Cochere

Hi

and welcome to Wikipedia. Can I suggest avoiding terms like 'focused' which tend to attract the spam-hunters (like me...)? They are only used by people working for companies or preparing press releases - neither of which are really approved of here. You must also show notability in independent sources WP:GNG and WP:V using reliable sources WP:RS. I've not looked at yours closely, so don't take this as criticism, but do take it as advice. Peridon (talk) 19:07, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome and the comments. I'll try to use more neutral terms.Cochere (talk) 14:37, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Help request

I'd like to get feedback (terrifying thought!) on this article on HVS Global Hospitality Services. I've tried to format the article following Wikipedia guidelines but have most likely erred in several places; for example, I couldn't figure out how to format the article name. Some background in terms of notability: every major player in the lodging industry has done business with HVS or knows of HVS and Steve Rushmore (HVS founder and president). A May 2010 cover story in Lodging Hospitality said of Rushmore, "He's the most influential person in the lodging industry and has been for more than 25 years." The article provides a history of the company. Other than giving a list of HVS services, I've avoided discussing the "commercial" side of HVS (its core business of hotel appraisal and consulting). Instead, the article describes how HVS has benefitted the overall lodging industry, particularly by developing the methodology for appraising hotels and through supporting education. I hope the citations are appropriate. I haven't addressed HVS and disambiguation yet. Cochere (talk) 17:33, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

I took liberty and moved your draft to this user subpage. It is better for you to develop such a draft in an area other than your user page. The user page is where you can tell about yourself. This link provides more information on user pages. And now I'll look at the draft itself. My76Strat 00:11, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for setting up the user subpage. I checked your link to the User pages and gained additional guidance and would like to make known that I work for HVS. Do you have any feedback on the article yet? I've provided a number of references, but is there anything that needs further verification? Cochere (talk) 15:24, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

Welcome

Hello, Cochere! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. You may benefit from following some of the links below, which will help you get the most out of Wikipedia. If you have any questions you can ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or by typing four tildes "~~~~"; this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you are already excited about Wikipedia, you might want to consider being "adopted" by a more experienced editor or joining a WikiProject to collaborate with others in creating and improving articles of your interest. Click here for a directory of all the WikiProjects. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field when making edits to pages. Happy editing! My76Strat 23:23, 16 December 2010 (UTC) Getting Started The five pillars of Wikipedia • Tutorial • Your first article How to: edit a page • upload an image Getting Help Frequently Asked Questions Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Policies and Guidelines Neutral point of view • Reliable sources Verifiability • Citing sources • No original research What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons Manual of Style • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Policy for non-free content • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The Community Community Portal • Adopt-a-user program Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • Resolving disputes Build consensus • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Things to do Be bold in editing • Help develop an article Maintenance • Peer review • Requested articles Join a WikiProject • Translating articles Cleaning up: General • Spam • Vandalism Miscellaneous Categories • Disambiguity • Stubs User pages • Talk pages Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

Comments on talkpage

I left a few comments on the talk page of the draft for HVS. You can see the comments here. Keep in touch and we'll see what can be done. My76Strat 01:48, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

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