Wikipedia:Vanispamcruftisement
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Vanispamcruftisement (article nominated for deletion which exhibited all the above properties, being an article apparently created by the owner of a small company about that company, name-checking the owner of the firm with a brief résumé of his skills, and in respect of a company whose products appeared on the face of it to be of strictly limited appeal outside the world of geekdom.[1]
These faults all exhibit poor neutrality and any one of them inherently violates
Wikipedia's policy on bias
.
See also
- Criteria for Speedy Deletion
- Conflicts of interest
- Autobiography
- Inclusion guidelines
- for biographies
- for bands and musicians
- for companies
- for web content
- Guidelines on external linking
Notes
- ^ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SPURware diff from 13:20, December 29, 2005
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