User talk:Arnoldwillsrutland

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I find it unfair for Wikipedia to have removed my article for reasons of promotion and marketing. I would like to speak in my defence in clarifying that I am not marketing or promoting any products or a company. I am submitting history of a leather manufacturing company based and brought up in England, UK. Lambournes Sophos. Please look to re-instate my account, so I could make this contribution on Wikipedia.

Speedy deletion nomination of User:Arnoldwillsrutland/sandbox


A tag has been placed on your user page, User:Arnoldwillsrutland/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 appears to be advertising which only promotes or publicises someone or something. Promotional editing of any kind is not permitted, whether it be promotion of a person, company, product, group, service, belief, or anything else. This is a violation of our policies regarding acceptable use of user pages — user pages are intended for active editors of Wikipedia to communicate with one another as part of the process of creating encyclopedic content, and should not be mistaken for free webhosting resources or advertising space. Please read the guidelines on spam, the guidelines on user pages, and, especially, our FAQ for Organizations.

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December 2021
 Your account has been blocked indefinitely from editing because of the following problems: the account has been used for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia, and your username indicates that the account represents a business, organisation, group, or web site, which is against the username policy.

You may request a change of name and unblock if you intend to make useful contributions other than promoting your business or organization. To do this, first search Special:CentralAuth for available usernames that comply with the username policy. Once you have found an acceptable username, post the text at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with your new username and replace the text "Your reason here" with your reasons to be unblocked. In your reasons, you must:
 * Disclose any compensation you may receive for your contributions in accordance with the Paid-contribution disclosure requirement.
 * Convince us that you understand the reason for your block and that you will not repeat the kind of edits for which you were blocked.
 * Describe in general terms the contributions that you intend to make if you are unblocked.

Appeals: If, after reviewing the guide to appealing blocks, you believe this block was made in error, you may appeal it by adding the text at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your reason here" with the reasons you believe the block was an error, and publish the page. HJ Mitchell &#124; Penny for your thoughts? 12:51, 2 December 2021 (UTC)

Hi Arnoldwillsrutland. The problems with your editing so far are these: your proposed article doesn't show any indication of notability (see WP:GNG and WP:NCORP), the wording has elements of marketing puffery and your username indicates a conflict of interest in writing neutrally about this subject. I note you say you are not writing promotional material, but given your obvious association with this business you really shouldn't be adding material on it at all. If it is genuinely a notable organisation someone else will no doubt write an article about someday.

So where does that leave your unblock appeal? Blocks on Wikipedia are preventative, so to be unblocked you'd need to show that there wouldn't be a repeat of the edits that brought about the block. That means agreeing not to write about subjects with which you have a conflict of interest, plus giving some indication of what kind of other kids of edits you'd like to make. In your case you'd also need to convince any administrator who reviews your request that you understand the policies on notability, reliable sourcing and COI. If you are employed by Arnold Wills or anyone else to write articles, you will also need to comply with this policy which requires disclosure of who is paying for what. And lastly, you would need an okay from the blocking administrator.

I understand if all this seems like a lot of work, but your edit history so far really does suggest that you are here to promote a business. A fair amount of work is therefore required to turn this around. Up to you - I'll leave this unblock request on hold for a while so there's time to respond. -- Euryalus (talk) 09:10, 14 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your response and comments . I do agree to your proposal and I agree not to write about subjects which could cause a conflict of interest. Please remove my block and reinstate my account. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arnoldwillsrutland (talk • contribs)


 * You've made a few mistakes on this page which I have taken the liberty to correct:
 * Please don't insert additional requests when there is still one open and pending review. I've deleted your duplicate unblock.
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reply to Thank you, I am awaiting for my account to be reinstated.

Thank you --Arnoldwillsrutland (talk) 15:27, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

You wrote a fairly long page about your company, full of such language as "highest level of skill" and "well-respected". You were clearly and unambiguously promoting the company, and if you honestly think you weren't then you are so unable to see the nature of your own writing as to cast doubt on your ability to contribute neutrally in future. However, if you would like to make any comment about that then I will be willing to consider it. JBW (talk) 21:59, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

On the 14th of December you put this unblock request on hold pending a comment from, but I can't find any evidence that you notified him. My inclination is to decline the block, in view of my comment above and the lack of response to it from Arnoldwillsrutland, but do either of you have any opinion on the matter? JBW (talk) 21:27, 10 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Arnoldwillsrutland, unfortunately neither of the administrators I have mentioned above has edited within the last few weeks, so we may not get a response soon. 😕 However, I will leave it as it is for now, to give them a chance to answer. JBW (talk) 21:31, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
 * hi, by coincidence was logged on to look something up and saw the ping. I think I notified HJ Mitchell by email, but sorry I cannot check from where I am. Either way I've handed in my admin tools to focus on studying, so am happy with however you resolve this unblock appeal. All the best. -- Euryalus (talk) 01:25, 11 February 2022 (UTC)