User talk:Surewerx1

April 2023
 Your account has been indefinitely blocked from editing because of the following problems: 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, organisation, group, or web site, which is against the username policy.

You may request a change of username and unblock if you intend to make useful contributions instead of promoting your business or organization. To do this, first search Special:CentralAuth for available usernames that comply with the username policy. Once you have found an acceptable username, post the text  at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with your new username and replace the text "Your reason here" with your reasons to be unblocked. In your reasons, you must: Appeals: If, after reviewing the guide to appealing blocks, you believe this block was made in error, you may appeal it by adding the text  at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your reason here" with the reasons you believe the block was an error, and publish the page. Widr (talk) 16:40, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Disclose any compensation you may receive for your contributions in accordance with the paid-contribution disclosure requirement.
 * Convince us that you understand the reason for your block and that you will not repeat the kind of edits for which you were blocked.
 * Describe in general terms the contributions that you intend to make if you are unblocked.

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@331dot Could not reply directly to @331dot time-stamped comment 18:54, 28 April 2023 (UTC) so adding here instead. Correct. I do not work for them, I am offering to help them as they are a mid-sized, global business looking to create a wikipedia article. The draft is not at all promotional, its just a factual, fully cited article about their company. Can I share the draft with someone at wikipedia, complete with citations, so they can review and publish? Otherwise, how does a business get their non-promotional article published? They are owned by this business, who has a wikipedia page and simply wants something similar. I'm requesting an account not just for the purposes of this business article, but also for future editing of wikipedia articles. One in particular is Paul Popovich (who just happens to be my father and I know a few edits I'd recommend to that article), as well as some edits to the local community/city wiki article where I reside. Surewerx1 (talk) 19:26, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
 * The reply function does not work on the last post of a talk page. If you click "edit" at the top of this page, you will be able to post replies below.
 * As I said above, "promotion" has a broader meaning here on Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a place for businesses(or their representatives) to tell the world about themselves and what they do.  That is considered promotional here. Businesses do not "get" articles published- typically, articles are written by independent editors wholly unconnected with the business, who take note of significant coverage of the business in independent reliable sources and choose on their own to write about it, summarizing those sources and showing how the business meets the special Wikipedia definition of a notable business. The vast majority of businesses do not merit articles- even global businesses. It depends on the coverage in independent sources.  That coverage must not be staff interviews, press releases, announcements of routine business activities like the raising of capital, brief mentions, or other primary sources.  We want sources that go into detail about the business on their own, and write about what is important/significant/influential about the business as sources see it(not as the business itself sees it).  Ford Motor Company merits an article because independent sources extensively write about the company and its influence in the car industry, and manufacturing more broadly(pioneering assembly lines).  Wikipedia doesn't want to know what any company considers to be its own history, they are free to disclose that on their own website.  We want to know what others consider to be the company's history and what they find important about the company.
 * You have cited another article as a reason for this one- we call this "other stuff exists". It could be that this other article is inappropriate and it simply has not been addressed yet.  (I haven't examined it at this time)  It isn't a reason for more inappropriate content to be added.
 * Lastly, maybe you aren't directly employed by the company, drawing a salary/hourly wage, but you are working for the company, at least as Wikipedia sees it. This is especially true if the company is offering to pay you. You are free to make another unblock request for someone else to review, but it is doubtful that you will be unblocked to edit about Surewerx or other topics for which you have a conflict of interest. I'm not the last word, and I could be wrong, but that's just what I think. 331dot (talk) 20:05, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Not to add more to this lengthy post(for which I apologize) you may find it helpful to read WP:BOSS, and show it to your contact at the company, too. 331dot (talk) 20:14, 28 April 2023 (UTC)