User talk:CKNET

February 2010

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, please do not add promotional material to articles or other Wikipedia pages, as you did to Comparison of accounting software. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" is against Wikipedia policy and not permitted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Greenman (talk) 14:04, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Advertising on Wiki

In response to this edit, please note that Wikipedia an encyclopedia, and not for benefiting any particular brands, and certainly not for advertising. Any copy that looks like advertising will be quickly removed. Entries without an article are removed from Comparison of accounting software. So, the first step is to have an article. See WP:NOTABILITY for more information, and also note that it's best if someone not involved in the business creates the article to avoid a Conflict of Interest. Greenman (talk) 19:48, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

Softline Pastel

Hi,

I've created a stub article on Softline Pastel, and also noted this on user talk:Greenman. Please comment on my talk page if you would like to attract my attention on the matter. If you have a conflict of interest on the matter, though, please don't edit the page directly! --Slashme (talk) 09:05, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

I've fixed the typos you mentioned - if you have any other info that can be traced to a reliable source, please let me know! --Slashme (talk) 10:40, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

I took another good look at the article, and realized that it really doesn't suit the tone and type of content that Wikipedia should have. Wikipedia is a general reference encyclopedia, and full listings of product features and system requirements is not appropriate - this type of information will change over time and will need updating, and is better served from the Pastel website (which is linked to from the article in a few places). If you feel that more detail is required to properly introduce the topic, the best way to do it is to put the request on Talk:Pastel_Accounting and drop a note on my talk page to alert me to it. This is so that the discussion of the article (including your input) can be kept at a spot where it will be seen by future editors of the article.

Please note, I didn't cut down the article length as a reaction to your requests for correction and improvement of the article, even though my re-evaluation of the article was obviously sparked by them. I am here to help make Wikipedia an excellent online encyclopedia, which in this case includes writing a high-quality article about Softline Pastel: your input is extremely valuable in achieving that goal.

The kind of information that might be useful to add would be unique features (i.e. what don't your competitors do), exceptional strengths (with references to reviews or awards), more detail on company history (with references, e.g. to trade magazines), etc. --Slashme (talk) 14:52, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

By the way, I forgot to mention, the large amount of detail on versions and features was added by User:Shotalot, not me! (see the history page) --Slashme (talk) 14:57, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Addition of Pastel to Accounting Software template

As per this request, I've added Pastel to the template. Greenman (talk) 19:09, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

Regarding this request, the software seems more widely referred to as Pastel Accounting, even on the Pastel website, and that's what the article is called, so I wouldn't support changing the name. Greenman (talk) 08:52, 30 September 2010 (UTC)