User talk:One Identity

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Speedy deletion nomination of One Identity


A tag has been placed on One Identity, requesting that it be deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which pages can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly-defined criteria, then it may be soon be deleted by an administrator. The reasons it has been tagged are:
 * It seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. (See section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Business for more information.
 * It appears to be about a person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), individual animal, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. (See section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. Robert McClenon (talk) 23:37, 31 March 2017 (UTC)

March 2017
There have been two problems identified 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.

If you intend to make useful contributions about some topic other than your business or organisation, you may request an unblock. To do so, post the text at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with a new username you are willing to use. See Special:CentralAuth 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 kind of 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 at the bottom of your talk page, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Seraphimblade Talk to me 23:41, 31 March 2017 (UTC)

{{unblock reviewed|All l I am trying to do is get my company Wikipedia page live. If I spammed(which I am not sure how) I apologize} I read your rules and I ZERO idea on how to create an article. Plus the only editing I did was on my own pages. Not sure how that qualifies as SPAM. Would appreciate a direct message to clarify what I did wrong.|decline=You have not addressed the username issue, and if you can't see how the content you wrote is inappopriate for an encyclopedia, your conflict of interest is too strong to edit Wikipedia from a neutral point of view. Huon (talk) 00:42, 1 April 2017 (UTC)}}
 * What you're describing is actually the problem. Wikipedia is not for "profiles" or the like and is not a directory. Most companies (and most people, bands, etc.), are not appropriate article subjects. In this case, however, the language of the article was very obviously promotional. For "Company description", it's got what looks like ad copy that's pasted straight from the company. Now, of course, one would expect that to be promotional, but for the same reason, we wouldn't allow it. Some others: "Achieve complete, business-driven governance for identities..." (what's that even mean, and it sounds like a brochure), "Protect your organization by giving access control to the business owner rather than the IT staff." (again promotional, and we never address the reader or "call to action", articles are always written third-person), "Imagine a world where your governance platform easily connect to the most popular SaaS applications." (again, highly promotional and attempting to address the reader to advocate them to "imagine"). If the company were acceptable for an article, the information in it would have to be from reference material that is reliable and was produced independently of the organization (so not reprinted press reviews, interviews, etc.). If a substantial amount of reference material like that exists, an article might be possible. If not, I'm afraid it's not. But even if it is, articles are always required to be neutral in tone and content. These articles were highly promotional in their tone and read like a sales brochure, not an encyclopedia article. The final issues were that the advertisements were copied three different places, under an account using the same name as the company. That's aggressive spamming and does lead to a block, and we don't allow "organization" accounts. But even if you were to change the account name, we won't permit promotional material. Seraphimblade Talk to me 00:09, 1 April 2017 (UTC)