ArrowKarts

February 2009

Your account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia, because it has been identified as an account used for promotion of a company or group, with a username that implies that this has been done by that company or group. See Wikipedia:FAQ/Organization and Wikipedia:Conflict of interest.

This kind of activity is considered spamming and forbidden by policies, and also violates our username policy.

However, if you feel that there has been a mistake in your blocking, please appeal this block by adding the text {{unblock|Your reason here}} below or email the administrator who blocked you. Your reason should include your response to this issue and a new username you wish to adopt that does not violate our username policy (specifically, understand that accounts are for individuals, not companies or groups, and that your username should reflect this). Please check that your new username has not already been taken by checking this list. Kurt Shaped Box (talk) 02:05, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

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Request reason:

Hello, I was unaware that own companies cannot write about themselves and that this is classed as advertising/self promotion, my apologies. However in my defense, how can you expect anyone to write about anything without there being any kind of advertising/self promotion? The reality is anything on the Internet, including Wikipedia is a form of advertising. I did not create this article with the intention of advertising. I created this article from a neutal point of view. I understand that Wikipedia is the free encyclopedia, not a place to showcase your business, but if I didn't include the information I had written, which has been classed as advertising/self promotion im sure it wouldn’t be no where near as informative of what it is now. I ask you to read other kart manufacturers Wiki's and tell me what you think. Hopefully we can work something out. How about Octavius39 for a new username?

Decline reason:

At this time I'm going to decline your unblock request. We often go by a simple rule concerning the application of WP:COI. The rule is this: If your organization is notable enough, someone who doesn't have a vested interest probably has or eventually will write an article about it. Your suggestion that the article was written from a neutral point of view tells me that you either are intentionally being misleading or you have a poor understanding of Wikipedia's idea of a neutral point of view. The article is blatantly promotional and has no place on the project in its current state. All of this does not address the primary reason I am declining your request, however. I rarely unblock new users whose only contributions consist of either spam or the creation of promotional pages. The reason for this is simple: These users rarely have any interest in the furtherance of the project, except in whatever capacity it can benefit them and promote the subject of their article. Such is the very essence of WP:COI. If you choose in the future that you might be interested in the betterment of Wikipedia as a whole, then please request another unblock along with an explanation of what articles or functions you wish to help write or maintain. Otherwise, have a good weekend. Trusilver 07:37, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

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This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

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Request reason:

Thanks for your response Trusilver. Let me start by telling you I understand why I am in this situation now, and I accept this. As for our different views on what you & I think is a neutral point of view, we will have to agree to disagree. As for you thinking I have a minimal interest in bettering Wikipedia, I take that as an insult. I can only improve on topics that I have knowledge in, and that happens to be go karts and other motorsport like topics. Unfortunately my knowledge lies heavily under WP:COI (Personally I think my username is the COI not the information I have posted). But does this make the information not valid? I think not. I was improving the "karting" areas of Wikipedia with more relevant & accurate information. But if it has to come from someone with no vested interest, then so be it. Don't take this the wrong way, but do you really think that the people that create/edit articles about products like go karts (or most sellable products) have no vested interest? You would have to be very naive to think so even if there usernames aren't as obvious as mine.

Decline reason:

You do not seem to have read up on how things work around here. In particular, it is worth noting that Wikipedia is about verifiability, not truth. Also, the idea that people only (or even mostly) write articles about subjects they are knowledgeable in or have a vested interest in seems to miss the point as well. I am not alone in creating and editing articles about which I had zero knowledge until I saw the article in question. Wikipedia is about knowledge, not promotion, and it's about notability.

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Spam in Arrow Karts

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AfD nomination of Arrow Karts

I have nominated Arrow Karts, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arrow Karts (2nd nomination). Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.  Frank  |  talk  11:56, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

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