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Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (July 17)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by DoubleGrazing were: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.

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DoubleGrazing (talk) 10:19, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

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July 2023

Hello, I'm DoubleGrazing. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions have been undone because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted; Wikipedia articles should be written objectively, using independent sources, and from a neutral perspective. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. DoubleGrazing (talk) 10:20, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of User:Ko-wiki/sandbox

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A tag has been placed on User:Ko-wiki/sandbox, 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, group, product, service, person, or point of view 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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July 2023

Your account has been indefinitely blocked from editing because your account has been used for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia. Also, your username indicates that the account represents a business, organisation, group, or web site, which is against the username policy.

If you intend to make useful contributions instead of promoting your business or organization, you may request unblock and a username change. In your reasons, you must:

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This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without a good reason (see the blocking policy). Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

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Requested username:

Michael_Fad (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

I'm the founder of Konectin Inc a startup launchig this month of July, the information written in the article isn't for promotion but to enlighten the public about the startup like every other organization does. I wasn't paid for this because it's my startup and it's to inform not promote thanks

Decline reason:

Your proposed username looks okay. I do not have much to add beyond DoubleGrazing's comments below. You will not be unblocked to write about your business. If that is your only goal, this is the end of the line. PhilKnight (talk) 19:06, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

Ko-wiki (talk) 17:49, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

(Non-administrator comment)

Hi,

While waiting for an admin to come around to consider your unblock request, I'll explain a few points:

1. Yes, your draft was promotional. Promotional doesn't mean just 'selling' something, it also means "enlighten[ing] the public", as you put it. See WP:YESPROMO.
2. Since you are writing about your own company, you almost certainly stand to gain financially from promoting it, and therefore you do come under our paid editing rules, even if nobody is paying you expressly to write this specific article.
3. On a more general note, Wikipedia is neither a promotional platform, nor ever the first to report on something. We only summarise what other, independent and reliable sources have said about a subject. This means that it can be very difficult to get an article about a startup business accepted into the encyclopaedia, because there simply aren't enough secondary sources to summarise. (I'm not saying this is categorically the case with your business; only making a general point as it may apply here.)

HTH, -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 18:02, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

I'm new to editing wiki

can you advise on the necessary steps? Ko-wiki (talk) 18:17, 18 July 2023 (UTC)