User talk:Holihoon Media

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Hello, Holihoon Media, and welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate encyclopedic contributions, but some of your recent contributions, such as your edit to the page Walt Disney Imagineering, seem to be advertising or for promotional purposes. Wikipedia does not allow advertising. For more information on this, please see: If you still have questions, there is a new contributors' help page, or you can. You may also find the following pages useful for a general introduction to Wikipedia:
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April 2023
 Your account has been indefinitely blocked 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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 * 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.


 * My intent with the link that received a block was to help define what a theme park architect is. I am a former Walt Disney Imagineer, a licensed architect, and my website (themeparkarchitect.com) - to which a link was provided - helps define what a theme park architect actually is, does, etc. Can the block be lifted if the citation goes to a page on my website that is merely a definition page? - this page: https://themeparkarchitect.com/theme-park-architect-definition/ Holihoon Media (talk) 20:19, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
 * This shows you don't understand WP:COI or WP:RS. --Yamla (talk) 20:24, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Clearly, since many of the citations to websites Wiki has allowed are to websites that are clearly selling something, as my website is not. I now understand your inconsistency. Holihoon Media (talk) 20:56, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
 * That's a rather broad generalization. Would you care to provide specific examples of these citations that you feel aren't appropriate? In case you have a misconception about how Wikipedia works, it is entirely run by volunteers. With over 6.5 million articles, sometimes inappropriate content will slip through the cracks.
 * Reliable sources are defined as those with having an established reputation for fact-checking and editorial oversight. This heavily favours mainstream news organizations, academic press and reputable publishers of newspapers, magazines and books. Your site appears to be a self-published blog with no editorial review, so it fails to meet Wikipedia's standard of reliability.
 * Your website participates in affiliate marketing (as stated at https://themeparkarchitect.com/disclosure/), so you have a financial motive for driving web traffic to it. This is a clear conflict of interest.
 * We welcome the knowledge and experience of subject-matter experts, but they are not exempt from Wikipedia's core content policies. There are no special rights or privileges; you are one among equals here. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 03:51, 11 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Here's a few. The first group are from the WDI page I was trying to add information to:
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney_Imagineering
 * References
 * 21. Personal Website/blog
 * 24. Personal Website/blog (sells books):
 * 27. Personal Website/blog (ad revenue and sells theme park tickets)
 * 41. Personal Website/blog (ad driven):
 * 51. Personal Website/Tourist Blog (ad driven)
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatorland
 * References:
 * 6. Personal Website/blog (sells theme park tickets/ad driven):
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Studios_Florida
 * References:
 * 3. Personal Website/blog (ad revenue and sells theme park tickets)
 * 4. Personal Website/blog (ad revenue and sells theme park tickets)
 * 10. Personal Website/blog (ad driven and sells theme park tickets)
 * 11. Personal Website/blog (ad revenue and sells theme park tickets)
 * 43. Personal Website/blog (ad revenue/e-commerce shop)
 * 44. Personal Website/blog (ad revenue and sells theme park tickets)
 * 55. Personal Website/blog (ad revenue and sells theme park tickets)
 * 58. Personal Website/blog (ad revenue and sells theme park tickets)
 * I'm not looking to subvert the rules, I was new to adding to Wikipedia (specifically a page for a company I used to work for and to this day still consult with). My original inquiries and questions were trying to further understand what's allowed after seeing the aforementioned examples (plus many more) vs. your rules. Please delete my Wikipedia account. Google AdSense on my website doesn't even cover the annual cost of keeping the website active (domain hosting, etc.). Holihoon Media (talk) 12:48, 11 April 2023 (UTC)
 * WP:OTHERSTUFF. --Yamla (talk) 12:50, 11 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you for pointing out these links. I will go through and excise any that are unreliable sources. As far as your account goes, Wikipedia accounts cannot be deleted. If you don't want to edit Wikipedia anymore, simply abandon your account and never log in again. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 14:19, 11 April 2023 (UTC)