You should wait for others to write an article about subjects in which you are personally involved, instead of writing it yourself. This applies to articles about you, your achievements, your band, your business, your publications, your website, your relatives, and any other possible
conflict of interest.
Creating an article about yourself is strongly discouraged. If you create such an article, it might be listed on articles for deletion. Deletion is not certain, but many feel strongly that you should not start articles about yourself. This is because independent creation encourages independent validation of both significance and verifiability. All edits to articles must conform to Wikipedia:No original research, Wikipedia:Neutral point of view, and Wikipedia:Verifiability.
If you are not "notable" under Wikipedia guidelines, creating an article about yourself may violate the policy that Wikipedia is not a personal webspace provider and would thus qualify for speedy deletion. If your achievements, etc., are verifiable and genuinely notable, and thus suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later. (See Wikipedia:Wikipedians with articles.) Thank you. -- Orange Mike | Talk 00:48, 18 June 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. Wikipedia has many articles on companies, groups, and organizations, but 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.
-- Orange Mike | Talk 00:48, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
{{
unblock-spamun|uscceleste|my goal in using the previous name was to allow others to use the account to perform updates. The proposed name is a personal username that I think complies better with wikipedia's guidelines. Two Mountain is not my company, but rather my first winery post. If you look at my update history, I have also been adding reference to wine AVA information, not associated with any particular company at all. I used over 60 citations that were not influenced or written by the company I wrote about. In looking at other approved wikipedia articles and the guidelines, I thought you could write about companies as long as the information is objective and unbias. I did this by citing every piece of information. The winery industry in Washington state is massive and deserves to be addressed. Please reconsider. Thank you for your time.}}
- You are not permitted to share your account, as per the username policy, and you may not create articles about an entity with which you are involved, as per conflict of interest. You also need to ensure that any citations are considered to be from neutral, third party reliable sources. An important note about links: Wikipedia is not a WP:LINKFARM, so carefully consider any links that are added to any article. ( talk→ BWilkins ←track) 09:30, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
With this new personal username, I will not allow others to edit under this name. I am not nor have ever been paid by the winery, rather I am currently a student. I have a passion for the industry and believe that the large books like southebys do not have the space to devote to covering smaller wineries which are the base of the artistic side of winemaking above the industry giants who mass produce whatever will sell with a cute label. I used a large number of links to establish the required notarity as well as used quotes to establish the lack bias on my, the authors part. I used industry reviews as well as customer reviews since that is how the industry is judged. In order to stay away from using my opinion, I cited to the opinion of respected members of the wine community and travel industry. The pdf images included are images from the magazines, which are unavailable in that format from the web, not merely business source materials. I would love the ability to edit the article I spent so much time on to be approprate to wikipedia standards; however, at the minimum, I would like the ability to continue adding reliable sources to other articles, such as US government document links. In the past I have loved wikipedia as a source of reliable information that could help me add valuable primary source material. My lean toward over citation is from being an editor for a legal journal in which plagarism is the primary concern. I believe wikipedia also has this concern and should appreciate the addition of primary source material. Primary source material increases reliability and reduces the risk of plagarism. And I believe it is slightly hypocritcal to allow your editors to create articles about their employers, which are not "notable" while just deleting other users for a mere suspicion of the same behavior. And the fact that I asked for review, I actually thought I would recieve help making my time and effort in an article toward making it suitable, should show my good will in complying with the standards of NOT having an advertisment. Please note there are NO product claims on the site that are my opinion WHATSOEVER. — Preceding
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Brothers Rawn (
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I have requested a username change. Thank you for unblocking me. Is there anything more I need to do or may I continue making valuable edits? Brothers Rawn ( talk) 05:26, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
You should wait for others to write an article about subjects in which you are personally involved, instead of writing it yourself. This applies to articles about you, your achievements, your band, your business, your publications, your website, your relatives, and any other possible
conflict of interest.
Creating an article about yourself is strongly discouraged. If you create such an article, it might be listed on articles for deletion. Deletion is not certain, but many feel strongly that you should not start articles about yourself. This is because independent creation encourages independent validation of both significance and verifiability. All edits to articles must conform to Wikipedia:No original research, Wikipedia:Neutral point of view, and Wikipedia:Verifiability.
If you are not "notable" under Wikipedia guidelines, creating an article about yourself may violate the policy that Wikipedia is not a personal webspace provider and would thus qualify for speedy deletion. If your achievements, etc., are verifiable and genuinely notable, and thus suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later. (See Wikipedia:Wikipedians with articles.) Thank you. -- Orange Mike | Talk 00:48, 18 June 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. Wikipedia has many articles on companies, groups, and organizations, but 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.
-- Orange Mike | Talk 00:48, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
{{
unblock-spamun|uscceleste|my goal in using the previous name was to allow others to use the account to perform updates. The proposed name is a personal username that I think complies better with wikipedia's guidelines. Two Mountain is not my company, but rather my first winery post. If you look at my update history, I have also been adding reference to wine AVA information, not associated with any particular company at all. I used over 60 citations that were not influenced or written by the company I wrote about. In looking at other approved wikipedia articles and the guidelines, I thought you could write about companies as long as the information is objective and unbias. I did this by citing every piece of information. The winery industry in Washington state is massive and deserves to be addressed. Please reconsider. Thank you for your time.}}
- You are not permitted to share your account, as per the username policy, and you may not create articles about an entity with which you are involved, as per conflict of interest. You also need to ensure that any citations are considered to be from neutral, third party reliable sources. An important note about links: Wikipedia is not a WP:LINKFARM, so carefully consider any links that are added to any article. ( talk→ BWilkins ←track) 09:30, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
With this new personal username, I will not allow others to edit under this name. I am not nor have ever been paid by the winery, rather I am currently a student. I have a passion for the industry and believe that the large books like southebys do not have the space to devote to covering smaller wineries which are the base of the artistic side of winemaking above the industry giants who mass produce whatever will sell with a cute label. I used a large number of links to establish the required notarity as well as used quotes to establish the lack bias on my, the authors part. I used industry reviews as well as customer reviews since that is how the industry is judged. In order to stay away from using my opinion, I cited to the opinion of respected members of the wine community and travel industry. The pdf images included are images from the magazines, which are unavailable in that format from the web, not merely business source materials. I would love the ability to edit the article I spent so much time on to be approprate to wikipedia standards; however, at the minimum, I would like the ability to continue adding reliable sources to other articles, such as US government document links. In the past I have loved wikipedia as a source of reliable information that could help me add valuable primary source material. My lean toward over citation is from being an editor for a legal journal in which plagarism is the primary concern. I believe wikipedia also has this concern and should appreciate the addition of primary source material. Primary source material increases reliability and reduces the risk of plagarism. And I believe it is slightly hypocritcal to allow your editors to create articles about their employers, which are not "notable" while just deleting other users for a mere suspicion of the same behavior. And the fact that I asked for review, I actually thought I would recieve help making my time and effort in an article toward making it suitable, should show my good will in complying with the standards of NOT having an advertisment. Please note there are NO product claims on the site that are my opinion WHATSOEVER. — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Brothers Rawn (
talk •
contribs)
I have requested a username change. Thank you for unblocking me. Is there anything more I need to do or may I continue making valuable edits? Brothers Rawn ( talk) 05:26, 2 August 2010 (UTC)