User talk:Sexpositive

Contested deletion
This page is not unambiguously promotional, because... (well, other than including a link to our external site which is a resources/community site, we aren't promoting anything. We removed the link from our user page. We did not realize that that would be considered spammy. (ps. in case context is needed, the link was to sex-positive[dot]com) We hope that this is satisfactory, please let us know. ♥) --Sexpositive (talk) 19:00, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

July 2013
Hello, I'm MrOllie. I wanted to let you know that I undid one or more of your recent contributions to Sex-positive movement because it appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you.  MrOllie (talk) 19:03, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

Your account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because it appears to be mainly intended for publicity and/or promotional purposes. If you intend to edit constructively in other topic areas, you may be granted the right to continue under a change of username. Please read the following carefully.

Your account's edits and/or username indicate that it is being used on behalf of a company, group, website 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.
 * Why can't I edit Wikipedia?

Probably not, although if you can demonstrate a pattern of future editing in strict accordance with our neutral point of view policy, you may be granted this right. See Wikipedia's FAQ for 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 Wikipedia again.
 * Am I allowed to make these edits if I change my username?


 * What can I do now?

If you have no interest in writing about some other topic than your organization, group, company, or product, you may consider using one of the many websites that allow this instead. If you do intend to make useful contributions here about some other topic, you must convince a Wikipedia administrator that you mean it. To that end, please do the following:


 * 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. -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 19:11, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

Ok, so if an admin finds this, feel free to email me (the address I signed up with is probably in a log file somewhere, yea?).

I feel totally slapped-down by Wikipedia. Mostly, I'd say it was the absence of any actual person-to-person communication in this process. I was right here behind my keyboard, either of these moderators could have taken just a second to check out the situation, and if they still felt that I was acting inappropriately to determine that it was from inexperience and not maliciousness and to then help me become a better wikipedia user. "unambiguously promotional" is so far from how I felt about my edits that I feel there is a basic communication issue at hand.

I wanted to comment, as an uninvolved editor, because I think you have been jumped on. Yes, you acted inappropriately, but there's clearly an individual behind this account who has the potential to be a useful and involved editor.


 * Your edits make it look like this is an account for an organization. Earlier on this page, you repeatedly refer to "we", and the links you've added are for what appears to be an organization with a very similar name to your username. Wikipedia doesn't allow accounts to be shared – your account needs to be for you as an individual only.
 * Wikipedia, by policy, has very strict criteria on what external links are permitted. Posting links that don't match the policy is generally interpreted as spamming. The relevant policies, for reference, are at WP:EL and WP:LINKSPAM.
 * "Conflict of interest" edits aren't forbidden, but because "neutral point of view" is such a core tenet of Wikipedia, obvious "COI edits" tend to ring alarm bells. And given it looks like you're editing on behalf of an involved organization, those alarm bells are going to be ringing hard.

All that said, I really think there is scope for you to contribute. If you want to get back involved, I'd suggest adding another unblock template, making the following points (and make sure they're all actually true!):


 * You're an individual, not an organization. If that's not the case, just get a new account that is just for you.
 * Optionally, offer to get a new username that's obviously separate from http://www.sex-positive.com/. There wouldn't be any problem with your username if it hadn't been linked to that site.
 * Before editing anywhere relating to the sex-positive movement, you'll read through WP:COI, and make sure you stay on the right side of that policy.
 * Your current username implies you have a strong interest in the sex positive movement, which a lot of people will mistake for a conflict of interest, and hence try to accuse you of breaching policy. It's (sadly) a contentious subject.
 * Before adding any external links, you'll read through WP:EL and WP:LINKSPAM, and you'll make sure you stay on the right side of those policies.

A note to any unblocking-reviewing admin: This is a user who has expressed a genuine desire to contribute and who was given exceedingly little warning of the policies they were breaking before being bitten and blocked. Wikipedia needs new editors, particularly ones with subject-matter expertise, and we've jumped down the throat of this new editor with policies designed for McBigCorp's marketing department, not a bold newbie who started editing in topics they were passionate about. We want that passion, and a speedy block is just going to turn the editor away when we could instead be channelling it into making Wikipedia better.

—me_and 12:36, 24 July 2013 (UTC)