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I've added the "{{prod}}" template to the article Paid On Results, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Notability). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree, discuss the issues raised at Talk:Paid On Results. If you remove the {{dated prod}} template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. --MCB 16:31, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
- Thank you for the feedback MCB, I have improved the article as per your suggestions. I am a moderator of several UK Affiliate marketing forums and have been successful in the area both in the USA and the UK since 1997. I am keen to see more UK company get exposure like several if the USA base ones have however I am loathed to do any more work on including more companies with notable information and Industry 1st until I am sure what I am doing is adding value, I was also thinking of doing an Article on UK Affiliate Marketing as I feel the current one on Affiliate Marketing is heavily US biases and miss out some very important development in the UK for what is a multi-billion pound industry that many hundreds of thousands of people in the UK directly or indirectly benefit from. Supercod 23:44, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
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- Thanks for posting a response. (By the way, the practice on Wikipedia is to leave the previous postings, so that others can see the entire discussion; some people will get very upset if you remove their Talk page postings.) As for the article, please remember that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a web directory or business directory, and it is not a goal here to see "more UK companies get exposure", and anything with a promotional flavor will be deleted. I don't believe that the subject of the article meets the notability guidelines in WP:CORP; you might want to take a second look there, as well as at Wikpedia guidelines on reliable sources to more fully understand why Wikipedia requires strong third-party sources (and not press releases, forum posts, etc.) for articles. As you are working on this I am not going to nominate it for Articles for Deletion now, but to be candid, someone else may well. Thanks for contributing and I hope you will have a chance to read some of the policies and guidelines that I've mentioned. Best, --MCB 00:57, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
