DanielBerry41

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December 2018

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for advertising or promotion. From your contributions, this seems to be your only purpose.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  -- Dlohcierekim (talk) 20:12, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

DanielBerry41 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

Hello, I would love to contribute to Wikipedia in a productive way as a representative of my company. I apologize if my post appeared promotional; I simply added a .44 Russian ammunition manufacturer to the list and linked to one of our .44 Russian ammunition boxes to give users a reference for what the ammunition looks like. I noticed one of our competitors (Midway USA) added a link to the article that wasn't helpful in any way and simply goes back to their main website, while our link was directly related to .44 Russian ammunition. I'm not sure how to update my user name, however, I'll update my signature and look forward to any other direction on how I can contribute without being in violation of Wikipedia's guidelines. Thank you.

Accept reason:

per unblock discussion. welcome back -- Dlohcierekim (talk) 20:38, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

If you

wish to edit in some manner other than promoting your business, we can consider unblocking. However, your present username is problematic is that it is a role account. Please choose a user name representative of you as an individual rather than as a cog in a wheel.-- Dlohcierekim (talk) 20:17, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

If you tell us what user name you'd like, I can rename you. However, you must not edit about or link to your company. Please describe the constructive edits you would make. All content must be cited from reliable sources that are unconnected with the subject and have a reputation for fact checking.-- Dlohcierekim (talk) 20:28, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

If DanielBerry41 is available, I'd like that. I will definitely not edit our company or link to products. I would just like to contribute edits and information related to firearms, ammunition, gun parts, gun accessories, etc. (For example, giving some historical background on the history of the AR-15's design.) Am I allowed to link back to blog posts, if they they directly relate to the edits/information? Thank you. Daniel at Cheaper Than Dirt (talk) 20:32, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

Generally, blogs are not reliable sources. You can ask about a particular blog at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard. I will proceed now with the renaming.-- Dlohcierekim (talk) 20:35, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

Got it, thank you very much. DanielBerry41 (talk) 20:40, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

globally renamed CheaperThanDirt1 to DanielBerry41

globally renamed CheaperThanDirt1 to DanielBerry41-- Dlohcierekim  (talk) 20:38, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Cheaper Than Dirt! (January 11)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by SamHolt6 was:  The comment the reviewer left was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

• If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Cheaper Than Dirt! and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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SamHolt6 (talk) 00:38, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

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Editing with a possible paid conflict of interest

Hello DanielBerry41. The nature of your edits gives the impression you have an undisclosed financial stake in promoting a topic, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a category of conflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Undisclosed paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on neutral point of view and what Wikipedia is not, and is an especially egregious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to black-hat SEO.

Paid advocates are very strongly discouraged from direct article editing, and should instead propose changes on the talk page of the article in question if an article exists, and if it does not, from attempting to write an article at all. At best, any proposed article creation should be submitted through the articles for creation process, rather than directly.

Regardless, if you are receiving or expect to receive compensation for your edits, broadly construed, you are required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at User:DanielBerry41. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=DanielBerry41|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. If I am mistaken – you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits – please state that in response to this message. Otherwise, please provide the required disclosure. In either case, do not edit further until you answer this message. --SamHolt6 (talk) 00:39, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

I am not being paid compensation for my edits, but I am employed by Cheaper Than Dirt. However, I noticed the Wikipedia pages for our competitors, MidwayUSA and Sportsman's Guide, were created by company representatives. (See the history of versions and you'll notice the first person who created the page.) Furthermore, these representatives either don't have pages disclosing their affiliations (MidwayUSA) or work for a marketing agency that does get paid by the company being represented (Sportsman's Guide). To refuse our article and publish theirs is an example of blatant bias. We have millions of visitors each month, more than one million backlinks and 125,000+ ranking keywords (including No. 1 for high-level keywords like "firearms," "AR-15s," "shotguns" and more), so we are a significant company in the firearms space. I will add third-party references, despite their negative nature, and hope that will meet the guidelines. -- Daniel Berry

Are there any updates on this? I have updated and resubmitted the article. --DanielBerry41 (talk) 13:10, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Cheaper Than Dirt! (April 1)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by CNMall41 was:  The comment the reviewer left was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

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CNMall41 (talk) 18:20, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

You people are biased. Our competitors meet the same criteria as we do (if not less so) and they have Wikipedia pages, which were edited by them directly. This is a farce.

Your submission at Articles for creation: Cheaper than Dirt (May 9)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Sulfurboy was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

• If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Cheaper than Dirt and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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Sulfurboy (talk) 03:26, 9 May 2020 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Cheaper than Dirt

Hello, DanielBerry41. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Cheaper than Dirt".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:46, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

- You people are biased and flat-out evil. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.51.206.100 (talk) 13:20, 9 November 2020 (UTC)