User talk:HarrisBricken

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Hello, HarrisBricken, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you created or edited appears to be an article about yourself. Creating an autobiography is a common mistake made by new Wikipedians—as this is an encyclopedia, we wouldn't expect to have an article about every contributor. Your user page, however, is a great place to write about yourself, making sure to stay within user page guidelines. Just click your user name at the top of the screen when you are logged in, and edit it normally.

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Speedy deletion of Draft:Harris Bricken


The page Draft:Harris Bricken has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This was done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seemed to be unambiguous advertising which only promoted a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to have been fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Organizations for more information.

Please do not recreate the material without addressing these concerns, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If you think this page should not have been deleted for this reason, or you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the. 331dot (talk) 20:26, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

August 2020
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 or other organisation or group or a web site, which is against the username policy.

You may request a change of name and unblock if you intend to make useful contributions other than promoting your business or organization. To do this, first search Special:CentralAuth for available usernames that comply with the username policy. Once you have found an acceptable username, post the text at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with your new username and replace the text "Your reason here" with your reasons to be unblocked. In your reasons, you must:
 * Disclose any compensation you may receive for your contributions in accordance with the Paid-contribution disclosure requirement.
 * Convince us that you understand the reason for your block and that you will not repeat the kind of edits for which you were blocked.
 * Describe in general terms the contributions that you intend to make if you are unblocked.

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. 331dot (talk) 20:26, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

--Drm310 🍁 (talk) 14:03, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Your account name cannot represent your business. This is a violation of Wikipedia's username policy and is not negotiable. Only individuals can operate accounts. An acceptable compromise is combining an individual name with the business name (e.g. John Doe at HarrisBricken).
 * Wikipedia does not accept articles on every topic, and most definitely not just because a person or organization wants to have one. The subject of an article must be demonstrably notable, as Wikipedia defines it. In the case of companies and organizations, Wikipedia has more refined notability criteria.
 * Wikipedia has no interest at all in what a company wants to say about itself. We only care about what reliable, independent source with no vested interest in the company have chosen to publish about it. Non-trivial coverage from multiple reliable and independent sources is required to meeting the aforementioned notability criteria.
 * Even if an article about your company is accepted at some point, you will have no right of ownership or control over the article's contents. Article content consists of paraphrased summaries of previously published material. Disagreements over content are discussion calmly on the article's talk page, with the goal of arriving at consensus. If this fails to resolve the disagreement, further dispute resolution measures are available.
 * Writing about your own company is an inherent conflict of interest, which should be avoided. You will find it difficult to write from the required neutral point of view, even if your intentions are well-meaning. Editors who are paid to represent a company's interests are required to do so per Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure policy.
 * If your only intention is to write about your own company, it is unlikely that administrators will unblock this account. On the other hand, if you are willing to become an individual editor contributing to topics where you have no conflict of interest, then your chances of being unblocked will be much better.

Promotional username, promotional edits
I'm not admin, but I have a tip. Naming your username to be the same as an organization, whilst editing about that organization, is clearly a form of a conflict of interest and you don't realize it. Using the words such as "We are seeking to put encyclopedic information out about the law firm" suggests that this is an obvious role account, an account operated by multiple people. You can not be unblocked if multiple people are using this account. Regardless, if staying on Wikipedia to promote your organization is your only purpose, you will have to leave. 174.244.146.42 (talk) 21:23, 20 August 2020 (UTC)