User talk:Ponder Ideaworks

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Hello, Ponder Ideaworks, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as User:Ponder Ideaworks, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may soon be deleted.

There's a page about creating articles you may want to read called Your first article. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type helpme on this page, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Here are a few other good links for newcomers: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Questions or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! P. D. Cook Talk to me! 01:21, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
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Speedy deletion nomination of User:Ponder Ideaworks


A tag has been placed on User:Ponder Ideaworks, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page 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 an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Business for more information.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information that is consistent with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. P. D. Cook Talk to me! 01:21, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

Your account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because it appears to be mainly intended 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 such groups are generally discouraged from using 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, organization, or clients. 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, organization, or clients. 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, you may appeal this block by adding the text below but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. JamesBWatson (talk) 01:46, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

Contested deletion
This page is not unambiguously promotional, because... (your reason here) --Ponder Ideaworks (talk) 01:46, 22 February 2012 (UTC) I have rewritten the page with factual information and deleted promotional language. Ponder Ideaworks (talk) 01:46, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
 * What? You think that a page full of such prose as "Ponder Ideaworks is known for strong branding, strategic planning, innovation, breakthrough creative, thorough outcome measurement and follow-through" is not promotional? If you sincerely did not see that stuff as promotion then the validity of the block is amply confirmed, because you are so out of touch with reality that you would probably never be able to edit objectively. I can only assume that you work in advertising or marketing, and are so used to marketing speak that you have become desensitised to it, and can't see it when it's staring you in the face. JamesBWatson (talk) 02:00, 22 February 2012 (UTC)


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The (somewhat belated) welcome message above contains links to some pages which may be of help to you. Don't try to read and learn everything before you edit, as there is far too much. However, do have a look at the pages which seem most relevant. Also, my own advice is to start slowly: make a few minor changes to existing articles, rather than jumping straight in to major things such as writing substantial new articles. That way the mistakes you make (we all make them) while you are learning how Wikipedia works will be small ones, and you won't suffer the frustration of repeatedly losing large amounts of work. Just my opinion, but from experience I think editors who start slowly have a better chance of a good experience here. JamesBWatson (talk) 09:14, 23 February 2012 (UTC)