User talk:Maldmed

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

Why can't I edit Wikipedia?

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 it is considered inappropriate for such groups to use Wikipedia to write about themselves. In addition, usernames like yours are disallowed under our username policy.

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, or organization. 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?

You are still welcome to write about something other than your company or organization. If you do intend to make useful contributions on some other topic, you must convince a Wikipedia administrator that you mean it. To that end, please do the following:
 * What can I do now?


 * 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, please see how to appeal a block. Nakon 20:18, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

hi, i don't really know what i am doing since this is the first time i've used wikipedia to create anything lol. I am attempting to put together a information page like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM or something that sort not try to sell anything from it, just provide information on the company. i was trying to see how something would look and the preview page didn't load anything, so i just clicked save page :/

hi i am very new to wiki, and i am having a hard time understanding the responses that are being sent by the administrators, my account is blocked because it states i was trying to promote a company. all i want to do is create something similar to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM ( which in my eyes is promoting IBM) or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google. thats all i want, i don't want to sell, promote or anything. i just want a create a information resource thats it. my email is rajaw@maldonado-medical.com if it's easier to contact me via email
 * I'm sorry you're having trouble understanding the rules that made your block necessary; I agree that the block template is sometimes hard to follow. There are two problems.  One is that your username is the name of a company, and the rules don't allow us to use company names like that.  The other is that you are writing about your own company, and the rules don't allow us to do that, either.  Are you interested in IBM?  You could contribute to that article, if there's anything missing from it, as long as you aren't a representative of that company.  If you want to be unblocked, you'll need to choose a personal username, and show that you understand that you can't write about your own company- maybe you could suggest some ways you can make the encyclopedia better. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs)


 * So, a simple summary:
 * The is an encyclopedia, not a business directory
 * To be in an encyclopedia, your business must be notable. IBM is notable, what makes yours make the grade?
 * If you work for a company, you should not be writing an article about it
 * ...and as stated a few times, your username cannot appear promotional
 * As I've said, a few admins are watching here - we'll help where we can. ( talk→  BWilkins   ←track ) 12:41, 3 February 2011 (UTC)