/Business for more information.
If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. gnfnrf (talk) 22:32, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
Welcome edit
Welcome
Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate encyclopedic contributions, but some of your recent contributions seem to be advertising or for promotional purposes. Wikipedia does not allow advertising in articles. For more information on this, see
- Policy on neutral point of view
- Guideline on spam
- Guideline on external links
- Guideline on conflict of interest
If you still have questions, there is a new contributor's help page, or you can write {{helpme}} below this message along with a question and someone will be along to answer it shortly. You may also find the following pages useful for a general introduction to Wikipedia.
- The five pillars of Wikipedia
- How to edit a page
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- How to write a great article
- Manual of Style
I hope you enjoy editing Wikipedia! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. Feel free to write a note on the bottom of my talk page if you want to get in touch with me. Again, welcome! gnfnrf (talk) 22:33, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
Use of the Hangon tag edit
I saw the {{hangon}} template on this page, and I wanted to help. You seem to have misunderstood the use of the {{hangon}} template. To contest a proposed speedy deletion you add {{hangon}} to the page in question (the page that an editor has tagged for speedy deletion), just below the speedy delete tag (which usually has a name that starts with db (for "delete because")). You do not add it to your user talk page below the message informing you that a page has been tagged for speedy deletion, because then people looking at the page tagged for speedy deletion won't see it.
If a page has been deleted before you see the message, or in spite of your use of hangon, you can send a message to the deleting admin on his or her user talk page. If you click on a link to a deleted page you will see the relevant deletion log entries, which will show you the user ID of the admin who did the deletion. -- pb30<talk> 17:48, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
Terraskin edit
You asked for specific suggestions for writing a better Terraskin article that would meet Wikipedia policies and guidelines. I'll do my best to explain how that would work.
First, a comment or two about conflict of interest. If you work for, know someone who works for, or have some financial or personal connection to the company that makes Terraskin, stop right here. You are not the person to write this article. No matter how non-promotional, balanced, or neutral you try to be, it's just nigh-impossible to write good encyclopedic articles about subjects that you are directly connected to. Wikipedia's guidelines on this subject are at WP:COI and WP:AUTO.
If not, we move on. There's a very good guide to creating your first article at WP:YFA. Read it all the way through, and follow the links to policies and guidelines to understand what's going on. I'll touch on some of the highlights here, but that guide goes into more depth than I will, and covers more material.
The first and most important thing to have when starting an article is substantial references to reliable third party sources that verify the notability of the subject. If Terraskin is notable, you should be able to find articles in technology or trade magazines about the product, or articles in business magazines or newspapers about the product or company. Not just casual mentions, but actual descriptions and discussions. These sources do not have to be online, but they must be reasonably accessible to other readers (with, say, a trip to the library). When collecting sources, note that forum posts, press releases, most blogs, and company websites are not suitable sources. Collect several good sources. If you can't find good sources, maybe Terraskin isn't notable enough for an article yet.
Now, as you write the article, whenever you say something that isn't obviously true (that is, that someone else reading the article might not believe), cite one of the reliable sources that confirms the fact. There are several ways to do this, which you can learn about at WP:CITE. Uncontroversial, basic facts do not need direct citation, and can be drawn from a broader range of sources, such as press releases and the company website (but remember, these sources alone do not show notability).
Lastly, if I remember the article correctly, you should probably read WP:MOSTM, which is about using trademarks and brand names. The short version is that you should treat them like any other proper noun. Don't write them in all caps, and don't represent the (R) or (TM) symbols in the text.
There's a whole lot that goes into writing a good Wikipedia article, and it's not easy to figure it out all at once. But if your subject is notable, and you follow the advice of other editors, and stick within Wikipedia guidelines and policies, it can be done. Best of luck. If you need any more help, you can ask on my talkpage, use the help pages, or simply ask your question on your own talkpage, then place the {{Helpme}} tag, which will alert experienced users automatically. gnfnrf (talk) 20:29, 7 November 2008 (UTC)