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pretzels

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  • i would greatly appreciate if you could point out any mistakes i made, which i will be most happy to discuss, instead of making sweeping statements, like "diluting", which are of no help.
  • taking out some of the pretzel producers certainly is not "dilutinig".
  • indeed, i used the term "party pretzels" to point out, that pretzel sticks and their various forms belong to the family of snacks such as potato chips, popcorn, nuts+bolts etc. do you find this wrong or misleading? if you have a better term or if there happens to be an "official" one, fine. the term "snack" would not be correct because snack also covers other foods that are eaten between meals.
  • the balance in the article between u.s. and german speaking countries is more or less coincidental but happens to reflect the present and historical importance of the pretzel in both areas and is justified. Sundar1 (talk) 07:57, 26 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

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Not sure why it was deleted as the page with the Kal Lucile Rudman Foundation was acceptable on wiki and the man is not??? Although he is living his bio is an important part of pop music culture. Just saying Pretzelfactory (talk) 08:17, 15 May 2013 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of Chickie's & Pete's

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No attempt at advertising. Focus to capture small business to large scale business development in USA by a Philadelphian and the ethic Italian second generation immigration success stories of American Culture and trending in Sports Bar evolution. Pretzelfactory (talk) 08:22, 15 May 2013 (UTC)Reply

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Thanks!! Thought I understood that the photo was publicity shot a open or free. Still trying to learn the difference. Thanks again! Pretzelfactory (talk) 08:25, 15 May 2013 (UTC)Reply

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I was actually coming here to give you the same notice. You seem to have close ties to the subject of the article. Please see the article's talk page. Thanks. - SummerPhD (talk) 15:15, 8 May 2013 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the Notice. It is a word to the wise for sure. My interest of 20th Century Philadelphia is one of the connections and focusing on subjects that influenced the general population, locally and at times nationally or internationally. The question is it 'Personal'? What a subject "evokes" is what I like to contribute as well as pure facts, but you are correct about maintaining balance. Thanks again. Pretzelfactory (talk) 08:09, 15 May 2013 (UTC)Reply

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A tag has been placed on Econsult Solutions, 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 encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.

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Response (1) The article contained no "puffery" per the issue of advertising. Only Objective facts were included ..."Advertising. Information about companies and products must be written in an objective and unbiased style, free of puffery." (2) Note among the economic consulting firms already listed in Wiki, it compares to be same levels and those article were not deleted. So just do not understand the challenge in comparison to others, but do understand the need for note. Thanks

Speedy deletion nomination of Econsult Solutions

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Note: This debate has been included in the Article Rescue Squadron's list of content for rescue consideration. for Econsult Solutions: First off, I am totaling lost as NO "Tag" was established to contest the speedy deletion, twice in a row, both for the original and re-written article. This shortchanges any discussion to validate wiki criteria. Two reasons were given (1) Not notable (2) Advertising. well I think that was overstated. I feel the article was written objectively to establish a "STUB" for a company that has a 30 year record and "major" impact on decision makers actions and policies in the Philadelphia area. Millions of dollars and Social needs have been influenced by the analysis. The projects are widely covered in the media and in testimony but nothing exist about the company itself. This a advocate demonstrates the wiki article is much needed to provide the "objective" source of such an influence to Government and Private Industry I.e. Major Sports Teams, Comcast Communication, City of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, Housing & Community development agencies and non-profit organizations. This information started as a "stub". Then rewritten to address issue one but advertising comes up again. BUT ->Most importantly the fact there was NO "tag" to contest and it seems the rules of wiki seem to have been hastily applied {{Help me}} please.
As a non-admin, I can't see deleted versions, so I can only access the version that is at least temporarily still cached at http://72.30.186.176/search/srpcache?ei=UTF-8&p=Econsult+Solutions&vm=r&fr=yfp-t-900&u=http://cc.bingj.com/cache.aspx?q=Econsult+Solutions&d=27022270436414722&mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US&w=bb7YxDEtpQ8nITmXwVvQgelekYZWVKlm&icp=1&.intl=us&sig=Wt6Zb9VG_km.kLeIV87Zzw--  ; the tag is in the middle of the red speedy deletion warning box. It was in article space, without independent references, and almost complete marketing spam. See Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies); a draft would need to clearly show, using /only/ the independent in-depth references about the company, published articles or features in unrelated books, magazines, news programs, or newspapers how it meets or exceeds those guidelines. Not advertisements, blogs, business partners, directory listings, forums, interviews, its own webpages, press releases, product endorsements, quotes, social media, or YouTube videos. Dru of Id (talk) 18:51, 19 August 2013 (UTC)Reply
I concur with tat assessment. Also, "nothing exists about the company itself" is an admission that it doesn't satisfy Wikipedia's notability guideline. I'm not sure I understand the "tag to contest" issue - indeed there wasn't; did you want to contest the deletion? There's a big "contest the speedy deletion" button in the deletion message box that would have allowed you to contest the deletion on the talk page.
The current version is somewhat better, but notability is still a major issue (and it's not inherited from the notable projects they worked on), and it still contains phrases such as "the team expertise of top senior advisors who already have publicly know careers and accomplishments" - that does sound unduly promotional to me. Huon (talk) 18:55, 19 August 2013 (UTC)Reply

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