User talk:Birdhousebirdy

Welcome![edit]

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Speedy deletion nomination of GlobaLex[edit]

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A tag has been placed on GlobaLex, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Business for more information.

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Your request for undeletion[edit]

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that a response has been made at Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion regarding a submission you made. The thread is GlobaLex. JohnCD (talk) 19:32, 15 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you[edit]

JohnCD. Thank you for your reply. I understand and have some ideas. I think I need to created an article on the type of law that utilizes GlobaLex rather than an article that starts with GlobaLex. I'll give it another shot. Thanks for your help.

File copyright problem with File:AALL Law Library Journal icon.jpg[edit]

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If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. ww2censor (talk) 01:37, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Advice[edit]

A little more advice, as promised, which may be helpful even if you start on a different type of article. Even where a company website doesn't actually say "We are the best! Buy our cheap widgets!" it is still likely to be promotional in the sense that it is telling you what the company wishes to say, not what an encyclopedia reader might wish to know, and is saying things about the company's state of mind and intentions (e.g. GlobaLex: "is committed to" this and that and its tools "will continue to expand to cover" the other). When writing, you need continually to remind yourself that you are not writing for your subject, you are writing for Wikipedia about the subject. When making any claim, remember that the Wikipedia:Verifiablity policy is that: "any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable, published source", and imagine a hostile critic saying "Who says? Can you prove that?"

You may find User:JohnCD/Not a noticeboard helpful. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 21:25, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Reply[edit]

Thanks JohnCD. I realized that the voice has to change entirely to that "encyclopedia" voice. I think I'm getting the hang of it and understand the problems that I made in my first attempt. Thank you for the additional info. You admins have been helpful, patient, and professional.