User talk:Pacificpianoworks

September 2020
This is your only warning; if you insert a spam link to Wikipedia again, as you did at Piano tuning, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Persistent spammers may have their websites blacklisted, preventing anyone from linking to them from all Wikimedia sites as well as potentially being penalized by search engines. power~enwiki ( π, ν ) 01:34, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

September 2020
Your account has been blocked indefinitely from editing because of the following problems: 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 or a web site, which is against the username policy.

You may request a change of name and unblock if you intend to make useful contributions other than promoting your business or organization. To do this, first search Special:CentralAuth for available usernames that comply with the username policy. Once you have found an acceptable username, post the text at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with your new username and replace the text "Your reason here" with your reasons to be unblocked. In your reasons, you must:
 * Disclose any compensation you may receive for your contributions in accordance with the Paid-contribution disclosure requirement.
 * 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.

Appeals: If, after reviewing the guide to appealing blocks you believe this block was made in error, you may appeal it by adding the text at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your reason here" with the reasons you believe the block was an error, and publish the page. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  01:40, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

Hello Jim, I'm not sure of the proper way to respond, the you've been block page is extremely convoluted and unclear for a new user such as myself. I absolutely did not intend to misuse wiki or earn any business gain from my edit. As a professional piano technician, I saw that the page was lacking in the question those of us in the field get asked the most - how often should a piano be tuned? Because it is so very relevant to the topic, indeed absolutely integral, I added a resource (from my own blog) which goes into great detail as to answering the question. A quick look at the page that I linked to will demonstrate that it is not spam in any sense of the word, nor is there any attempt to sell a product. Again, my apologies, it's just that I know there are thousands of similar links, if not millions, throughout wikipedia which are informative and useful to any given topic, but which are hosted by professionals in their given field. I still don't really understand what I did wrong. Would it be better if I added my essay into the body of the article so that others may learn from this often asked question about piano tuning? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pacificpianoworks (talk • contribs)


 * Your username is obviously promotional. Beyond that, your blog post appears to be a copy of the blog post whose link you removed.  How is this not spamming to promote your website? power~enwiki ( π,  ν ) 01:57, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

I removed the formatting from your first request, as you only need one open request at a time. 331dot (talk) 09:05, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

I will add that Wikipedia is not for merely sharing information. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia that summarizes what independent reliable sources state about topics that meet the special Wikipedia definition of notability. It is a conflict of interest for you to edit about your own website(and if you derive any income or other compensation from it, you are a paid editor). There are indirect ways to contribute information related to a conflict of interest, but you won't be unblocked to only make COI related edits. Please also see guidance for expert editors. If you just want to share information with the world, you should use social media or your own website. 331dot (talk) 09:12, 14 September 2020 (UTC)