User talk:KnowledgeSEO

Cindy ( talk to me ) 07:17, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Velata


A tag has been placed on Velata requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article or image appears to be a clear copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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Blocked
Your account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because it appears to be mainly intended for publicity and/or promotional purposes. Please read the following carefully.

Your account's edits and/or username indicate that it is being used on behalf of a company, group, celebrity or other well-known individual, 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?

Probably not. See WP:FAQ/Organizations for a helpful list of frequently asked questions by people in your position. Also, review the conflict of interest guidance to see the kinds of limitations you would have to obey if you did want to continue editing about your company, group, organization, or clients. If this does not fit in with your goals, then you will not be allowed to edit again. Consider using one of the many websites that allow this instead.
 * 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.
 * Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with a new username you are willing to use. See Special:Listusers to search for available usernames. Your new username will need to meet our username policy.
 * Replace the text "Your reason here" with your reason to be unblocked. In this reason, you must:
 * Convince us that you understand the reason for your block and that you will not repeat the edits for which you were blocked.
 * Describe in general terms the contributions that you intend to make if you are unblocked.

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. SmartSE (talk) 23:02, 23 August 2012 (UTC)

If you understand why you're blocked you should know that per this you can't related anything related to your employer or its clients - what are your plans, exactly? Max Semenik (talk) 16:40, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

It was a first attempt at writing a post. When you first write something you write it about something you know. I saw that there was a Scentsy, Inc page, but it was missing a Velata page, but it had a broken link to Velata. So I attempted to write the Velata page.

My plans exactly are to learn how to contribute to Wikipedia and to contribute, which is easier said than done. I would appreciate some patience in this learning process. KnowledgeSEO (talk) 16:55, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I'll point out that on Wikipedia, the presence or absence of articles about related subjects doesn't justify the presence or absence of any given article. Every article, as written, must have a subject notable enough to stand on its own.
 * I'll also point out that, as MaxSem notes, you are strongly discouraged from writing about a topic you're personally involved with in some way. Thus, when there's a COI block, the usual question anyone will ask is, "Where and what sort of edits will you be doing since you won't be able to edit pages about your employer/husband/alien brain slug sucking out your wife's mind?" This question will need to be answered if you want the admins to entertain an unblock. — Jeremy  v^_^v  Bori! 17:44, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

I now understand why Wikipedia is not seen as a reliable or notable resource and why they had to beg for financial contributions to even pay their bills. Heaven forbid someone tries to learn how to use and contribute without having their profile Indefinitely blocked. If you don't allow people to write on and about or edit on the things that they know or have interest in, then you end up with the wrong content. KnowledgeSEO (talk) 17:59, 17 September 2012 (UTC)


 * I believe you misunderstand. You're welcome to edit about things you know about and are interested in; in fact, we welcome experts in various fields to write about their subjects. However, we do ask (not require) that editors avoid editing about subjects that relate to themselves or their workplace. For example, a geologist working with the Smithsonian Institution would be welcome to edit about volcanoes and earthquakes and so on, but we'd discourage him from editing about the National Museum of Natural History. This is because we've noticed over the years that it's easier for new editors to learn our policies and how to apply them when they can make completely objective decisions about the content they're editing. We do, however, acknowledge that you will have better first-hand experience with your company and may know better than another editor where to look for imformation, and you're quite welcome to assist other editors in writing about your company; we'd just prefer you not do that writing yourself. Does this make sense? Hers fold  non-admin (t/a/c) 18:32, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

Bradley, thank you for giving me the first logical and reasonable response. I'm here to learn and would appreciate being "unblocked" and have my name changed. I'd like to remind the volunteer editors of this article written on wiki. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_do_not_bite_the_newcomers KnowledgeSEO (talk) 16:17, 18 September 2012 (UTC)


 * So, do you agree to not write about your employer? If so, we can unblock you, you can get your username changed, and I think all's set for you to start editing.  Thekillerpenguin     (talk)   22:48, 18 September 2012 (UTC)


 * I'll add, you should also agree that you won't write about your clients either, AND you will disclose any conflict of interest you have on your user page. In my experience here, when an SEO person starts promoting a client on Wikipedia, that client's web site can get blacklisted (and a Wikipedia blacklisting may also affect search rankings) and the SEO is fired or sued. I've seen it happen before. ~Amatulić (talk) 17:44, 19 September 2012 (UTC)