User talk:Mike douglas

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August 2017
There have been two problems with this account: the account has been used for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia, and your username indicates that the account represents a business or other organisation or group, which is also against policy, as an account must be for just one person. Because of those problems, the account has been blocked indefinitely from editing.

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My apologies - I'm just learning how to edit via Wikipedia. I work at Rainmaker Studios (formerly Rainmaker Entertainment) and am merely trying to update it with current, correct info. I saw that I was blocked and first tried to rectify my username. I was working on getting unblocked when your decline came in. I'm not quite sure how this works - I have access to the correct info on our company and am just trying to get it posted. We have several new productions that are not listed, our CEO no longer works here, etc. Am I not permitted to make these simple factual changes? Thanks in advance. Rainmaker studios (talk) 20:37, 14 August 2017 (UTC) Rainmaker studios (talk) 20:14, 14 August 2017 (UTC)
 * The username issue is resolved. You should take a look at WP:PAID regarding the disclosure requirements that are part of the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use, and at our guideline on conflicts of interest. At this time I do not think you understand Wikipedia's policies sufficiently well that edit the article about your company directly would be beneficial. Would you agree, as a condition for the removal of the block, to instead propose changes on the article's talk page and to leave the implementation to uninvolved editors, for example via the request edit template? Huon (talk) 12:03, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for resolving my username. Sure, I can suggest edits via the talk page instead. I was not aware of the PAID restrictions. It just made sense to me to make those edits myself, but I understand that having a 3rd party do it can ensure that they are accurate and truthful. It seems like I should add info about where I work to my User page, which I can do once I'm unblocked. So, I just suggest edits on the Talk page and wait for someone to see and implement them? Thanks Mike douglas (talk) 16:58, 15 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes, you can suggest changes (the more specific the better) based on reliable published sources such as newspapers or reputable magazines reporting on the company. You can add the code (including the curly brackets) to the proposal to raise awareness of the request. Huon (talk) 18:03, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

OK, great. I'll do that. Thanks for the tips. So, are you able to unblock me? And what happens to the edits that I had made? Thanks. Mike douglas (talk) 18:07, 15 August 2017 (UTC)
 * I have unblocked your account. If you experience any further technical issues when trying to edit, please explain what they are.
 * The edits you made were reverted and did not come with references. I'd advise you to find reliable published sources that confirm that information, particularly the changes in personnel. Huon (talk) 18:42, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

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