Michael0202

Blocked

Your account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia, because it has been identified as an account used for promotion of a company or group, with a username that implies that this has been done by that company or group. See Wikipedia:FAQ/Organization and Wikipedia:Conflict of interest.

This kind of activity is considered spamming and is forbidden by Wikipedia policies. In addition, the use of a username like yours violates our username policy.

You may appeal this block by adding the text {{unblock|your reason here}} below or emailing the administrator who blocked you.

Your reason should include your response to this issue and a new username you wish to adopt that does not violate our username policy (specifically, understand that accounts are for individuals, not companies or groups, and that your username should reflect this). Usernames that have already been taken are listed here.

—Mizu onna sango15^Hello! 02:39, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

{unblock|I understand that I need to change the username, please change it to michael0202. I don't agree that the article is spam (as confirmed by Orangemike's removal of the db-spam tag), it is, however, an article I'm still working on by editing the tone and adding further 3rd party sources -- that's why I placed it on my userpage}

Spam in User:Whitestein/Whitestein Information Technology Group

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Unblock request

You don't seem to be trying to harm the encyclopaedia, and (the COI page aside) I don't have a problem giving Sandstein the thumbs-up for unblocking you. However, I think your article was slightly promotional in tone. And, because of your username, it appeared you had a conflict of interest when you created it—further adding to the issue. I'd say about 75-80% of spam articles are created by a user who has the same name as the company title/person's name. (That didn't influence the block or the speedy tag, but it made it all the more likely that you were a spam account.) As long as you make sure you review WP:SPAM, WP:COI, and WP:CSD, I think you'll be fine. Cheers, —Mizu onna sango15^Hello! 04:33, 8 January 2009 (UTC).