User talk:MaxmediaLLC

Your account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because it appears to be mainly intended for publicity and/or promotional purposes. If you intend to edit constructively in other topic areas, you may be granted the right to continue under a change of username. Please read the following carefully.

Your account's edits and/or username indicate that it is being used on behalf of a company, group, website 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, although if you can demonstrate a pattern of future editing in strict accordance with our neutral point of view policy, you may be granted this right. See Wikipedia's FAQ for 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 Wikipedia again.
 * 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 may consider using one of the many websites that allow this instead. If you do intend to make useful contributions here 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. Alexf(talk) 20:05, 27 January 2014 (UTC)


 * I think you did, in fact. I can't see it and this is your only logged contribution, deleted or saved. Have you read WP:SPAM and WP:COI and understood them? Also WP:RS about reliable independent sources. As to how companies get articles, we prefer them to be written by neutral outsiders. Some companies are not very happy about articles they wanted, because Wikipedia is a warts and all place. On Facebook, you control your page. Here, anybody and his dog can edit, and so long as their edits are soundly referenced, those edits will stand. Having an article will often boost your Google ratings, but if everyone reading it finds out you were prosecuted for polluting the environment, renting out degraded slums, and evading taxes, it won't do your image any good. And so long as those things are reliably referenced, they can't be removed (or at least, they can be but will be replaced very quickly...). Wikipedia can be a double edged sword. Peridon (talk) 10:26, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

You think I did on purpose or that I deleted it?
 * You can't have saved it. Only admins can delete articles or other pages. If it was deleted, I'd see it in your deleted contribs list (you can't see that). This is puzzling me - we usually only use the spamun template (above) for username + spam. Unless Alexf thought this was an advertising agency. (I take it you're the radio stations company.) I'll ping him. Peridon (talk) 16:52, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Indeed that's what I thought. Max Media LLC? Reeks of ad agency to me. I would not have an issue with unblocking for a change of name as the name requested is ok by the username rules. Caveat is of course, the account should not do advertising or promotion of any kind. -- Alexf(talk) 17:09, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
 * BTW, the edits got caught by a filter. It started like this: "Los Angeles-based Maxmedia, LLC is a unique synthesis of film and content production, distribution, and entertainment services...". Blockable indeed. -- Alexf(talk) 17:11, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Hmm. There seem to be quite a few Max Media LLCs in the USA. The Google top is a group of radio stations. I'll try an unblock, then, as you're OK with that - and see if they HAVE read spam and COI... Peridon (talk) 17:28, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks and sorry. I was trying to research how a company gets a wikipedia page and didn't think about the spam or personal contribution angle. I do work for a small film company who has asked me to do some research about websites and wikipedia but was not intending to break any rules. Thanks for understanding.
 * One thing to learn is that talk page posts should be signed with ~ which puts up your signature and the date/time stamp like this: Peridon (talk) 18:30, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

Got it, looking forward to dive into wikipedia as a legit contributor. Thank you. MaxmediaLLC (talk) 18:31, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

Reminder
You do have to go to WP:CHU yourself to get the name change... Peridon (talk) 22:19, 1 February 2014 (UTC)