User talk:Dragos040

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Hi, what do you need help with? --ais523 14:43, 5 November 2010 (U T C)

Please ask a specific question or make a request...then we'll be able to help you. Shearonink (talk) 14:47, 5 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Other articles such as Fortinet, Netapp and Endian firewall seem much more advertising oriented.The Syneto which I've edited is a company from which I've bought some networking appliances and has thousands of clients. Please help me understand why this page does not qualify for existence. ! few pointers here and there would be very much appreciated. Thanks! Dragos040 (talk) 14:55, 5 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nobody actually tagged the page in question for deletion (i.e. not qualifying for existence), but rather for cleanup. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, so ideally entries should be written in the style of encyclopedia articles, rather than looking like adverts; it's quite a hard style to grasp until you get used to it, so don't be too worried that you didn't manage to get the style completely right first time. (You might have been confused because the cleanup message in question asks the person who tags the article to think about whether it just needs cleanup, or whether it's so unsalvageable it needs deletion.) Note also that just because other articles exist and aren't tagged yet, it doesn't mean they're perfect either; NetApp looks quite good, but parts of Fortinet could probably do with a rewrite (and I've tagged it for that reason).

If you're worried about deletion of the article, it helps to find some reliable, third-party sources to write the article from, that verify what you've written. Doing this not only establishes the notability of a subject (things that other people write about are more likely to be worth writing about), but also helps you to keep a neutral point of view, and helps you write the article in an appropriate style. (Don't copy the sources; rather, just base what you write on the information from them.) Basing an article about a company on its own website or press releases tends to create an advertisement-like article, regardless of whether edits are well-intentioned or not, and as a result it looks a little out of place in an encyclopedia.

I hope this helps! Feel free to put the {{helpme}} back up if you have any further questions. --ais523 15:04, 5 November 2010 (U T C)