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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:

I am a new user and have never posted on wikipedia before. Once you blocked me and declined my submission I read the reasons why and reviewed the policy for posting. I understand I cannot link to outside pages, and I must make my post more neutral rather then a promotional piece. I apologize for my mistake and it will not happen again

Decline reason:

No new username selected, clear intent to continue COI editing. Yunshui ^雲_水 14:03, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

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MilesBlatstein (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

Reason I am a new user and have never posted on wikipedia before. Once you blocked me and declined my submission I read the reasons why and reviewed the policy for posting. I understand I cannot link to outside pages, and I must make my post more neutral rather then a promotional piece. I apologize for my mistake and it will not happen again. I have requested a new username because Yunshui declined my previous unblock request due to "No new username selected". I do not understand what Yunshui meant by "clear intent to continue COI editing". I plan on editing my articles to comply with the guidelines of wikipedia. I will include references, as well as reword and formate the articles to represent that of a neutral, purely information wiki entry.

Decline reason:

Per below, I don't see any interest in editing not related to your employer. Please let us know if it's not the case. Max Semenik (talk) 19:58, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

COI=conflict of interest. Problem is, we have countless instances of people posting what they quite honestly believe is neutral, unbiased information on their company/band/project/pet etc., but which to any outsider looks like marketing-speak of the worst sort. Thus, the block message above makes it very clear that you will probably not be allowed to edit about the DevOpsInstitute or related topics. Given that, you need to tell us what you plan to edit instead, since you aren't going to be permitted to write about your company any more. If you don't have any purpose here beyond writing about your company, then there is no need to unblock you. Yunshui ^雲_水 14:49, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

@Yunshui: so in what way would a page be allowed to be posted about DOI if the company cannot create the page themselves?

And why am I not allowed to post a strictly informational piece, non promotional, about DevOps Institute? Such as other companies on here that have a piece written that just has information about said company.

• Comment as someone who noticed this in passing: I've just read Draft:DevOpsInstitute.com, and oh dear, it's blatant marketing bullshit from start to finish and you should be ashamed you tried to pass it off as an encyclopedia article. I'm often amazed (not just here on Wikipedia, but in general) that people who work in marketing are often utterly blind to what is plainly obvious to the rest of us. And the answer to "...in what way would a page be allowed to be posted about DOI if the company cannot create the page themselves", the answer really should be obvious - someone else should write it! So I'll make you an offer. If you can provide sufficient reliable sources (see WP:RS) to show that DevOpsInstitute.com satisfies Wikipedia's notability standards for companies (see WP:NCORP), I'll have a go at writing an article about it. Mr Potto (talk) 16:20, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

@Mr Potto: Thank you very much for your informative response, I'm honestly new to posting and was not trying to "pass this off" as a marketing piece. My mistake for not fully reading the directives and protocols of posts prior to my post. I appreciate your offer and would be thrilled for you to do so. I hope these links satisfy the notability standards. In terms of sources, this website is a company, though a school for DevOps, I'm not sure how I would list sources. Are they necessary for a piece like this? If so, any directives, or is what I provided sufficient?

Thanks again. Here are links.

http://devops.com/2015/02/18/the-devops-institute-heralds-the-dawn-of-enterprise-class-devops-training-and-certification/ http://www.prweb.com/releases/2015/02/prweb12523709.htm http://www.itsmacademy.com/doi-devops-institute/ http://www.fiercedevops.com/story/devops-institute-bring-training-enterprises/2015-02-19 http://cloudcomputing.sys-con.com/node/3309338

I hope these satisfy the requirements. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DevOpsDotCom (talk • contribs) 16:47, 29 June 2015‎

I don't believe they do. Those are thin repostings of the press release. The Dissident Aggressor 16:54, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

• They look to me just like press releases (and as The Dissident Aggressor says, repostings of such), and I don't think there would be any real chance that an article sourced to just those would survive a deletion review. What we'd need is for the company to have "received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject" (see WP:GNG), like mainstream press sources, newspapers, etc. Some industry-specific sources would probably be acceptable, but only if carrying independent coverage rather than reporting on the company's own press releases. Mr Potto (talk) 17:24, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:DevOpsInstitute.com

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A tag has been placed on Draft:DevOpsInstitute.com requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article or image appears to be a clear copyright infringement. This article or image appears to be a direct copy from http://devopsinstitute.com/. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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{{OTRS pending}}

I have struck the {{OTRS pending}} template. This template goes on the article talk page, not on your user page. I will notify the deleting admin @RHaworth: that OTRS ticket 2015062910017443 has been received and appears to be in order. --B (talk) 13:29, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

Even if the text is released with an appropriate license for reuse, what was in Draft:DevOpsInstitute.com when I saw it was completely unsuitable for a Wikipedia article - it would have been a G11 speedy delete as an article, even if G12 was not applicable. Mr Potto (talk) 14:44, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

• I agree. The OTRS ticket was pointless - the text was totally unsuitable. — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 16:17, 30 June 2015 (UTC)