- Why can't I edit Wikipedia?
Because your account was used for promotion of a company, group, product or organization with a username that promotes or implies affiliation with the aforementioned. This includes, but is not limited to: adding spam links, creating promotional pages (this includes user pages), adding advertisements to existing articles, and adding promotional/favorable content about something you are affiliated with.
Use of Wikipedia for promotion of people, products, companies or other groups (even non-commercial or charitable ones) is considered Spam and is forbidden. Such actions will result in the blocking of the account involved. Please read Wikipedia:FAQ/Organization and Wikipedia:Conflict of interest for our policies about this.
In addition, user accounts are for individuals only, not for companies or groups or other collective editing. Your username should reflect this. Usernames that appear to be promotional (such as those that make reference to a company or product) violate our username policy and are typically blocked to enforce that policy.
- What can I do now?
If you have no interest in writing about some other topic than your organization, group, company, or product, you will not be allowed to edit Wikipedia again. Consider using one of the many websites that allow this instead.
If you do intend to make useful contributions about some other topic, you must convince a Wikipedia administrator that you mean it. To that end, please do the following:
- Add the text
{{ unblock|Your reason here}}below this message box. - Replace the text "Your reason here" with your reason to be unblocked. In this reason, you must:
- Tell us what new username you want to use. Please make sure that your new username does not violate our username policy and check that it has not already been taken (click here to search).
- Convince us that you understand the reason for your block and that you will not repeat the edits for which you were blocked.
- Describe in general terms the contributions that you intend to make if you are unblocked.
{{
unblock|Your reason here}} below this message box and replace the text "Your reason here" with the reason why. See also
Wikipedia:Appealing a block for more information. –
Juliancolton |
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14:53, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
Bramdejonge ( block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser ( log))
Request reason:
I added a link to a pdf file about stopping times in the article stopping time, this is not for promotion. The pdf file only contains information about stopping times.
Decline reason:
Nobody is allowed to link to their own websites. -- jpgordon ::==( o ) 00:18, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{ unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.
Bramdejonge ( block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser ( log))
Request reason:
I didn't link to my own website, I only linked to a pdf file with further information about the subject of the article.
Decline reason:
The .pdf was clearly from a website which shares a name with this account, so it is likely you are related to the website somehow. Trying to assert otherwise, with no explanation, is not likely to convince us otherwise. lifebaka ++ 21:16, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{ unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.
Bramdejonge ( block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser ( log))
Request reason:
But if I have written a pdf file with usefull information for an article, how can I then share the information in that PDF file in an article on Wikipedia? Do you mean that it's no problem if I upload the pdf file on another domain without my name in the url?
Decline reason:
The issue here is one of appearances--as Jpgordon said above, we don't allow people to link to their own Website. Blueboy 96 21:27, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{ unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.
- If the .pdf is public domain, or licensed under a CC-BY-SA license, you can simply upload it to Wikipedia using the "Upload file" link in the toolbox to the left. Unfortunately, this is disabled while you are blocked, but I'm certain that with discussion we can come to a suitable conclusion. Cheers. lifebaka ++ 21:25, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
- Why can't I edit Wikipedia?
Because your account was used for promotion of a company, group, product or organization with a username that promotes or implies affiliation with the aforementioned. This includes, but is not limited to: adding spam links, creating promotional pages (this includes user pages), adding advertisements to existing articles, and adding promotional/favorable content about something you are affiliated with.
Use of Wikipedia for promotion of people, products, companies or other groups (even non-commercial or charitable ones) is considered Spam and is forbidden. Such actions will result in the blocking of the account involved. Please read Wikipedia:FAQ/Organization and Wikipedia:Conflict of interest for our policies about this.
In addition, user accounts are for individuals only, not for companies or groups or other collective editing. Your username should reflect this. Usernames that appear to be promotional (such as those that make reference to a company or product) violate our username policy and are typically blocked to enforce that policy.
- What can I do now?
If you have no interest in writing about some other topic than your organization, group, company, or product, you will not be allowed to edit Wikipedia again. Consider using one of the many websites that allow this instead.
If you do intend to make useful contributions about some other topic, you must convince a Wikipedia administrator that you mean it. To that end, please do the following:
- Add the text
{{ unblock|Your reason here}}below this message box. - Replace the text "Your reason here" with your reason to be unblocked. In this reason, you must:
- Tell us what new username you want to use. Please make sure that your new username does not violate our username policy and check that it has not already been taken (click here to search).
- Convince us that you understand the reason for your block and that you will not repeat the edits for which you were blocked.
- Describe in general terms the contributions that you intend to make if you are unblocked.
{{
unblock|Your reason here}} below this message box and replace the text "Your reason here" with the reason why. See also
Wikipedia:Appealing a block for more information. –
Juliancolton |
Talk
14:53, 11 August 2009 (UTC)Bramdejonge ( block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser ( log))
Request reason:
I added a link to a pdf file about stopping times in the article stopping time, this is not for promotion. The pdf file only contains information about stopping times.
Decline reason:
Nobody is allowed to link to their own websites. -- jpgordon ::==( o ) 00:18, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{ unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.
Bramdejonge ( block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser ( log))
Request reason:
I didn't link to my own website, I only linked to a pdf file with further information about the subject of the article.
Decline reason:
The .pdf was clearly from a website which shares a name with this account, so it is likely you are related to the website somehow. Trying to assert otherwise, with no explanation, is not likely to convince us otherwise. lifebaka ++ 21:16, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{ unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.
Bramdejonge ( block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser ( log))
Request reason:
But if I have written a pdf file with usefull information for an article, how can I then share the information in that PDF file in an article on Wikipedia? Do you mean that it's no problem if I upload the pdf file on another domain without my name in the url?
Decline reason:
The issue here is one of appearances--as Jpgordon said above, we don't allow people to link to their own Website. Blueboy 96 21:27, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{ unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.
- If the .pdf is public domain, or licensed under a CC-BY-SA license, you can simply upload it to Wikipedia using the "Upload file" link in the toolbox to the left. Unfortunately, this is disabled while you are blocked, but I'm certain that with discussion we can come to a suitable conclusion. Cheers. lifebaka ++ 21:25, 14 August 2009 (UTC)