User talk:Liztic

Speedy deletion nomination of User:Liztic
Hello Liztic,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged User:Liztic for deletion, because it seems to be promotional, rather than an encyclopedia article.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Musamies (talk) 15:32, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

Contested deletion
This page is not unambiguously promotional, because... I just opened the account and I'm currently filling in the company information. Do not delete my companies page because it is incomplete. This has been an active account for an hour and you have to allow time for people to create content. --Liztic (talk) 15:46, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames that give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please take a moment to create a new account with a username that represents only yourself as an individual and which complies with our username policy. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. If your username does not represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text below this notice. You may simply create a new account, but you may prefer to change your username to one that complies with our username policy, so that your past contributions are associated with your new username. If you would prefer to change your username, you may appeal this username block by adding the text below this notice. Thank you. Alexf(talk) 15:48, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

I have removed two unblock request templates placed anonymously. It may well be that you placed them, but we can't tell unless you log in to do so. If you want to be unblocked, you will have to convince an administrator that you are not going to promote your business. "We are creating this page so that people will know our history and future developments" is a declaration that you are planning to, and "Liztic is also awesome" is further confirmation of the same. JamesBWatson (talk) 17:19, 28 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Is "we don't get to write about ourselves or our companies" unclear? --jpgordon:==( o ) 21:53, 28 January 2014 (UTC)


 * A few words of advice, which may or may not be helpful to you. What you have written in your unblock requests gives me the impression that you have misunderstood a few things, and I thought it might help you if I tried to clarify them.
 * The conflict of interest guideline does not say that you may not under any circumstances write about yourself or your business, but it makes it pretty clear that doing so is discouraged, and that if you do so then you should be very restrained in doing so. However, what you have done is not just write about your business, but to write about your business in ways that are clearly intended to promote it. Once you are do that, you are outside the area where the conflict of interest policy pussyfoots around, suggesting that perhaps you should be careful, and you are in the area where Wikipedia's policy on promotion unequivocally says that you must not do it. An editor with a potential conflict of interest may perhaps make totally neutral factual changes, such as updating the name of the CEO of his or her business when there is a change, but writing to tell us that your business is "quickly growing and has high expectations for success worldwide" is in a totally different realm. Once you have edited in ways that indicate an unambiguous intention to use Wikipedia for promotion, you will need to make it clear that you will not do so again, and no amount of saying that a guideline dealing with a related but different matter doesn't prohibit you from doing so will alter that.
 * I am not sure why you are at pains to point out that the message that comes up when you create a user page says that you should create it yourself. The only thing I can think of is that perhaps you think that means that you have total freedom to choose what you put there. If so, then unfortunately you have misunderstood. All pages on Wikipedia, including user pages, are provided for use in connection with working for the encyclopaedia, and are not a sort of free web space for you to use for your own purposes. Any content which is contrary to Wikipedia policies may be deleted, no matter what page it is on, and this includes any content which appears to exist for promotional purposes.
 * The bottom line is that nowhere have you indicated that you do not intend to continue using Wikipedia for promotion. Unless you do so, I think it is unlikely that any administrator will unblock you. JamesBWatson (talk) 10:06, 29 January 2014 (UTC)