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Your sandbox edit
Hello Becky,
I saw your question at the Teahouse and looked at what you have been working on. I regret to say that the material in your sandbox is not appropriate for an encyclopedia. It is promotional material advertising your own small business, and that is unacceptable by Wikipedia standards. This is a project to write a neutral, well-referenced encyclopedia about notable topics. Unless your business venture has received significant coverage in independent, reliable sources, it is not appropriate to try to write an article about it.
I know that you are new here and unfamiliar with our policies and guidelines. And your purse designs sound interesting. It is just that Wikipedia is not intended to be a place to promote your own business. Sorry to have to inform you of that. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 05:34, 31 July 2015 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of User:RMChaffee/sandbox edit
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Help edit
Hello Becky,
On my talk page, you asked whether I can help you. If your goal is to have a Wikipedia article about your company, then I highly recommend that you work through the Articles for creation process. Your first and by far your most important challenge is to show experienced editors that your company is notable, exactly as Wikipedia defines that term. I recommend that you assemble a list of links to significant coverage in reliable, independent sources. Five good links are vastly better than 20 crappy links. Do not list blogs, social media posts, YouTube videos, your own website or writings, anything generated by a press release you sent out, or any of that kind of stuff. It won't fly here. Only list the best of the best of the "old school" media coverage your company has received. So that is "step #1". Let me know when you have done so, and I will give you my frank opinion about whether or not a Wikipedia article about your company should be written. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 01:38, 4 August 2015 (UTC)