User talk:Blv81
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Thanks for your note. I'm going to suggest that the problem with the article is that it was not based on reliable sources. A very basic principle of Wikipedia is that it's not what you have to say about the topic that counts, it's what other people have to say, and how you can assemble that expertise into an article with references and citations is what makes a good article. For companies, there's a very fine line between being a non-notable company, on the one hand, and advertising, on the other, so you have a difficult job ahead of you.
What I would recommend you do is start from the beginning and assemble all the sources -- opinions about the company from arm's-length third-party experts published in verifiable sources -- and see if you can construct an article using only that material. The first paragraph can contain a brief description of the company; where it is headquartered and the business that it is in, that you write from your own knowledge. But the minute you get into telling people about the competitive features of its products, like that it offers "customized mobile services which enables to benefit of economies of scale" -- that's your opinion, and that's advertising. Can you prove, by reference to a third-party expert, that it enables those benefits? It can only be part of the article if you can prove it, and it has to be proven without reference to material that the company generates itself. There were a lot of unsourced opinion statements in the article, which is why an editor tagged it as advertising. The other thing that the article needs is expert opinion that it is notable -- why it is better than other companies at doing what it does. That wasn't really there either. Without an assertion of notability, and proof of it, again, by reference to third-party experts, the company will not be thought of as notable and thus will be tagged for deletion. (I said this was difficult!!)
It's certainly all right to use paper sources to provide references. You can find plenty of material on Wikipedia that will show you how to cite those references; just look at another article that uses print-based references and examine how they're cited using the "edit this page" function.
Below this note, I'm going to leave you a standard "welcome" message that will put a lot of basic resources at your fingertips in one location. Instead of trying to copy other articles, I recommend starting with Wikipedia:Your first article and other resources that you'll find in the welcome message, including learning what the basic principles of Wikipedia are. If you have further questions about Wikipedia policy, you can certainly leave me a note and I'll help you if I can. Accounting4Taste:talk 17:45, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
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Accounting4Taste:talk 17:45, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
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