TomRoskilly

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Orphaned non-free media (File:Domain Security - Key Fob.jpg)

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Your submission at Articles for creation

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File permission problem with File:Domain Safe.jpg

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Speedy deletion nomination of Frank Domains

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A tag has been placed on Frank Domains, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.

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February 2013

Hello, TomRoskilly. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may need to consider our guidance on conflicts of interest.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about ensuring their edits are verified by reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of problems:

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• Be cautious about deletion discussions. Everyone is welcome to provide information about independent sources in deletion discussions, but avoid advocating for deletion of articles about your competitors.
• Avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam).
• Exercise great caution so that you do not accidentally breach Wikipedia's content policies.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. As someone connected with Frank Domains you should not be editing articles related to it on Wikipedia. Please stop. Bob Re-born (talk) 22:11, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of File:Domain Safe.jpg

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Speedy deletion nomination of Domain Security

If this is the first article that you have created, you may want to read the guide to writing your first article.

You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.

A tag has been placed on Domain Security, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.

If you think that your page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the page be "userfied" or emailed to you. Bob Re-born (talk) 22:13, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

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 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.  (✉→BWilkins←✎) 22:20, 15 February 2013 (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).

TomRoskilly (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:

Dear Wikipedia and Editors, I sincerely apologise for what I mistook for standard Wikipedia practice. Having followed your comments and deletion reasons, I can now see where I went wrong. I assumed that http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Technological_company_stubs and all it's stubs were legitimate means of providing information on a company. I can see that my approach was definitely spammy and promotional. Wikipedia is the leading source of information online, It has many company profiles and product information in its databases. I wrongly assumed that I could just pop the company that I work for on and raise their profile somewhat. Domain security is an actual service provided by a number of different Domain registrars, so I believed that I was actually adding to the knowledge-base on that account. I believe that Frank Domains should be rewritten completely, as I think that the tone was completely wrong. Please do not block me. I made some rather fundamental errors, completely going against the purpose of Wikipedia. I will endeavour to remain within the remit of an appropriate article from this point on, especially as I feel rather embarrassed and annoyed with myself for letting it get this far. I can see from my talk page that I had fair warning, but I didn't notice them until too late. I have also apologised to my company for getting them struck off Wikipedia, they are definitely not happy about. I intend on reading the guide to writing your first article immediately, which in all honesty I should have just read in the first place. Apologies again. If I am allowed to remain on Wikipedia, would it be possible to enlist your help in recreating the articles, as I no longer have faith in my method. I was unaware that feedback and assistance in creating an article was possible. Another example of how clueless I have been throughout this whole episode. Yours Sincerely Tom Roskilly

Decline reason:

Although I am the blocking admin, I am declining this procedurally: we've been waiting for responses for well over a week, and nothing is forthcoming. A new unblock request can be made, provided it responds to all of the discussion below and is WP:GAB-compliant (✉→BWilkins←✎) 21:36, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

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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.

If unblocked, do you intend to continue writing articles about your employer? If so, please read WP:COI and describe how you plan on declaring your conflict of interest, and how you plan on writing an unbiased, non-promotional article. If you don't intend to continue writing an article with which you have a conflict of interest, then please describe what other activities you plan on doing. ‑Scottywong| yak _ 14:56, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

I was about to decline - then realized that I'm the blocking admin. From the above unblock, it appears I was 100% correct with this block: your intent is to WP:SPAM this project. There is already a slight description of the hijacking of the .gl domain in that article - that's sufficient for an encyclopedia. Frank Domains is a minor league, non-notable company, and there's no need for such on Wikipedia (it's an encyclopedia, not a business directory). Domain security is questionable - its a slight step up from a dictionary definition, and that's being generous. As your sole intent is to promote your company and your "product" - even though you claim to have read the relevant policies - there's no real need to have you on Wikipedia (✉→BWilkins←✎) 10:40, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

My Intentions going forward

I have spent the week going through as much of WP's guidelines and general MO as I could lay my hands on. I understand that I came onto Wikipedia for the wrong reasons. As far as I was concerned, WP was where I came for all my info, so it seemed the logical place to post info of my employer. In all honesty, there is no pressing reason for me, in this capacity, to use WP, other than to tweek various industry pages to ensure that they remain current and accurate.

I would still like Wikipedia to have information relating to Frank Domains, but it is clear that I am not the person to create such an article. I have not hidden my agenda from the start, so in maters of conflicts of interest, I am more than willing to state my relationship to the material (employee of business). I would definitely offer up any contributions for review before making potential COI revisions, something I intend to do with anything I write. It seems to be the best way to ensure a fully researched and unbiased article.

The topics which I am most saddened to see deleted are as follows:

• Frank Domains
• Domain Security
• .gl Gloucestershire Domain

As mentioned above, I am not really in any position to start creating a Frank Domains page, but I am keen to submit Domain Security and .gl to be reviewed by a bunch of editors. They are not covered in much detail, but I think it is important that they are allowed to be addressed.

I can provide any information pertaining to these subjects as well as where to find the various morsels of information ( as mentioned they are scantily covered...in the literary sense).

Please respond with further suggestions or questions pertaining to my new intentions. Thank you all for being so patient with me.

‑TomRoskilly‑(Talk) 11:09, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Frank Domains is a company profiting from the sale of the .gl domain in the UK, and the domain security devices. Given your position in the company there is no way you should be writing anything about these. I think the only way you are likely to get unblocked is by promising to stay away from the entire topic of internet domains. --Bob Re-born (talk) 23:57, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

That is a definite possibility, one which I would like to discuss. It seems to be THE logical step forward after my disregard for Wikipedian values, except in terms of practicality. As an expert in a certain field am I only allowed to edit in articles which are unrelated to my expert knowledge? Please advise. ‑TomRoskilly‑(Talk)15:26, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

There is a definite difference between "editing a subject matter within your area of knowledge" and "making edits that highlight or promote my work or my business". For example, as I note above, the highjacking of the .gl domain is a pretty minor concept overall. You can write about encyclopedic subjects that you have knowledge about - you can neither promote an entity or concept, nor can you link to you or your business, especially as a source (✉→BWilkins←✎) 17:52, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

OK, I can appreciate that difference. For future knowledge, can I ask what you meant in regards to the .gl domain hijacking? Was that a breach of wiki values, or was it removed due to my block? Thank you for taking the time to help me like this, it is extremely appreciated. ‑TomRoskilly‑(Talk)13:16, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Second Chance Appropriate?

In my ( non-admin and back row of the peanut gallery) opinion, template:second chance might be appropriate here. Just my $0.02. Tazerdadog (talk) 06:46, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

He's a COI spammer, whose post block comments have not demonstrated an understanding of the wrongdoing or any intention to change if unblocked. --Bob Re-born (talk) 17:37, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

Out of interest, what would you class as intention to change? I am engaging with you to learn how to improve my practices, I have accepted that what I did was wrong and not in keeping with the values upheld by Wikipedia and I haven't just rerouted my IP, created a new account and started up again. I am here willing and actively learning, taking time out of my busy day so that I can learn how to use Wikipedia with honesty, integrity and without Conflicts of Interest. I am very grateful to you all for taking time out of your busy days to help me to become a better Wikipedia user, but what is the point of your efforts to enlighten me if I'm not allowed to return to Wikipedia where I can use this new knowledge?

Having re-read this message, I realise that it may come across as aggressive. This is not the case, I would not assume to be anything but contrite in this situation. Thank you again for your help. ‑TomRoskilly‑(Talk)13:46, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Domain Security concern

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Your draft article, Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Domain Security

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