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Slightly related question: Does anyone know what to do when finding a Wikipedia page that's just an ad in disguise? I've found a few and Wikipedia has a lot o
by mikevin 5y ago
Slightly related question:
Does anyone know what to do when finding a Wikipedia page that's just an ad in disguise?
I've found a few and Wikipedia has a lot of pages about vandalism/verifiability which often recommends just changing the parts that don't fit or placing a warning on the user's page but what if the whole page is about a made up term that exists to link to the authors blog/company?
I can't outright delete a whole page right? I'm also pretty new to contributing Wikipedia and even though they specifically recommend just trying and learning when some action wasn't appropriate I'd still feel more comfortable if I could contact someone with a bit more experience/reputation to discuss such an instance.
- kyle-rb 5y agoI don't have a ton of experience, but you can add a "may not meet notability guidelines" banner, or a "proposed deletion". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability#Articles_not_satisfying_the_notability_guidelines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability#Articles_...
- nwallin 5y agoDon't delete it. Deleting an article has the lowest effort:effect ratio, so lots of automatic policies are in place to speedily allow an author to restore a page that's been deleted. If the article itself shouldn't exist, mark it with {{qd|spam}} . `qd` is quick deletion. If the article should still exist but has substantial content that's advertising, mark it {{npov}} In both cases someone else will come along and fix it. If the author who put the ads up in the first place removes your template, just put it back up.
- arthur2e5 5y agoFor doing these sort of things quickly, try getting the Twinkle gadget (enwp.org/WP:TWINK) — you get a giant searchable list for tags to add. Heck, you can put a BUNCH on at a time! Also, {{advert}} is a thing.