Talk:Linus Sundström

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Promotional editing[edit]

Billybob825 (talk · contribs) works for Linus Sundstrom Racing. diff. I've directed him to the Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide.

Here are some general points for Billybob825, partly to explain the edits I've made yesterday and today:

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not an extension of the Linus Sundstrom Racing website. (WP:NOTADVERT).
Text at Wikipedia must be available for re-use, even commercial re-use, so a direct copy+paste from the subject's website is not acceptable for copyright reasons. There are ways round that (WP:DCM), but even then other editors are likely to decide that the copied material is too promotional, or too detailed, for use in an encyclopedia article.
The article currently lists various achievements without stating where the information is coming from. How are readers going to check that the information is correct? (WP:V)
The article currently states that Sundstrom "has been classed as a future star". An encyclopedia could say that, just about, but only if it was backed up to a reference to a reliable source such as a major newspaper or a respected figure in the speedway world - someone independent of Linus Sundstrom Racing, of course. Otherwise this is just promotional language and needs to be removed. (WP:CRYSTAL)
I've repaired the reference to the www.polonia.bydgoszcz.pl website. This means there is one fact in the article that readers can easily check, which is a start.
I've removed several of the external links. The Wikipedia guideline on this is to keep the list of external links as small as possible. (WP:ELMINOFFICIAL)

I hope this is clear and helpful! -- John of Reading (talk) 07:04, 10 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]