User talk:Tilmanb

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It says that I should not start an article about the company I work for. However, I believe that it REALLY needs an article because all competitors have an article AND our company has received a lot of media attention! What should I do in this case? --Tilmanb (talk) 09:47, 26 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If it is notable enough to deserve an article, someone else will create an article about it. fahadsadah (talk,contribs) 10:20, 26 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It IS notable and deserves an article, but still nobody has created one yet :( Did I do the right thing by adding it here? --Tilmanb (talk) 10:44, 26 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Requested articles was a good idea, yes. fahadsadah (talk,contribs) 11:13, 26 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, there is no rule against writing an article about your company. As long as you follow all policies when writing (i.e. not spamming advertisement material, or making the owner/ceo look better than he really is) it should be ok. On the other hand, if you do break a policy, whether intentionally, unintentionally, or ignorantly, people will be much more trigger happy knowing it is your company. People don't like advertisers, and once the connection between you and your company becomes known, any breach of policy (even something as simple as not following the MOS) will be misconsrtrued and used against you.Drew Smith What I've done 11:07, 15 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Please have a look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tilmanb/Equal_Dreams_discussion. There you will find my question :) Thanks!

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I'm sorry[edit]

You need another adopter, I am very busy in real life, It pains me to do so, but you need to find someone else. Programmer13^Talk_{What I do} 16:30, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

RD Bumping[edit]

This is referred to as bumping. Multiple times, this has been discussed and each time the consensus is that it is vandalism. Please do not bump the reference desk. If you need to, ask your question again in a better way. Others may need more information to find an answer to your question. -- kainaw ™ 19:48, 14 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

And this was my answer there: "Sorry, I am new to WP so don't quite know yet what is allowed and what not. I won't do it again..." --Tilmanb (talk) 15:29, 17 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oho, look what I found here: "If your question has been archived but you feel that it hasn't been adequately answered, copy and paste the archived discussion as a new question." This is exactly what I did! So what's the situation now?? --Tilmanb (talk) 15:33, 17 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

From what I saw, you didn't copy/paste it from the archive. You copy/pasted it from the main desk. The issue was created a few years ago when a few users would ask a question and then as soon as someone else asked a question, they would bump their question to the bottom of the page. There were two problems. First, they got into bump fights as they tried to keep their question on the bottom. Second, they were asking unanswerable questions such as "Who was the lady sitting at a table in the background of the scene in Ocean's 11 when they are in the mall by the elevator?" If you did in fact bump from the archive, it is my mistake. There has also been a lot of debate about that. Many users feel that you shouldn't bump a whole thread from the archives. Instead, you should read the replies and use them to ask a new question that is better phrased to get the answer you want. -- kainaw ™ 15:42, 17 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I did indeed paste the text from the archives, but I can see why also that would not be a good thing to do. Paraphrasing the old discussion and asking a new question with more detail sounds the way to go! Thanks for your help! --Tilmanb (talk) 06:06, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'll make a note of the policy on the RD talk page. Often, the instructions are outdated because someone vandalizes the page and it gets reverted too far back. I don't know if that has happened or not. -- kainaw ™ 13:15, 22 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please let me know what the outcome is! I'd like to learn :) --Tilmanb (talk) 13:17, 23 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It took a very loooong time to crawl through the changes and it appears that the suggestion to bump questions from the archive was added without any consensus from a user who was warned three times for bumping questions. I reworded it to suggest that a user links to the question in the archives. -- kainaw ™ 02:00, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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