WikiSolar

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Proposed deletion of Wiki-Solar

The article Wiki-Solar has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

No evidence of notability. Not a single independent source mentioning Wiki-Solar is cited, and none has been found on searching.

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You have been blocked indefinitely from editing. Your username indicates that the account represents an organisation, which is also against Wikipedia policy, as a Wikipedia account is only for an individual person. In addition, much of your editing has apparently been aimed at promoting or publicising the web site of that organisation, which is also against policy. Wikipedia is not a medium for promotion.

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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 not a company or an organisation. I provide an independent information service, which is widely used and non-commercial.

Decline reason:

We don't get to insert links to our own websites into Wikipedia articles. Regarding the username, perhaps the block notice needs to be updated; WP:ORGNAME policy also disallows names of websites. --jpgordon^{::==( o )} 18:29, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

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For the same reason the proposed page should also not be deleted. I am amazed that you say you can find no independent references to this information service. I suggest you look for example at Renewable Energy Focus (two references), PV Magazine (six references), PV Tech etc.

You administrators seem to have pretty draconian powers. They should be used with care. If an alterative username would prevent this problem in the future, I am open to that.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by WikiSolar (talk • contribs) 18:12, 17 December 2012‎

Thanks for mentioning "Renewable Energy Focus", "PV Magazine", & "PV Tech". It is, of course, far easier to find what you are looking for if you know where to look for it, and with that help I have found a few mentions of Wiki-Solar. However, they looked at best like brief news reports of information which happens to have been provided by Wiki-Solar, not really substantial coverage of Wiki-Solar itself, and at worst like press releases. I also see that Renewable Energy Focus's description of itself includes the statement "Whether your company is active in renewable or clean energy wishing to reach potential users of your products and services, or whether your company is part of the innovative renewable energy value chain helping renewable product manufacturers bring down the cost of their own offerings, then Renewable Energy Focus is the ideal vehicle for you to reach them." That gives the impression of being a business promotion service, rather than an independent source. However, it may well be that you can give more specific references to substantial independent coverage of Wiki-Solar. If so, please do so, since that will establish notability, and the article will not be deleted. Giving the names of the publications in question has helped me to track down some mentions of Wiki-Solar, but if you can give exact citations, rather than just the names of the publications, that is likely to be even more helpful. JamesBWatson (talk) 19:38, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

These publications are recognised by those in the sector as highly reputable sources. Of course trade publications need support from the industry, so your quote from REF is unsurprising and not an indication that it is 'a business promotion service'. I have referenced a few specific extracts (where the urls for pvmagazine need changing to pv-magazine - they appear to be blocked too?!). I'm not sure why you want 'coverage of Wiki-Solar' - the aim is to disseminate the information, not to promote the name. Anyway it is all immaterial now I have been blocked so can't save or improve the article. I'm starting to see why Wikipedia's accuracy is the butt of so many jokes - those with no access to the facts are given free rein to edit with impunity; while those who have genuine links to information sources get barred!

WikiSolar (talk) 15:34, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

Nomination of Wiki-Solar for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Wiki-Solar is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wiki-Solar until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.

Femke (talk) 18:10, 7 September 2022 (UTC)