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Bank of Commerce[edit]

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Speedy deletion nomination of Bank of Commerce[edit]

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A tag has been placed on Bank of Commerce, 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 an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Business for more information.

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December 2010[edit]

Thank you for your recent contributions, such as Bank of Commerce. Getting started creating new articles on Wikipedia can be tricky, and you might like to try creating a draft version first, which you can then ask for feedback on if necessary, without the risk of speedy deletion. Do make sure you also read help available to you, including Your First Article and the Tutorial. You might also like to try the Article Wizard, which has an option to create a draft version. Thank you. Cind.amuse 06:31, 21 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The page Editing User:Ericndt/test has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appeared to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group or service and which is unlikely to be suitable for an article (or at best would need a fundamental rewrite). Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 11, as well as the guidelines on spam. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. JamesBWatson (talk) 11:04, 21 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free image File:Bank of Commerce Logo.png[edit]

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Thanks for uploading File:Bank of Commerce Logo.png. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of "file" pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Courcelles 04:15, 24 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

User:Ericndt/Bank of Commerce[edit]

I have had a quick look at User:Ericndt/Bank of Commerce, and it certainly looks better than the previous version of the article. Congratulations. The only issue that I noticed was that sometimes you have given what can only be read as judgements or opinions, rather than objective facts. For example, if the page is published as an article in its present form, someone is bound to object to "The year 2000 may well be considered as Bank of Commerce's season of merger", asking "who says it may be considered...?" Likewise "The bank recognized the need to sustain a competitive advantage" is subjective, and is not attributed to any person. However, if you clean up details such as those I can't at present see any serious problems (though, as I said above, I have only a quick look). JamesBWatson (talk) 21:11, 26 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your latest version is better still. It is good to see a new editor learning how to improve articles. So many just get disheartened after a first bad experience, which is of course completely understandable. JamesBWatson (talk) 15:22, 30 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you :) Eric Noel (talk) 10:44, 31 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Gaining editing experience[edit]

After I wrote the above comment it occurred to you that the following suggestion might be helpful. In my experience, editors who start editing Wikipedia by writing articles frequently have a frustrating time. Their work is deleted or edited beyond recognition, with such reasons as promotion, lack of indication of significance, lack of reliable sources, etc, thrown at them one after another. It is probably better to learn gradually, by making small edits to existing articles to begin with, so that any mistakes lead only to loss of a minor edits, rather than the loss of substantial amounts of work. Then you can write brand new articles or make major contributions to existing ones when you have learnt the ropes a bit. This is not an attempt to put you off making another go at launching your present page as an article, but it may be worth considering if you wish to follow it up with other work. JamesBWatson (talk) 21:18, 26 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free image File:Bank of Commerce HQ.png[edit]

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Thanks for uploading File:Bank of Commerce HQ.png. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of "file" pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Hugahoody (talk) 23:01, 1 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]