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typically unacceptable. Knowledge (XXG) articles about a person, company or organization are not an extension of their website, press releases, or other social media marketing efforts. External links to commercial organizations are acceptable if they identify notable organizations which are the topic of the article. Knowledge (XXG) neither endorses organizations nor runs affiliate programs. See also
Knowledge (XXG):Notability (organizations and companies) for guidelines on corporate notability. Those promoting causes or events, or issuing public service announcements, even if noncommercial, should use a forum other than Knowledge (XXG) to do so. Contributors must disclose any payments they receive for editing Knowledge (XXG). See also Knowledge (XXG):Conflict of interest.
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Lists of companies and organizations - A company or organization may be included in a list of companies or organizations whether or not it meets the
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It appears this list has been repeatedly edited in the past, with companies being regularly removed from this list. While I am not excessively experienced with
Knowledge (XXG), I have reviewed the guidelines regarding such lists, and further reviewed other similar lists, and found that this list has
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Following the guidance of these 2 rules as outlined by
Knowledge (XXG), I see no reason why legitimate companies are being removed from this list. Nothing in Knowledge (XXG) guidelines necessitates that a company have a Wiki article to be referenced/linked in this context - yet that seems to be the
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Per these guidelines, any legitimate data recovery company should be listed here. The question is how to properly add companies to the list. Obviously, each company cannot create it's own Wiki article, that would be a huge COI issue. Should companies be added with no links at all? Links to neutral
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Advertising, marketing or public relations. Information about companies and products must be written in an objective and unbiased style, free of puffery. All article topics must be verifiable with independent, third-party sources, so articles about very small garage bands or local companies are
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sources, such as a review article? Or links to their websites? (Most similar lists I've seen directly link company websites when no article is found)
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basis for the removal of most companies. Similar lists commonly have externally linked websites/companies in very similar contexts as well.
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Let me make clear, I have a COI; I work for a company which has been removed from this list.
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the subject of topic has to be notable. This is why your edits keep getting reverted.
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