User talk:MNE MEDIA

MnE Media
This is an automated message from CorenSearchBot. I have performed a web search with the contents of MnE Media, and it appears to be a substantial copy of http://mnemedia.tv. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences.

This message was placed automatically, and it is possible that the bot is confused and found similarity where none actually exists. If that is the case, you can remove the tag from the article and it would be appreciated if you could drop a note on the maintainer's talk page. CorenSearchBot (talk) 10:29, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Welcome
Welcome to Wikipedia. Take a look at the welcome page. To stay in Wikipedia, an article has to be about something notable, that is, of general interest. Click on Notability for an explanation of what that means, and on Notability (organizations and companies) for more detail. Also, it must give independently verifiable sources. Articles that don't meet these requirements are likely to be deleted. Follow the links below to learn more: JohnCD (talk) 10:30, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
 * To find out more about creating articles, read the Introduction and the Guide to creating your first article.
 * You should not write articles about yourself, your band, your client, your boss or your best friend - that's a conflict of interest.
 * Wikipedia is not an advertising service or business directory. Before writing about your own business, read Business' FAQ.
 * For experiments, please use the sandbox.

MnE Media
A tag has been placed on MnE Media, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be blatant advertising that only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 11, as well as the guidelines on spam.

If you can indicate why the subject of this article is not blatant advertising, you may contest the tagging. To do this, please add  on the top of MnE Media and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would help make it encyclopedic, as well as adding any citations from independent reliable sources to ensure that the article will be verifiable. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. JohnCD (talk) 10:30, 28 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a business listing directory or a vehicle for any kind of promotion. Articles have to be of enough general interest for an encyclopedia article: the Wikipedia term for that is notability, and the requirements are explained in the guideline on Notability and in more detail in Notability (organizations and companies). Articles need to be verifiable from independent, reliable sources - a company's own website does not count as independent - and such independent references are the best way to demonstrate notability. There is also the point that articles must be written from a neutral point of view, and so people are strongly discouraged from writing about themselves or their own companies, because of the conflict of interest involved. For more advice, read carefully the Business' FAQ, in particular the sections headed:
 * Why doesn't Wikipedia have an article on my company?
 * I think my company deserves an article on Wikipedia but none exists. What can I do?
 * Regards, JohnCD (talk) 10:55, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia, because it has been identified as an account used for promotion of a company or group, with a username that implies that this has been done by that company or group. See Business' FAQ and Conflict of interest.

This kind of activity is considered spamming and is forbidden by Wikipedia policies. In addition, the use of a username like yours violates our username policy.

You may appeal this block by adding the text  or emailing the administrator who blocked you. Your reason should include your response to this issue and a new username you wish to adopt that does not violate our username policy (specifically, understand that accounts are for individuals, not companies or groups, and that your username should reflect this). Usernames that have already been taken are listed here. -- Alexf(talk) 11:04, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Email message from User to blocking admin
''This was my first attempt at writing a wikipedia entry and I thought that if I just stuck up a basic description about what MNE Media do I could see what it looked like in terms of layout etc before posting a proper entry. I have been rummaging around the site since you put a block on me and I see that there are templates etc that you can use.''

''I have citations about MNE Media from the BBC website and also the Scotsman newspapers official sites so it isn't a case of me wanting to advertise the company. I just believe that as they receive public money and produce content for a public service broadcaster the public should know a little bit about the company.''

''Would it be possible for you to unblock me as I don't feel that I was spamming, I was just naive and thought that copying and pasting the company blurb from our website for a short term so that I could grasp the layout was an acceptable way of posting. If you do unblock me, could you give me advice on how to set up the page? - Paul''


 * I understand your comments but you have broken several of Wikipedia's rules and policies, starting with a copyright violation (Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material for legal reasons). The text from your website does not conform to a GFDL license. You would have to license it that way (read details in the linked pages).


 * As for the article about the company, you would have to assert notability under the notability rules for companies by citing verifiable, independent, reliable sources.


 * As for the username violation, please read our username policy and also our Business FAQ and about conflicts of interest. I know, there are many rules to follow but you have to understand that as a public encyclopedia, it has to have rules for inclusion. Once you have read and understood the pages linked, you can use the unblock template as indicated in the block message above and an uninvolved admin will consider your request. -- Alexf(talk) 17:08, 28 October 2008 (UTC)