User talk:Rogers' Chocolates

Contested deletion
This page is not unambiguously promotional, because it is still being created. It will only state Rogers' Chocolates history. No promotions. Thanks. (Rogers&#39; Chocolates (talk) 19:09, 1 June 2012 (UTC))

Help me I want to continue editing, but it won't allow me to? Please help.

Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames that give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please take a moment to create a new account with a username that represents only yourself as an individual. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose - Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a business listing directory, and is not for advertising or promotion of any kind. If your username doesn't represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text below this notice. Thank you. JohnCD (talk) 19:22, 1 June 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not a site like Myspace for people to write about themselves and their companies. One of the reasons why editing with a conflict of interest is strongly discouraged is that an encyclopedia is not for any kind of promotion and one of its basic principles is WP:Neutral point of view; but people writing about themselves or their own businesses often have a very different idea from ours about what is neutral. For instance, you say "No promotions" but what you wrote was "first and finest chocolatier... one of finest chocolate companies in the world... " Anything like that is deleted from Wikipedia at sight. JohnCD (talk) 19:40, 1 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Okay, sorry. I will not cite anything like that anymore. I will just stick to the basic history information. Is it possible to get the account reopened? Thanks. 96.50.0.240 (talk) 19:43, 1 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Is that possible?? Rogers&#39; Chocolates (talk) 20:29, 1 June 2012 (UTC)


 * No. For the reasons I gave, we do not allow company accounts. If you wanted a company account so that you could write about the company on the user page, that is how sites like Myspace work, but Wikipedia is different: accounts are only for individual people, volunteers who are here to help build the encyclopedia, and who are personally responsible for them. User pages are for the users to say something about themselves and their Wikipedia activities, if they choose, in order to help communication within the project. They are not for substantial content... unrelated to Wikipedia.


 * So there is an encyclopedia article Microsoft, but there is no account User:Microsoft. You are welcome to set up an individual account, but are strongly discouraged from using it to write about your company. Before doing that, you should read:
 * WP:Conflict of interest
 * WP:Best practices for editors with conflicts of interest
 * WP:FAQ/Organizations
 * User:JohnCD/Not a noticeboard
 * JohnCD (talk) 20:42, 1 June 2012 (UTC)