Jcwebdev
Hello, Jcwebdev, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.
I notice that one of the first articles you edited appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.
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Unless you're talking about an equation, or a solute dissolved in a solvent, the word "solutions" is a sure sign of advertisement
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Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to add soapboxing, promotional or advertising material to Wikipedia, as you did at Energy Solutions International, you may be blocked from editing. --Orange Mike | Talk 14:17, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
Hello Jcwebdev. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Energy Solutions International, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.
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Company accounts are not permitted here
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{{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}} below this notice. Thank you. --Orange Mike | Talk 14:17, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
Jcwebdev (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))
Request reason:
My username 'jcwebdev' has nothing to do with the entry that I created (encyclopaedic, for ESI not for my own personal gain) and is my default username that I use elsewhere on the web. It in no way links to my business or line of work. As you've blocked my IP (please explain where I went wrong and I'll amend it) I can't even create a new user account.
Decline reason:
Username represents an organisation as As per BWilkins' comments below Ronhjones (Talk) 20:35, 22 December 2011 (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.
- As per the honking welcome message at the top, you have admitted that you created an entry on behalf of a client - this is massive conflict of interest. Your account - or your IP - cannot be unblocked until the community is convinced you will not create promotional articles about companies. Your username also appears to be related to a company (admittedly not the one you wrote about) but it still violates the username policy that you agreed to when you signed up. You may wish to read WP:GAB and amend the above accordingly (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 14:30, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
- Bill, please review the content that I added (might not be possible as I think OrangeMike deleted it and blocked my account). It is no more promotional than the content on any other page pertaining to a company so could we proceed like this: you unblock my IP address, I create a personal wiki account and then proceed to add the content personally. As its informative as oppose to promotional, I can't see that being a violation in terms and additionally as I've not taken payment from anyone to do this would be adding content to Wikipedia purely for the purpose of serving the community and adding knowledge to the site.
Since you don't seem to be getting it...Here are a few key questions:
- Do you understand that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and not a business directory?
- Do you understand conflict of interest?
- Do you understand that to be considered for an encyclopedia article, the subject must be notable?
You are currently blocked because your username appears directly related to a company, group or product that you have been promoting, contrary to the username policy. Changing the username will not allow you to violate the 3 important principles above. (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 17:13, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
- The article you claim was not promotional said that your client sold "solutions". Except for somebody like Sigma-Aldrich, the chemical supplier, the word "solutions" is a sure sign that you're promoting something. They may sell software, or services, or hardware, or equipment; but they don't sell "solutions". It's one of those buzzwords, like "leading vendor" and "cutting-edge" and "up-and-coming" and "revolutionary breakthrough", that tip us off that promotion is being committed. --Orange Mike | Talk 17:17, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
Ok, forgive my use of buzz words. I understand you don't run a business directory but please tell me how organizations like Starlims, Bangkok_Patana_School or Bowler_Offroad all have information about themselves published on Wikipedia? Conflict of interest is understood, I cannot add/edit this entry if I'm paid to do so but surely would be well within my right to do so from a personal standpoint on a personal account, provided the entry was notable. There were two references to independent news websites in the article that you guys deleted. Are the Sacramento Bee newspaper or BusinessWeek.com not to be considered notable?
I understand your position and your terms and condtions quite clearly now, but beyond my use of buzzwords and username seeming to pertain to my own business (not that of the entry I had created) have I done anything wrong? Can my account be unblocked in order that I make use of Wikipedia as an independent and impartial user
- Thank you for bringing those articles to our attention. WP:OTHERCRAPEXISTS can never be used as an argument against deletion/for inclusion. I would also highly doubt that those articles were written by the organizations themselves - indeed, we'll look further into those. For the final time, as it has been determined that your username clearly represents an organization, the only way to unblock would be to permit a name change (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 16:38, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
- For a name change - Add the text {{unblock-spamun|Your proposed new username|Your reason here}} to this page Ronhjones (Talk) 20:36, 22 December 2011 (UTC)