User talk:Granitemakeover

A tag has been placed on your user page, User:Granitemakeover, 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 blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group or service, and which 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. Please read the guidelines on spam, the guidelines on user pages, and, especially, our FAQ for Organizations.

If you can indicate why the page is not blatant advertising, contest the deletion by clicking on the button that looks like this: which appears inside of the speedy deletion  tag (if no such tag exists, the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate). Doing so will take you to your user talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also edit this page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would help make it encyclopedic. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. MER-C 12:29, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

April 2013
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?

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 * 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 will probably not be allowed to edit Wikipedia again. Consider using one of the many websites that allow this instead. If you do intend to make useful contributions 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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 * Convince us that you understand the reason for your block and that you will not repeat the edits for which you were blocked.
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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. Alexf(talk) 13:06, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

I was un aware that I am breaking the rules as I was following what I though was accepted based on your acceptance of "A common drawback to natural stone is the need for sealing to prevent harboring of bacteria and/or fluids that may cause staining. In recent years oliphobic impregnators have been introduced as an alternative to surface sealers. With the advent of impregnators the frequency of sealing has been cut down to once every five to ten years on most materials." [4] = ^ "Granite Countertops". CounterTop Guides. Retrieved 6 April 2012. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countertop#cite_note-4

CounterTop Guides = lead generation website that actually does not provide any real value to consumers in there effort to research or provide added value to the research other than opinion articles.

Then on my user page I was defining my skills and knowledge as to why i may be a valuable resources and a reputable resources on the topic. As I read your rules about advertising - which I am more interested in promoting my knowledge of the topic - Am I right to assume that I am not supposed to edit topic which I have knowledge but I am to write on topics which I do not.

I would like to contribute and I understand that some aspects of what I have done thus far can be construed as advertising. I am just trying to figure out how I can contribute share my knowledge and maybe even get some representation for this. Based on the above example I thought I was doing the right thing. Maybe they were doing the wrong thing and just did not get caught.

Sorry for my misunderstanding.



Please let me know when you return