User talk:Dfenders

Notability of The DFenders
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If you have a close connection to some of the people, places or things you have written about, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred from the tone of the edit and the proximity of the editor to the subject, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:
 * 1) editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with;
 * 2) participating in deletion discussions about articles related to your organization or its competitors;
 * 3) linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Spam); and,
 * 4) avoid breaching relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for businesses. For more details about what, exactly, constitutes a conflict of interest, please see our conflict of interest guidelines. -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  03:13, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

This 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 Business' FAQ and 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  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. -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  03:13, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Hi Wikipedia... Just wondering if anything is being done to lift my block, fix my article, etc...  I have other users requesting citations for the article that I can't give them because I've been blocked from editing...  I've noticed that administrators seem to just arbitrarily delete articles without actually reading them...  if this wasn't the case then the notability issues would have been resolved outright, my 'conflict of interest' wouldn't have mattered because the article is not biased in any way...  the whole premise of Wikipedia seems to suggest consideration of articles on a 'case by case' basis, although in reality, administrators just blindly follow the convoluted and often contradictory 'rules' without exercising actual judgment. No doubt I'll be banned for life now after expressing free speech... Dfenders (talk) 22:38, 5 October 2008 (UTC)


 * As EdJohnston suggested, your best bet is to create a new account without the excess baggage (and without a corporate tag to it). This name is blocked, and will remain blocked; but that's not a lifetime ban against the human being using the name. (And ad hominem attacks don't improve the quality of the interchanges either.) -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  12:31, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

Mike, you'll forgive me if I seem to be conducting ad hominem attacks... My actual justifications against the proposed deletion seem to have fallen on deaf ears. Twice this article has been deleted, even though it has been specifically tailored to meet Wikipedia guidelines for notability... I don't often go around quoting why things are notable, so you can bet that if I've specifically brought up several examples of how this article is notable, I've done it purely to satisfy Wikipedia's bizarre rules.

You'll have to explain to me why this article does not meet notability guidelines (or why the notability is, quote, weak), because I cannot for the life of me figure it out. The only thing I can glean from all this is that New Zealand standards simply do not stack up in a global context... In a direct comparison, The DFenders would be on major U.S. radio stations, be up for a Grammy award, and have been reported several times in major newspapers such as the Washington Post or the New York Times...  Is it because New Zealand is too small and therefore insignificant in your opinion? Why even have notability guidelines if administrators can arbitrarily decide whether an article satisfies them or not? That's not an attack, that's a serious question, and I'd love to learn what the secret to getting an article to stay up is, because I can't figure it out.

I'm sure you can understand why I would be upset at your removing the references from my article, then tagging it as being weak because it has no references, and simultaneously remove my ability to edit it... Why not work with people to create better articles, rather than working against them and leaving them to try and figure out which guidelines they really need to satisfy, and which guidelines are simply going to be ignored come review? Dfenders (talk) 23:04, 6 October 2008 (UTC)