LDecosmo

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Orphaned non-free image File:CTSS Poster Comp012011Final.pdf

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August 2012

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for advertising or self-promoting in violation of the conflict of interest and notability guidelines. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding below this notice the text {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Max Semenik (talk) 19:52, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (File:Ulta-Lit Technologies, Inc..jpg)

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Unblock

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).

LDecosmo (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:

Hi, I see that I have been blocked for what was seen as advertising/spam. However, I attempted to build Ulta-Lit Technologies, Inc.'s page after Ulta Cosmetics and simply thought to better understand the company, a description of the products Ulta-Lit distributes may need to be out there. I am an employee of the company, but did attempt to write unbiased and factual information. I did not vandalize any one's site/page. I would like to attempt to rebuild,while taking your point of view into consideration a bit further, and create the pages with more sources. I believe adding more sources may be the solution. As a contributor to wikipedia (and a loyal user for any questions), I can assure you I have the best intentions of providing information. I was not trying to advertise. I will admit that I am an infrequent contributor and more of a user for answers, so did use those pages as a learning experience and gateway into how Wikipedia works including how people contribute. I will adjust accordingly and try my best to rebuild without the impression of advertising if given the opportunity. Thank you for your time and consideration. Sincerely.

Decline reason:

Your username implies that you are more than just "an employee" and are likely responsible for marketing and publicity. Your unblock request doesn't fill me with confidence that you have read or understood the guideline Wikipedia:Conflict of interest or the criteria a company must meet before meriting an article on Wikipedia, as described in Wikipedia:Notability and more specifically WP:CORP. The fact that you state an intention to continue attempting to create an article about your company reveals that you don't actually understand how Wikipedia works. Please review the documents I linked, explain how your company meets or fails to meet Wikipedia's inclusion criteria, and describe how you intend to contribute to Wikipedia if you can't write about your company. ~Amatulić (talk) 17:47, 15 August 2012 (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).

LDecosmo (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:

As ironic as it sounds, being blocked was very beneficial. I feel the recommended articles helped me gain the understanding of Wikipedia I was looking for months ago when creating the deleted pages. I now understand fully why the pages were deleted. It was not necessarily for advertising, but for many reasons in actuality. 1) The articles I attempted to create were not notable. 2) As an employee, I am too close to the subject of the article. 3) I created branch-off articles which Wikipedia advises not to do. I am sure there may be other issues, but those points stood out to me in the articles you had attached for reference. I understand the cause for deletion and the denial of the unblock request. As stated in the unblock request, it was with the best intentions that I wrote the articles. However, I also understand the benefit of preventing users from contributing to their own interests. That alone would keep articles unbiased. I turn to Wikipedia for many answers to various questions and now realize that if I, along with numerous other users wrote only on our interests, our information may inevitably be biased/one-sided even if the intention were other wise. Therefore, these policies protect the legitimacy and credibility of the content. If these policies weren't in place, I might not have become a loyal user/reader as I am today. I want to be clear that I understand that I, nor any other employee, should not write our own article, nor ask anyone to write it for us. An individual must write it on their own eliminating the possibility of the information involved being biased or influenced. I will make sure as I contribute to Wikipedia to use reliable sources that are independent of the subject and only add notable content. As I just learned, I did exactly what WP:Corp says not to do which is to "avoid creating multiple stubs" about each individual product. It comes down to, I did not do ENOUGH research in order to learn the proper policies of Wikipedia and the standard procedures of its contributors. Sincerely.

Decline reason:

No response to the question below in 10 days. Please answer it, and then make a new unblock request. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 10:31, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

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Just to be clear, will you be editing or creating any articles about subjects with which you have a conflict of interest if you are unblocked? Hersfold non-admin^(t/a/c) 21:12, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use File:LightKeeper Pro.jpeg

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