User talk:Yslane

SunGard[edit]

Hi, there. I noticed you were adding external links to various competitors to the SunGard article. Wikipedia has a policy (here) that strongly cautions against excessive use of the external links section. I've removed the external links, but I encourage you to continue to look around Wikipedia for articles to improve! Thanks! user:j (aka justen) 19:29, 15 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Just to second the above opinion. It is very unusual - to say the least - to add competitor links to any commercial entity's article. I suggest you discuss this on the article's Talk page (Talk:SunGard) with reference to our external links policy (see above post). If you can obtain a consensus for your idea, then we can go ahead and make the edit. But as it stands, repeatedly inserting that text is a bad idea. It is a form of edit warring which can result in you being blocked from editing, which won't help anybody. Regards, SHEFFIELDSTEEL^TALK 20:28, 15 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

ok. ok. so sorry. i am a new user to wiikipedia. I'll take a look at what you sent me. thank you. just out of curiosity, who am i talking to? :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yslane (talk • contribs)

I'm SheffieldSteel, an administrator on Wikipedia. Since you never got an official welcome message, why don't I include one....?

Welcome!

Hello, Yslane, 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:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{helpme}} before the question. Again, welcome!

That's a standard message, but I hope you find the links useful anyway. Regards, SHEFFIELDSTEEL^TALK 22:58, 15 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

thank you!!!!! can i bother you with more questions??

Yes you can :-)

I might not notice very quickly if you ask them here, but as noted above, you can use the "helpme" template on this page and any helpful user can respond - or you can post on my talk page (User talk:SheffieldSteel. Regards, SHEFFIELDSTEEL^TALK 19:22, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

FinRad[edit]

What happened to your article was rather confusing, but I think I've figured it out. Initially, one editor thought it looked too much like an advert, and tagged it as such. Then, an administrator came along and deleted it, not as an advert, but because it didn't include any claim of notability. See Notability for what's meant by the term; essentially the problem is that the article didn't mention any third parties that have seen fit to write about FinRad.

The solution, then, is to find independent sources that have written about FinRad. You can do this using Google, by visiting a library, or any other means you see fit. If after finding sources, you want to recreate the article, let me know and I can retrieve a copy of it for you.

One other point that you should bear in mind. Since your first edits included a mention of FinRad as a competitor of SunGard, this raises the question of whether you have a conflict of interest. I don't mind if you do represent FinGard, and it doesn't prohibit you from writing about FinRad (or SunGard for that matter), but you should read the guidelines and advice here: Conflict Of Interest.

Hope this helps. Regards, SHEFFIELDSTEEL^TALK 21:29, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The FinRad "article" simply said, "here is a company; here is their website"! In order to have an article in an encyclopedic project like this, a company must be a notable one. SunGard is a Fortune 500 company; the article about them contains plentiful citations to impartial, third-party articles in reliable sources. --Orange Mike | Talk 01:20, 17 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Your Highness Sheffield Steel!!! thank you thank you for lighting my lantern (typical french expression :) ) i will try to work something out and look for the info you told me. thanks again and i hope you have a fantastic weekend!

Y

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