User talk:Future Fit Training

November 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.

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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? 17:28, 29 November 2021 (UTC)

I would be very interested to know where it is claimed that "Wikipedia encourages adding new businesses". Wikipedia is not a business directory. Articles are typically written by independent editors, who take note of (in this case) a business receiving significant coverage in independent reliable sources and decide on their own to write about it. They summarize those sources, showing how the business meets the special Wikipedia definition of a notable business. Not every business merits an article, even within the same field. I don't know if your business does or not, but I do know that the sources you offered(your website, the website of the aforementioned regulatory authority, and an announcement of a routine business transaction) do not establish notability. Is there any topic that you wish to write about instead of your business? 331dot (talk) 17:55, 30 November 2021 (UTC)


 * You say you are interested to know where the claim is, but there is no claim, there is a section to add new businesses, which is what I have done and many others have done too. If you were not encouraging random users to add companies, why do you allow it? With regards to the notability, I provided 3 sources, this list is not, of course, exhaustive, I was hoping this would encourage your editors to search for more signals of notability. But that didn't happen and I was blocked instead. To be honest, it's not very clear what notability is, it seems it comes down to an editor's personal judgement. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Future Fit Training (talk • contribs)
 * Only one open request is needed at a time, additional comment may be made without the unblock template. 331dot (talk) 11:51, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Please review the notability criteria for businesses. 331dot (talk) 11:54, 1 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Thanks for sharing the page. Even if I read the notability criteria, it's up to your editors to make the final call, I was wondering how can they establish notability without making a search on the company first?
 * Who says other editors don't conduct such searches? But if you are submitting a draft- while it does not need to be complete and perfect- you must establish notability for it. In any event, you are putting the cart before the horse in that it is doubtful that you will be unblocked to contribute about your company in the near term. If you want to make other contributions to demonstrate your ability to comply with relevant Wikipedia guidelines, please tell in another unblock request what those contributions will be.  Someone else will review any other request you make. 331dot (talk) 12:27, 1 December 2021 (UTC)


 * who says editors don't conduct searches? I was blocked indefinitely for spamming, even though I have explained! That means nobody even looked at the company notability. I'll do what you suggest and give it another chance.