User talk:Elilenad

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Peaceray (talk) 15:25, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

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Thank you for declaring your conflict of interest. That doesn't mean you can write what you like.

First, not reasons for deletion, but note that

• refs should not be bare urls, and you should not repeat refs, use <ref name= >. You can auto-format with ReFill2
• Article titles for companies should not include Inc, Ltd, Pvt etc

• you should use wikilinks, eg software, Dayton, Ohio (not OH)

You must follow the guidance below:

• you must provide independent verifiable sources to enable us to verify the facts and show that it meets the notability guidelines. Sources that are not acceptable include those linked to the organisation or company, press releases, YouTube, IMDB, social media and other sites that can be self-edited, logs, websites of unknown or non-reliable provenance, and sites that are just reporting what the company or organisation claims or interviewing its management. Note that references should be in-line so we can tell what fact each is supporting, and should not be bare urls

• Several of your refs seem to be associated with the company, or are likely to be self-written, like the Chamber of Commerce entry, although that particular one is innocuous enough

• The notability guidelines for organisations and companies have been updated. The primary criteria has five components that must be evaluated separately and independently to determine if it is met:

1. significant coverage in
2. independent,
3. multiple,
4. reliable,
5. secondary sources.

Note that an individual source must meet all four criteria to be counted towards notability.

• It's hard to show notability when you don't tell us about number of employees, turnover or profits. This could be two guys working from a garage for all we are told

• You said ClearGov announced a strategic partnership with Software Solutions. Why is this significant? We aren't told what ClearGov is, what barriers, if any, to partnership exists, or why it improves transparency.

• Similarly, you list various memberships, but we aren't told why these matter. If they are organisations any local company can join, it doesn't help notability, if there is a non-geographical eligibility threshold, you should tell us what it is

• You must write in a non-promotional tone. Articles must be neutral and encyclopaedic, with verifiable facts, not opinions or reviews.

• Basically, your article was a bit of history, plus "this is what we sell", nothing much about the company apart from some probably unimportant membership stuff

• There shouldn't be any url links in the article, only in the "References" or "External links" sections.
• You must not copy text from elsewhere. Copyrighted text is not allowed in Wikipedia, as outlined in this policy. That applies even to pages created by you or your organisation, unless they state clearly and explicitly that the text is public domain. We require that text posted here can be used, modified and distributed for any purpose, including commercial; text is considered to be copyright unless explicitly stated otherwise. There are ways to donate copyrighted text to Wikipedia, as described here; please note that simply asserting on the talk page that you are the owner of the copyright, or you have permission to use the text, isn't sufficient.

Before attempting to write an article again, please make sure that the topic meets the notability criteria linked above, and check that you can find independent third party sources.

I've seen worse, and you have been transparent about your COI, so if you wish I'll restore the text to a sandbox for you to improve, let me know Jimfbleak - talk to me? 08:32, 26 May 2023 (UTC)

I understand. Thank you for the clarification. Please restore it to sandbox so I can continue to work on it in the months to come. dhbergey (talk) 12:28, 26 May 2023 (UTC)