User talk:Michael ling

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Hello, Michael ling, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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Business Continuity Management Institute

Hi, I recently posted an article on Business Continuity Management Institute but was deleted by you with reason being blatant advertising. Hence I would like to find out from you about which part of the article is in violation of the article contribution policy. This is as I do not know how could the article that portraits only factual information, includes its background, achievements, geographical distributions and a library of knowledge contribution in the subject domain of Business Continuity (BC) and Disaster Recovery (DR) be advertising? Your input would greatly help me in improving my article so that it will not be in violation of the contribution policy as I only wish to share what information I know to the web community. Thanks in advance and I hope to get your reply soon.

Michael ling (talk) 01:43, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Michael,

The article I deleted appeared to be blatant promotion for a company of limited notability. You are free to create another article on the company, but you should avoid statements like "BCM Institute prides itself on its pool instructors who are highly regarded BC and DR professionals, and its wide range of quality BC and DR training solutions". These statements may well be true, but they have no place in an encyclopedia. Try to think of what World Book Encyclopedia might have in one of their articles. Would they mention how much pride Exxon takes in its global leadership, or how highly regarded Panda Express is?

Think about what you want to write, and most importantly, source it to reliable sources: if Business Week has called BCMI "one of the ten best companies for X", say so, and provide the publication information for that reference so that people can check it themselves. If you need help, contact me on my talk page. Best wishes and happy editing, Firsfron of Ronchester 06:21, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Notability of Business Continuity Management Institute

A tag has been placed on Business Continuity Management Institute 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 article (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. Ecoleetage (talk) 03:18, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]