User talk:Russellcgardner

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for violating Wikipedia's terms of use by engaging in undisclosed paid editing and using Wikipedia for advertising or promotion. If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page:.

All edits appear in the Recent Changes feed, which is likely how your draft was detected. While sandboxes are meant for drafts and experimentation, they are not immune from prohibitions on advertising/promotion. You will need to review and comply with WP:COI and WP:PAID. Now that you know you will not be permitted to write about your company, what do you intend to write about if unblocked?

Please understand that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and is not a forum for companies to tell the world about themselves. Wikipedia is only interested in what independent reliable sources with significant coverage state about article subjects that are notable as defined by Wikipedia(for companies that is defined at WP:ORG). Wikipedia has no interest in what a company(or article subject) wants to say about itself. 331dot (talk) 20:26, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

Note to reviewing admin The appeal above does not present the entirety of the OTRS conversation. This user originally contacted OTRS because they were trying to boost their company's SEO ratings and specifically wanted a Wikipedia page about their company in order to obtain a listing on Google's Knowledge Graph. They were sent (by me) the standard response for such requests, which explains the notability requirements and the conflict of interest polices (and contains links to both); I also added a couple of lines regarding the likely result (a block) of trying to use Wikipedia for SEO purposes as they proposed to do. About an hour later they created the page Draft:SEER Technology Inc., which was largely copied from the company's own website. At this point I deleted the article and imposed the block. Yunshui 雲 水 09:04, 8 January 2019 (UTC)