User talk:SplendourIT

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Speedy deletion nomination of User:SplendourIT


A tag has been placed on User:SplendourIT, 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 encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Organizations for more information.

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 "Click here to 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 removed 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. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, you can place a request here. Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 15:05, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

Contested deletion
This page is not unambiguously promotional, because... I actually mention my competitors. The point of the page was to create a starting point for a historical competition between 'the little guy' and the big players in the market. One of the competitors I mentioned 'computer troubleshooters' has their own large section here on wiki, so if my page is deleted it's only reinforcing my point, I have an uphill battle to compete. However should I win this battle, wikipedia would stand as the one's who helped me do it! Please don't delete my page, I will continue to document on it, not just links to my website but information relevant to my local area --SplendourIT (talk) 15:14, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
 * While I wish you luck, it's not a question of 'being fair'. Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, not a directory. At AboutUs, you can get an entry, BloggsCoIT can get an entry, Fred's ComputerFix can get an entry. Here, we have two very important provisos to getting an article. One is notability. Have a look at WP:CORP about notability for businesses (and WP:RS about the reliable independent sources needed to prove it). Then look at WP:SPAM. We don't allow advertising. Your effort looked just like an advert. Here, unlike AboutUs, everything has to be neutral (and not channel visitors to another site...). The Computer Troubleshooters is fairly certainly not written and maintained by that company. (PR people can't get the hang of 'neutral' somehow - I think they carry on talking in buzz words at home and even practise in the bath...) You might be able to show that your business passes WP:CORP, or it might be like The Wallamolly Ridge Echo and Mercury comparing itself to The Times. You probably give a better service. Unfortunately, we don't assess on that. (Sometimes, purveyors of crap get articles they don't want, because they are so widely known for it...) Peridon (talk) 16:17, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

November 2013
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. Peridon (talk) 16:04, 12 November 2013 (UTC)