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Why did you delete my article about the new invention, Quikstix?

(copied from User talk:DESiegel) I would like to know how the article I wrote had "inappropriate" language as per the guidelines?

It was an encyclopedic article that explained the technical features of a new invention.

In the same way to a much longer article about Coca-cola, or any other product that has been written by a neutral person.

Please explain.

Jason

The article Quikstix appeared to me, and to another editor who tagged it for deletion, to constitute blatant advertising for a product or company, not a neutral encyclopedic article. Please note the relevant speedy deletion criterion and our anti-spam policy. The only reference given in the article as it existed was the manufacturer's own website, while there is ample documentation about such products as Coca-cola from independent sources. See our notability guideline, which generally requires that information from WP:reliable sources, independent of the subject of an article, Our verifiability policy is also relevant here. Note also our conflict of interest policy, if you are connected with Quikstix.

However, if you can create a new article that cites independent reliable sources to establish the notability of this product, and is not so written as to appear to be advertising or promotional, you are free to do so. DES ^(talk) 15:37, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

OK, so I get the fact that there were no independent sources ie. i only referenced the invention site. Being my first article that was an easy mistake to make. I was under the impression that wikipedia articles were more works in progress and hence I was planning to come back when time permitted and add to the original work. Perhaps there should be a way to not publish such articles that you don't want to be judged in their embryonic state and an opposite light to what they were intended. Food for thought.

Thanks for the feedback. Jason.