User talk:InsightSIP

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Speedy deletion of User:InsightSIP/sandbox


Your user page, User:InsightSIP/sandbox, has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This was done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appeared to be advertising which only promoted or publicized someone or something. Promotional editing of any kind is not permitted, whether it be promotion of a person, company, product, group, service, belief, or anything else. This 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 or advertising space. Please read the guidelines on spam, the guidelines on user pages, and, especially, our FAQ for Organizations.

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) 14:52, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

February 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.

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) 14:52, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

Hello, I am trying to understand the process for creating an article. As my user name indicates, I was aiming to have a simple factual page about our company on Wikipedia. I was using a template, the page for one of our key partners Nordic Semiconductor, so I assumed that there was no particular issue in doing this.

To be honest, I thought the "Sandbox" was just a private place and what I wrote was just my "playing" with the system to see what could be done. I didn't think it had any visibility outside my account, and it was by no means meant to be a "finished article".

Anyway, I would appreciate it if someone could aid me in explaining what is and is not allowed. I think Wikipedia is a great resource, and have no intention to subvert its purpose. On the other hand, there are plenty of pages that do describe companies. So I am little confused about what is permitted, and how to edit and review something before making it visible.

Thanks for your assistance Nick Wood
 * I've removed the invalid "help me" tag(it needs to lack the "tl|" to be properly used). It is true that sandboxes are for experimentation, but edits to them (while not searchable by outside search engines) are visible to the public, usually through the Recent Changes feed which logs all edits to every type of page on Wikipedia(articles, policy pages, discussions, etc.) Sandboxes are not immune from deletion policies.
 * You seem to have a common misunderstanding as to what Wikipedia is. What you describe as a "simple factual page" is considered promotional on Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not for companies to tell the world about themselves or merely provide information. This is an encyclopedia, which has articles that summarize what (in this case) independent reliable sources with significant coverage have chosen on their own to say about a company, showing how it meets the special Wikipedia definition of a notable company.  Wikipedia is not interested in what a company wants to say about itself; a company may speak about itself on its own website and social media accounts. Press releases, staff interviews, the company website, announcements of routine business transactions, brief mentions, and other primary sources do not establish notability.
 * Articles are typically written by independent editors who take note of a subject in independent sources and choose to write about it. They aren't normally written by employees of the company. If an employee wishes to write about their company, they must forget everything they know about their company and everything their company says about itself, and only write based on the content of independent sources.  That is usually very difficult for company employees to do.
 * Please review conflict of interest and paid editing for information on required formal disclosures you must make. 331dot (talk) 16:13, 15 February 2021 (UTC)