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[ttwblb]

Jonathan, I can't find anything at Wikipedia that states that 3rd parties cannot create article pages for their clients. I have read through all the guidelines about writing articles, including notability, style, tone, how to source, etc.

As you know, there are many many Wiki articles about individual corporations. Clearly many of them must have been written either by employees of the corporations or someone hired to write the article based on the extensive and detailed information provided some of the articles, such as the one about Oracle Corporation.

Is it reasonable to wait around and hope that someone will write an accurate, useful article about your company? If a Wiki article about a corporation is written following all the appropriate Wiki guidelines (factual, properly sourced, etc.), it seems that it should be okay no matter who wrote it.

Thanks,
Barry Brisco

Don't create something about yourself or your client. It's a violation of Wikipedia site rules. When you visit somebody else's site, you should follow their rules.

The problem is that when people write about themselves (or their clients), the results aren't what an encyclopedia user wants. Just kick back and wait for somebody else to start the article, or go get involved in doing something else and maybe somebody will notice you. You can put a short blurb on your Wikipedia user page about who you are and what you do.

[Diablos]

I think your company needs a certain level of exposure before it deserves a wiki article.
Say if you had been featured in the press extensively recently then it would be fair because you could cite those press sources as references but just creating a page for a one man band company is not right at all.

[nethy]

It would be interesting to know the distribution of wikipedia pages by size of the company.

[ttwblb]

I think your company needs a certain level of exposure before it deserves a wiki article.
Say if you had been featured in the press extensively recently then it would be fair because you could cite those press sources as references but just creating a page for a one man band company is not right at all.

My post was not on writing a Wikipedia article about my own company. It was about 3rd parties creating article pages for a corporate client who is already "notable" by Wikipedia standards, and writing the aritlcle in conformance with Wikipedia guidelines.