User talk:Boreholedrillingsa
Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw that you edited or created Boreholedrillingsa, and I noticed that your username, "Boreholedrillingsa", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are permitted to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you personally, such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87".
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Speedy deletion nomination of User:Boreholedrillingsa
[edit]A tag has been placed on your user page, User:Boreholedrillingsa, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be blatant advertising which only promotes or publicises a company, product, group or service. This is a violation of our policies regarding acceptable use of user pages — user pages are intended for active editors of Wikipedia to communicate with one another as part of the process of creating encyclopedic content, and should not be mistaken for free webhosting resources or advertising space. Please read the guidelines on spam, the guidelines on user pages, and, especially, our FAQ for Organizations.
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Contested deletion
[edit]This page is not unambiguously promotional, because... Its for my business, why can a company like google get a page and a company like borehole drilling south africa not. What am I doing wrong, because i dont want to break any rules I just want to list my business on wikipedia we've been around for 50 years. --Boreholedrillingsa (talk) 05:51, 5 August 2017 (UTC)
- Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a business listing. (See WP:YELLOW). There are plenty of other websites that do that. Wikipedia also has a clear conflict of interest policy which means that you will not be able to write about your own company here. Thank you, Melcous (talk) 05:58, 5 August 2017 (UTC)