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I am the historian for SC Johnson, a company mentioned in the article "Johnson Family Enterprises". The article is completely false, in terms of subject and information presented (SC Johnson has never had a parent company, etc.) Being new to the Wikipedia process, I am trying to figure out the best way to request for deletion. In my mind, it falls under speedy deletion criteria G1 (patent nonsense) & G3 (blatant and obvious misinformation). In this case, would an article in which the subject itself doesn't exist be grounds for speedy deletion? What is my best course of action? Wax86 (talk) 16:05, 11 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Wax86. To my surprise, I was unable to find any reliable sources attesting to the existence of this "parent company", and so I've flagged the article for deletion under Wikipedia's proposed deletion process. It only remains to point you in the direction of the conflict of interest policy (you haven't done anything to contravene this, in fact, you've done everything exactly in compliance with the policy, but since you have a conflict of interest you need to read it before doing much more on the site).

I will keep an eye on the article and follow up if needs be. Thanks for flagging the problem. Yunshui ^雲 _水 16:48, 11 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Provide us with sources. If what you say and who you say you are is true, this can all be resolved. And surely you have the sources. Thank you. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 17:46, 11 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

You're asking Wax86 to prove a negative? What sort of source proves that a company doesn't exist? Yunshui ^雲 _水 20:51, 11 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I am asking for proof. WP:RS. Ipse dixit doesn't cut it here. I could assert I am speaking for President-elect Trump. On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 00:09, 12 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Article has now been listed at articles for deletion; you are welcome to comment there (instructions on how to contribute to these discussions are available here). If you want to prove your identity to Wikipedia, as requested by User:7&6=thirteen, and you have a company email registered to the scjohnson.com domain or another Johnson company, you can send a message from that address to info-en-qwikimedia.org referencing this page and the Articles for Deletion discussion linked above (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Johnson Family Enterprises). This is the easiest way to confirm your identity without revealing any details publicly on Wikipedia. Yunshui ^雲 _水 09:44, 12 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Good solution. I agree with Yunshui. You are making an Argument from authority, and for that to be effective you need to establish who you really are, while respecting your right to remain "anonymous" as a wikipedia editor. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 13:09, 12 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks to you both! I will send an e-mail, as directed by Yunshui, from my SC Johnson e-mail (@scj.com) as a means to verify my identity.

Wax86 (talk) 14:05, 12 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

OTRS have verified your identity here, just so's you know. Yunshui ^雲 _水 11:13, 13 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Your question at the help desk[edit]

I have replied there to your actual question, but thought I would also mention twinkle. Twinkle is a semi-automated editing tool that makes numerous operations, including deletion nominations, very simple, requiring no specialized knowledge of the technical aspects of the process as it does all that for you. You can activate it from the “gadgets” tab in your preferences. Beeblebrox (talk) 21:54, 10 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]