User talk:Smartfoodglobal

October 2018
Hello, I'm Zefr. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Millet have been undone because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted; Wikipedia articles should be written objectively, using independent sources, and from a neutral perspective. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Zefr (talk) 14:39, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

There have been two problems with this account: 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 also against policy, as an account must be for just one person. Because of those problems, the account has been blocked indefinitely from editing.

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If you believe this block was made in error, you may appeal this block by adding the text at the bottom of your talk page, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Bishonen &#124; talk 20:39, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Smart Foods


A tag has been placed on Draft:Smart Foods requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from https://www.slideshare.net/icrisatsmco/aims-of-the-smart-food-initiative. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. —  Wasell ( T ) 13:29, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

I wish to contest the speedy deletion. i dont think my article is promotional in any nature. It is for educational purpose only.
 * An "educational purpose" is a promotional purpose. Wikipedia articles are not just for educating people or providing information. You can do that on a website run by your organization. In any event, it was deleted due to copyright issues, which we must do for legal reasons.  If you want to contest it, you can visit Deletion Review, but a copyright violation will not be restored.  Even if it would, you can't do anything until you make a successful unblock request- and doing that will involve you agreeing to not edit about your initiative, as I stated above. . 331dot (talk) 08:49, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

Please note that Smart Foods is part of ICRISAT (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Crops_Research_Institute_for_the_Semi-Arid_Tropics). The slideshare quoted for copyright issue is a property of ICRISAT. Please refer : https://www.icrisat.org/smartfood/ and http://www.smartfood.org/ I am a ICRISAT employee and contribution to wikipedia is part of my employment. I assure you that the content is donated by ICRISAT.

I would like to contest about the nature of the article. Smart Food is conceived as a global certification process for foods that encompass attributes such as - Good for you, Good for the Planet and Good for the Farmer. It is in no way promotional. It is a service for food producers and a label for the consumer. It is very similar to Organic Certification. I request you to remove the speedy deletion tag and allow me to complete the article. I shall place it for review before publishing.
 * If you wish to make that argument, you will need to make a new unblock request, which will be reviewed by another administrator. You should do it just as you made your first one. 331dot (talk) 08:17, 19 October 2018 (UTC)