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Starbucks do not comply with our
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Spitfire
Tally-ho! 19:30, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
Please stop using Wikipedia to advertise, we do not accept promotional material. Please also read our FAQ for companies who wish to edit "their" Wikipedia pages. Regards, Spitfire Tally-ho! 19:34, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
The article already has an unbiased section explaining this: see Starbucks#Fair trade. The problem with your edit is the promotional tone of the text, rather than the actuality of the statements. Let me know if you need anything else, Spitfire Tally-ho! 19:38, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
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Please stop. If you continue to
add promotional material to Wikipedia, as you did to
Starbucks, you will be
blocked from editing.
Goodvac (
talk) 19:46, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
StarbucksCoffeeFreshForYou ( block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser ( log))
Request reason:
I am a worker of the Starbucks company, and Wikipedia needs to know about our delicious coffee.
Decline reason:
yes, well thats known as advertising. We don't allow that Jac16888 Talk 15:46, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
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StarbucksCoffeeFreshForYou ( block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser ( log))
Request reason:
This is unjust. I am payed very good money for my job, and you all do this to me. Well, I am going back to work.
Decline reason:
Clearly justified block. Plus, you're going back to work. So go. Smashville talk 20:29, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
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Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to the encyclopedia, one or more of the external links you added to the page
Starbucks do not comply with our
guidelines for external links and have been removed.
Wikipedia is not a collection of links; nor should it be used as a platform for
advertising or promotion, and doing so is contrary to the goals of this project. Because Wikipedia uses
nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. If you feel the link should be added to the article, please discuss it on the
article's talk page before reinserting it. Please take a look at the
welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you.
Spitfire
Tally-ho! 19:30, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
Please stop using Wikipedia to advertise, we do not accept promotional material. Please also read our FAQ for companies who wish to edit "their" Wikipedia pages. Regards, Spitfire Tally-ho! 19:34, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
The article already has an unbiased section explaining this: see Starbucks#Fair trade. The problem with your edit is the promotional tone of the text, rather than the actuality of the statements. Let me know if you need anything else, Spitfire Tally-ho! 19:38, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
Why can't I edit Wikipedia?
Your account's edits and/or username indicate that it is being used on behalf of a company, group, or organization for purposes of promotion and/or publicity. The edits may have violated one or more of our rules on spamming, which include: adding inappropriate external links, posting advertisements, and using Wikipedia for promotion. Although Wikipedia has a great many articles on companies, groups, and organizations, it is considered inappropriate for such groups to use Wikipedia to write about themselves. In addition, usernames like yours are disallowed under our username policy.
- Am I allowed to make these edits if I change my username?
Probably not. See Wikipedia:FAQ/Organization for a helpful list of frequently asked questions by people in your position. Also, review the conflict of interest guidance to see the kinds of limitations you would have to obey if you did want to continue editing about your company, group, or organization. If this does not fit in with your goals, then you will not be allowed to edit again. Consider using one of the many websites that allow this instead.
- What can I do now?
You are still welcome to write about something other than your company or organization. If you do intend to make useful contributions on some other topic, you must convince a Wikipedia administrator that you mean it. To that end, please do the following:
- Add the text
{{ unblock-spamun|Your proposed new username|Your reason here}}below this message box. - Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with a new username you are willing to use. See Special:Listusers to search for available usernames. Your new username will need to meet our username policy.
- Replace the text "Your reason here" with your reason to be unblocked. In this reason, you must:
- 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.
Please stop. If you continue to
add promotional material to Wikipedia, as you did to
Starbucks, you will be
blocked from editing.
Goodvac (
talk) 19:46, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
StarbucksCoffeeFreshForYou ( block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser ( log))
Request reason:
I am a worker of the Starbucks company, and Wikipedia needs to know about our delicious coffee.
Decline reason:
yes, well thats known as advertising. We don't allow that Jac16888 Talk 15:46, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
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StarbucksCoffeeFreshForYou ( block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser ( log))
Request reason:
This is unjust. I am payed very good money for my job, and you all do this to me. Well, I am going back to work.
Decline reason:
Clearly justified block. Plus, you're going back to work. So go. Smashville talk 20:29, 10 February 2010 (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.