User talk:Btrain3

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Hello, Btrain3! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your username and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! Accounting4Taste:talk 21:59, 24 April 2008 (UTC) Getting started A tutorial • Our five pillars • Getting mentored How to: edit a page • upload and use images Getting help Frequently asked questions • Tips Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Policies and guidelines Neutral point of view • No original research Verifiability • Reliable sources • Citing sources What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons Manual of Style • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Policy for non-free content • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The community Build consensus • Resolve disputes Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • No legal threats Community Portal • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Writing articles Be bold in editing • Develop an article The perfect article • Manual of style Stubs • Categories • Disambiguation Pages needing attention • Peer review Miscellaneous User name • User pages • Talk pages Clean up: General - Spam - Vandalism Join a WikiProject • Translation Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

Accounting4Taste:talk 21:59, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Notability of DonorDirect

A tag has been placed on DonorDirect requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article appears to be about a real person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable. If this is the first page that you have created, then you should read the guide to writing your first article.

If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's 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 confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Accounting4Taste:talk 21:59, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your note and, as you requested, I'll try to help you. What is required for this article to remain in Wikipedia is, essentially, two-fold -- there needs to be an assertion of notability and there needs to be reliable sources to verify that notability. You can find out more about these policies by following the links in the preceding sentence. You can also read through Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:Why was my article deleted? for some helpful information. I'll try to simplify it without leaving out anything essential (but I recommend going to the links). Simply put, you need to assert that the company is in some way special or unusual or noteworthy -- notable -- as compared to other companies that do roughly the same thing. That assertion of notability needs to come as a quotation from an impartial, arm's-length third-party expert source. And that source needs to be verifiable, so that other people can confirm it. One excellent source of notability is awards and the like that the company has won -- another one is if the company is the subject of a magazine article, or a chapter in a book. Things that the company says about itself, on its website or in its own press releases, don't really contribute to notability; neither do postings in blogs or on-line forums, for the most part. I hope this helps you work out what is needed. If I can be of any further assistance, feel free to leave me a note. Accounting4Taste:talk 18:44, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of DonorDirect

I have nominated DonorDirect, an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/DonorDirect. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? seresin ( ¡? ) 22:07, 28 April 2008 (UTC)