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Speedy deletion nomination of Domain Developers Fund

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A tag has been placed on Domain Developers Fund, 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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Hello, Ericbank. You have new messages at JohnCD's talk page.
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Advertising, Notability and Conflict of Interest

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a business listing directory; we do not expect to have articles for every company, and we are continually fending off attempts to use us as a free advertising platform. Among the requirements for entry are, (a) not to be unduly promotional and (b) to be notable, which is not a matter of opinion but must be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Significant means more than just listing-type mentions; reliable excludes Myspace, Facebook, blogs, places where anyone can post anything; independent excludes the subject's own website, affiliated ones and anything based on press releases. The test is, have other people, independent of the subject, thought it interesting and important enough to write about?

Looking at the deletion log, I see that Domain Developers Fund was actually deleted (not by me) as an advertisement. In fact, it does not seem to me unduly promotional, but I doubt that it meets the notability standard - the first two references seem to be based on a press release, the third is a listing, and the fourth is the fund's own site. (I was puzzled why you came to me, but I see now: when you moved the article from your user space into the main encyclopedia, it left behind a redirect, and that was what I deleted.)

Among Wikipedia's 3 million articles, there are many that are not up to standard, but we do not accept that as a reason for allowing more, so What about article X? is not an argument that is accepted.

Read the WP:FAQ/Organizations and WP:Notability (organizations and companies). Also, if you are connected with the Fund, read WP:Conflict of interest and WP:Best practices for editors with conflicts of interest. Then, if you wish, approach Sphilbrick (talk), the admin who actually deleted the article; if s/he does not agree, there is WP:Deletion review. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 12:46, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

Domain Developers Fund

I don't want to mislead you, I think it is borderline - the fact that this is the first such fund scores highly for notability, but some will see it as promotional.

You can move if you want, or if you aren't sure what to do, let me know, and I'll move it. I'll remove the unreviewed template.--SPhilbrickT 00:33, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

By the way, does the fund have an established beta yet? My guess is that it will be low, but not as low as some of the cat bond funds. However, it may be too early to measure. If is exists and is low, it might be worth adding some info on diversification and how this is an attractive asset class.--SPhilbrickT 00:38, 10 December 2010 (UTC)