User talk:Enowallc

March 2014
Your account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because it appears to be mainly intended for publicity and/or promotional purposes. If you intend to edit constructively in other topic areas, you may be granted the right to continue under a change of username. Please read the following carefully.

Your account's edits and/or username indicate that it is being used on behalf of a company, group, website or organization for purposes of promotion and/or publicity. The edits may have violated one or more of our rules on spamming, which include: adding inappropriate external links, posting advertisements and using Wikipedia for promotion. Wikipedia has many articles on companies, groups, and organizations, but such groups are generally discouraged from using Wikipedia to write about themselves. In addition, usernames like yours are disallowed under our username policy.
 * Why can't I edit Wikipedia?

Probably not, although if you can demonstrate a pattern of future editing in strict accordance with our neutral point of view policy, you may be granted this right. See Wikipedia's FAQ for Organizations for a helpful list of frequently asked questions by people in your position. Also, review the conflict of interest guidance to see the kinds of limitations you would have to obey if you did want to continue editing about your company, group, organization, or clients. If this does not fit in with your goals, then you will not be allowed to edit Wikipedia again.
 * Am I allowed to make these edits if I change my username?


 * What can I do now?

If you have no interest in writing about some other topic than your organization, group, company, or product, you may consider using one of the many websites that allow this instead. If you do intend to make useful contributions here about some other topic, you must convince a Wikipedia administrator that you mean it. To that end, please do the following:


 * Add the text on your user talk page.
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 * Replace the text "Your reason here" with your reason to be unblocked. In this reason, you must:
 * Convince us that you understand the reason for your block and that you will not repeat the edits for which you were blocked.
 * Describe in general terms the contributions that you intend to make if you are unblocked.

If you believe this block was made in error, you may appeal this block by adding the text below, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. MER-C 05:39, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

Enowallc (talk) 12:57, 12 March 2014 (UTC)Amber Here are a few key questions:
 * Do you understand that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and not a business directory?
 * Do you understand conflict of interest?
 * Do you understand that to be considered for an encyclopedia article, the subject must be notable?

You are currently blocked because your username appears directly related to a company, group or product that you have been promoting, contrary to the username policy. Changing the username will not allow you to violate the 3 important principles above. Daniel Case (talk) 23:48, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

Mr. Case, I understand Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and not a business directory. An encyclopedia by definition is a reference works that contains information about many different subject. All I am looking to do is post an article that contains information about our company. No selling sheet or anything that notes success rates or other biased material. All information is about what the company does and the history, similar to the many company articles that currently exist on Wikipedia such as SAP AG, Hewlett-Packard, Pfizer and so on. I also understand what a conflict of interest is- a conflict between the private interests and the official responsibilities of a person in a position of trust- I have no private interest or gain in posting about Enowa. Simply to provide information in an article. As far as the subject being notable- I'm not sure that can be applied to every article across the board. How can someone know about the company without studying us or having some sort of relation or contact with us? We are not a conglomerate corporation that is studied and published about, that we have just as much right to an article as those companies. How would you recommend getting secondary or independent sources? Users are permitted to edit the article and offer "third-party" or "independent source" information. Enowallc (talk) 17:45, 14 March 2014 (UTC)Amber GummEnowallc (talk) 17:45, 14 March 2014 (UTC)

Kuru- I did in fact read the linked policies and provided response based on what I read. You said "No, you may not add promotional material related to your company here, be it as an article or in your userspace; this is simply not a medium for your corporate pitch." I never said I was adding promotional material, nor is what I added for promotional use. It is factual- company history and the services offered. SAP AG's Wikipedia article notes the products they offer- is that not promoting the company? I believe the facts noted in my article is no more of a "selling" than what is posted in their article. The fact that that I posted the content in my sandbox/userspace only further proves I am not out to "sell the company", otherwise I could've tried to immediately post it as an article. I posted the content in my sandbox/userspace as a mere starting point, and I was going to adjust it from there. It is not even close to being "publishable"- but I can't attempt to adjust it to fit Wikipedia's rules and requirements if I can't change it. If you do not allow these types of posting- how do other companies get their information posted/an article created? Enowallc (talk) 13:20, 17 March 2014 (UTC)Amber