BDoeren (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))
Request reason:
To whom it may concern, I would like to be unblocked because I am a real person, with real intentions to write about the history of the company, MindFox Productions, LLC. This is not a promotion, this is a list of the projects, founders, and history behind the company. If Microsoft, Apple, and Facebook, which are all companies, can have wikipedia pages, then so can we. I am requesting to be unblocked, and for my MindFox Productions page to be reinstated, as it fits with all the wikipedia guidelines and therefore under the rules that Wikipedia has set out, deserves to be a page. Thank you for your time and consideration, and I look forward to having my username and page reinstated and continuing to contribute to the world of Wikipedia. Sincerely, Burke Doeren BDoeren (talk) 21:42, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
Decline reason:
We don't get to write about ourselves or our companies on Wikipedia. As far as your article fitting with "all the Wikipedia guidelines", you might be unfamiliar with our policies regarding copyright; cutting and pasting from [1] is not in compliance with policy. You might be unfamiliar with out policy of neutral point of view, given your insertion of prose such as "Brenda Markstein is without a doubt a major factor in the driving force behind the MindFox success story.". --jpgordon::==( o ) 22:06, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
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Speedy deletion nomination of MindFox Productions
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A tag has been placed on MindFox Productions requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about an organization or company, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.
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Why can't I edit Wikipedia?
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