User talk:Bpaulsen44

--UTRSBot (talk) 17:00, 24 May 2018 (UTC)


 * I have globally renamed User:Macfreefilms to User:Bpaulsen44 as requested, and someone else will review your unblock request. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 17:46, 24 May 2018 (UTC)


 * What subject areas or articles do you intend to edit? You will need to review the conflict of interest policy and the paid editing policy. You also seem to allude to it, but do you agree to not edit about your company? 331dot (talk) 22:58, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

Then how is a company supposed to update their online presence? Everyone uses wikipedia and if the first thing they see about a company is a really dull wikipedia page with no information, what can one do about that? Get a stranger to do it?
 * Wikipedia has no interest in a company's "online presence"; it is totally irrelevant. Wikipedia articles are not controlled by a company or its representatives, see WP:OWN. What you describe as a "dull wikipedia page" is exactly what is supposed to be here. Wikipedia is not social media for a company to tell the world about itself or promote itself.  Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, that is only interested in what independent reliable sources have to say about an article subject with in depth coverage, indicating how it is notable.  In the case of a company, it must meet the notability guidelines listed at WP:ORG.  As such, not every company merits an article here, even within the same field. I understand that as a highly viewed website, Wikipedia appears highly in search results, but improving a company's "online presence" is not our concern and if that's your only goal here, you won't be unblocked.
 * As you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid writing about your company directly, instead making edit requests on the article talk page. I again ask you to review WP:COI and WP:PAID.  Complying with WP:PAID is required by Wikipedia's Terms of Use if you are a paid editor(such as editing as part of your job duties, as you indicate you are).
 * I would be willing to unblock you(assuming has no other concerns) if you:
 * agree to formally comply with WP:PAID and WP:COI
 * agree to not directly edit about your company and instead make edit requests on talk pages
 * indicate what other articles or topic areas you are interested in editing
 * Please indicate your agreement below, or if you have questions, please ask. 331dot (talk) 23:29, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
 * As asked about my concerns, I do have them. According to his posting he has admitted to be paid and that his interest is in maintaining his company page. Sorry but based on these premises i do not agree that the user should be unblocked. He does not seem to understand what Wikipedia is. Neither does his boss. If they want an "online presence" they should get their own website, or a FaceBook page, or a myriad other places instead. -- Alexf(talk) 01:27, 26 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I would tend to agree. 331dot (talk) 01:42, 26 May 2018 (UTC)

First of all, please do not assume gender because I am a woman and it is ignorant for you to assume I am a man. And second, your reasoning for not wanting to unblock me makes complete sense and I respect that. In no way was I attempting to directly promote the company, I was just putting in facts about the films that we have produced and I apologize. You are correct, I guess I did not know the purpose of Wikipedia. I have been using it for as long as I can remember (even though no classroom allows it due to it being unreliable). There was no evil or no ill intent, I just was trying to do something I thought was completely acceptable and appropriate. I am not a bad person and I apologize if I have disrespected Wikipedia in anyway. It is your right to block me, but I will never ever make an edit on this site because of the drama that has unfolded this last week. Have a wonderful time editing and maintaining this site. Goodbye.