User talk:Burning Sands
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[edit] Please stop posting spam articles to Wikipedia
Please do not add commercial material to Wikipedia. While objective prose about products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not intended to be a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Thank you. -- But|seriously|folks 07:33, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Your recent edits
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[edit] Re: Seiden Wayne
The key thing for writing articles about people or companies is to be able to assert notability through the use of reliable sources. While there are no codified rules for determining the notability of law firms, generally the firms has to have been the recipient of at least two instances of non-trivial coverage from reliable, independent sources and have a specific claim to notability, such as arguing a precedent-setting case in the SCOTUS, defending a client in a landmark criminal trial, winning important awards, etc...
Also, before submitting the article for inclusion in the encyclopedia, make sure it is as complete as possible. If you can't finish it all at once, then you may wish to work on a draft article outside what is termed here as the "mainspace". This is most commonly achieved by drafting it in your userspace, such as at User:Burning Sands/Seiden Wayne. When the article is complete, you can use the "move" feature (see the above tabs) to move it to Seiden Wayne.
Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Caknuck 17:22, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
THANK YOU for that clarification. I will respond on your usertalk.
Burning Sands 17:38, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
- The articles you posted were promotional in nature. They also included other people's text, which is copyright infringement. Please don't do that. -- But|seriously|folks 17:43, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
- It is not enough to identify the source from which text was copied. It's still a copyright violation. Do not copy and paste other people's text to Wikipedia. Also, it is difficult to conceive of a sentence like "Over 100 years after its inception, the firm has emerged as a leader in several of its litigational and transactional practice areas in response to the increasing demands and complexity of its clients' needs." as being anything other than promotional in nature. Please do not post promotion material to Wikipedia. Thank you. -- But|seriously|folks 18:41, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
- The answer is yes, the pages can be reposted. Speedy deletion is without prejudice to recreation of the articles in such a way that addresses the reason for deletion. So you can create it again, but don't copy other people's text and don't include promotional language. Also, if you have any connection to these firms, you should not be creating or editing their articles per WP:COI. As to the promotional language you found in other articles, the fact that other material exists that may violate polices does not mean that it is ok for everybody to do so. Feel free to remove promotional language from any article you come across. Thanks! -- But|seriously|folks 19:56, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
- It is not enough to identify the source from which text was copied. It's still a copyright violation. Do not copy and paste other people's text to Wikipedia. Also, it is difficult to conceive of a sentence like "Over 100 years after its inception, the firm has emerged as a leader in several of its litigational and transactional practice areas in response to the increasing demands and complexity of its clients' needs." as being anything other than promotional in nature. Please do not post promotion material to Wikipedia. Thank you. -- But|seriously|folks 18:41, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Heller Ehrman
Much better! Thanks! -- But|seriously|folks 05:59, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
