User talk:Netgurus

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Speedy deletion nomination of Singapore Innovation & Productivity Institute

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A tag has been placed on Singapore Innovation & Productivity Institute, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.

If you think that your page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, you can place a request here. ProtossPylon 03:38, 26 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

More significantly, as you have pointed out yourself, the content of the page is a copy of http://www.sipi.org.sg/about-us.php, and therefore a breach of Wikipedia's rules on copyright violation. You were contesting the deletion under the spam criterion by saying that the institution exists, but that is not a justification for the existence of a Wikipedia article. An article would need to include reliable sources which are independent of the subject which demonstrate that the subject meets Wikipedia's criteria of notability, and would need to be written in a non-promotional manner. - David Biddulph (talk) 04:16, 26 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am rather bewildered by your statement "This page is not unambiguously promotional, because the company exists." Do you think that only things which don't exist can be promoted? JamesBWatson (talk) 11:29, 26 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. JamesBWatson (talk) 11:31, 26 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]