Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Restless Boards

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was Delete but don't let that put you off editing. Yomangani^talk 23:52, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Restless_Boards

Non-notable company, article written by a member of the company, tone is clear advertising. Non-notability means it can't be rewritten for acceptability. Phidauex 16:01, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

• Delete - fails WP:CORP as I can't find any news articles or reviews on this company. No sources either to show any notability, so it also fails WP:V. Jayden54 16:04, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

• From Creator - I tried to inform myself as best as possible before creating this page. I was not aware that the company needs to be "notable". There are a few minor articles published about us but having now read the rules, I realized that they may not be sufficient to show any notability. I want to mention also that I tried to stay neutral. This was not meant to be a sales point of any kind, it was more of an experiment for my first page on Wikipedia. I am a big user of Wikipedia and wanted to try a few things before starting to edit other pages. I'm sorry for any inconvinience and/or loss of time that this page might have brought on the mediators of Wikipedia. Thank you for your continued contribution to this great site. Christian Chenard-Lemire 18:24, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. Don't get the idea that your article was terrible, because it wasn't. You should see some of the articles that people put up about their companies that don't even make a cursory effort to be neutral! Don't take this as a negative comment on your writing abilities, or your future career here on Wikipedia. As a general rule for notability, is that if the person/org has to add themselves, then they aren't notable. If they are really notable, someone else will add them of their own volition. Welcome to Wikipedia! Most of us make some mistakes the first few times, and we don't don't hold it against you. Phidauex 18:37, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. NN, and Wikipedia is not a trade journal or yellow pages. WMMartin 18:01, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

To the author of the original article: This is a personal view, but what I look for in a company article is evidence that the company is doing, or has done, something more than just carry out its business. Simply being in business is what all companies do, so isn't notable. But if you're the first company to do something important, or the best company at doing something, and can prove it, you belong here. You're in the longboard business, so what I would look for would be something like "every world champion longboarder for the past ten years has used our board", so long as this is for product-related reasons, not just by chance ( sponsorship doesn't count, of course ). Phidauex makes a good point when he says that if you're really notable, someone else will add you. Keep watching Wikipedia, and the day someone you've never heard of re-creates this article will be the day your company can say "we're a successful business". Good luck for the future. WMMartin 18:20, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.