User talk:Fenwayrecordings
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[edit] Fenway recordings
I've added the "{{prod}}" template to the article Fenway recordings, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Notability). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree, discuss the issues raised at Talk:Fenway recordings. If you remove the {{dated prod}} template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. --Bugwit Speak / Spoken 18:49, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
- The main concern I have with the page is the fact that you clearly have a vested interest in the company, given your user name. Please read WP:VAIN and WP:AUTO for more information.
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- I appreciate your level-headedness about this...a lot of new users get grumpy when their articles are nominated for deletion. I agree that you are making good faith attempts to create the article for your company, but as is stated in Wikipedia Guidelines for Vanity Articles:
- "While an article about a little-known company, say, should not automatically be taken as a vanity article, it is preferable for the initial author not to be an owner, employee of, or investor in the company; likewise, an article about a little-known musician or band should preferably not be by the musician, a member, or a manager, roadie, groupie, etc."
- and in Wikipedia Guidelines for Autobiographies:
- You should wait for others to write an article about subjects in which you are personally involved. This applies to articles about you, your achievements, your business, your publications, your website, your relatives, and any other possible conflict of interest. --Bugwit Speak / Spoken 20:40, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Unbusted
I cleaned up your article and cited sources. As much as Wikipedians like to assume good faith, they do require reliable sources to information in their articles. If I hadn't done a search on the band, I might have thought the article was a hoax. I also took out the superfluous and unverifiable information provided in the article, which was a dead giveaway that this was a vanity undertaking. I'm sure there are plenty of such articles that have turned into great articles, but I might suggest that when you write future contributions, keep these things in mind. Pretend you don't like the band and are being forced to write about them. ;) Put in only facts that you can back up with sources, and don't say anything nice or mean about the subject. PT (s-s-s-s) 21:32, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks, these changes look great. Now that more people are contributing to these articles will they get untagged for deletion? Fenwayrecordings 15:52, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
