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Welcome!

Hello! I'm a recent UC Berkeley grad who is very passionate about technology startups. It is my dream to one day launch my own successful tech startup.

I think Wikipedia is the best academic resource ever. The community is amazing at keeping information factual and non-biased. I enjoy researching and writing about tech companies, as well as national parks. I am embarking on a trip to the west side of the US and plan to write more on national parks. In all my writing efforts, especially on companies, I intend to write as neutral as possible and I use as many 3rd party verified sources as I can to support the statements in the company's page. I understand that Wikipedia does not want promotional content, which is why I appreciate it when others help to add and change these pages. I do my best, but friendly editing is always welcome.

I appreciate you coming to my page and I look forward to working with you!

Cheers,

Rapaholic

Notability of a page

I've found so far that some editors have been criticizing company pages for lack of notability. Below are the guidelines for notability. How do we quantify "significant coverage?" Is it 15 reliable sources? More? I've seen plenty of pages with less. Cheers!

If a topic has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject, it is presumed to be suitable for a stand-alone article or list.

"Significant coverage" addresses the topic directly and in detail, so that no original research is needed to extract the content. Significant coverage is more than a trivial mention, but it need not be the main topic of the source material.[1] "Reliable" means sources need editorial integrity to allow verifiable evaluation of notability, per the reliable source guideline. Sources may encompass published works in all forms and media, and in any language. Availability of secondary sources covering the subject is a good test for notability. "Sources"[2] should be secondary sources, as those provide the most objective evidence of notability. There is no fixed number of sources required since sources vary in quality and depth of coverage, but multiple sources are generally expected.[3] Sources do not have to be available online or written in English. Multiple publications from the same author or organization are usually regarded as a single source for the purposes of establishing notability. "Independent of the subject" excludes works produced by the article's subject or someone affiliated with it. For example, advertising, press releases, autobiographies, and the subject's website are not considered independent.[4] "Presumed" means that significant coverage in reliable sources creates an assumption, not a guarantee, that a subject should be included. A more in-depth discussion might conclude that the topic actually should not have a stand-alone article—perhaps because it violates what Wikipedia is not, particularly the rule that Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information.[5]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(organizations_and_companies)

Welcome!

Hi there, rapaholic. I see that you're creating articles about small tech companies, and you're getting some push-back from established editors, some of whom are questioning your motives. Please understand that this comes from a strong motivation to protect Wikipedia from becoming a marketing platform where unpaid volunteers spend their time cleaning up thinly-veiled advertisements put up by paid editors. A basic pillar of Wikipedia etiquette is to "assume good faith", which we try to do. If you were to put up some information about yourself on your user page, explaining your motivations and intentions with Wikipedia, and maybe get involved in Wikipedia:WikiProject Companies, this might help to give other editors a feel of who you are.

Welcome to Wikipedia! --Slashme (talk) 22:44, 6 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the advice [[User:Slashme|Slashme]! I really appreciate your help. How do you think my talk page looks now?

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