User talk:Mlegs
Hello, Mlegs, and welcome to Wikipedia. An article you recently created, Centcom, has been tagged for speedy deletion because its content is clearly written to promote a company, product, or service. This article may have been deleted by the time you see this message. Please keep in mind that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not an advertising service. Thank you. Perel 20:42, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
Edits by Mlegs 24 November 2006
[edit]Your edits this day raise several red flags. Articles Centcom is HIGHLY promotional along with Hosted predictive dialer, which reads like its a product fact sheet that came from your company website. Linking this to Predictive Dialer is also suspect. If you read the history of this article, you will note that all attempts to link commercial products have been immediately removed. It appears you are trying to promote your product and company through WP articles.
WP is not an advertising medium. I am removing these internal links. Both article need clean up - otherwise they are very likely going to be removed. Calltech 22:09, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
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[edit]Hello Mlegs, welcome to Wikipedia! I have deleted your entry on Centcom as it was highly promotional in nature. Wikipedia is not and advertisng medium. If you would like to rewrite the article from a neutral point of view while also establishing its notability per our inclusion guidelines we would welcome the contribution. You may also have other areas of expertise or interest that you could help out with. We would love to have you contributing to the project.
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