User talk:Tim Woods Design

Speedy deletion nomination of User:Tim Woods Design


A tag has been placed on User:Tim Woods Design, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be unambiguous advertising that only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 11, as well as the guidelines on spam.

If you can indicate why the subject of this article is not blatant advertising, you may contest the tagging. To do this, please add  on the top of User:Tim Woods Design and leave a note on |the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would help make it encyclopedic, as well as adding any citations from independent reliable sources to ensure that the article will be verifiable. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Mean as custard (talk) 08:29, 26 January 2011 (UTC) Your account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because it appears to be mainly intended or used for publicity and/or promotional purposes. Please read the following carefully.

Why can't I edit Wikipedia?

Your account's edits and/or username indicate that it is being used on behalf of a company, group, celebrity or other well-known individual, 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 it is considered inappropriate for such groups to use Wikipedia to write about themselves. In addition, usernames like yours are disallowed under our username policy.

Probably not. See WP:FAQ/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, or organization. If this does not fit in with your goals, then you will not be allowed to edit again. Consider using one of the many websites that allow this instead.
 * Am I allowed to make these edits if I change my username?

You are still welcome to write about something other than your company or organization. If you do intend to make useful contributions on some other topic, you must convince a Wikipedia administrator that you mean it. To that end, please do the following:
 * What can I do now?


 * 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, please see how to appeal a block. NawlinWiki (talk) 11:02, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Greetings,

I was a newly registered with Wikipedia and am admittedly still learning the ropes.

As I familiarized myself with Wikipedia, my account and biographical content were marked and deleted as spam, tagged G-11 and re-write suggested (I think). I received the message to edit, and realizing my mistakes in style, I had intended to re-write the submission, or request userfication. But as I navigated suggestions, instructions, image uploads (Wikimedia), linking and tagging process, etc. -- the account was deleted.

During initial registration, I was prevented from using my actual name, Tim Woods, to register (in-use error), so I used the name of my business, which contains my name (Tim Woods Design). I am a consummate graphic and web design professional, my career spans several decades and my professional accomplishments and satisfied clients are numerous.

Please note that when entering "Tim Woods" into the Wikipedia search bar, the primary search result is the biography of a deceased WWF professional wrestler. He used "Tim Woods" as a "ring name" for a character that he portrayed, along with "Mr. Wrestling". His name was actually George Burrell Woodin, not Tim Woods.

Tim Woods

Timothy Woods is taken by a South African schoolmaster.

Is there a process for claiming my name on Wikipedia?

This content has been hosted by Wikipedia for a number of years now, and further exacerbating the issue is the fact that the content is continually indexed by Google as well as other search sites. I realize that Wikipedia cannot control external sites, but Wikipedia content is highly ranked in search algorithms.

What is the criteria for selection of Graphic Designers to appear on this page?

List of graphic designers

There are several designer biographies included here (some living, some deceased) and some very similar to my original submission, some with less relevant content and attributions. And at least one has the same warnings and and citations, marked for Speedy deletion in June of 2009.

This is the listing marked as; "...must be removed immediately. (June 2009)" April_Greiman

This is the listing marked as; "...must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. (October 2008)" Sagi_Haviv

Steven_Heller_(graphic_design) Armin_Hofmann Christoffer_Hald Kate_Moross Soundarya_Rajinikanth

There are more like this. Please advise on how best to proceed with arbitration.

Respectfully submitted, Tim Woods Graphic Designer and Producer Founder and President Tim Woods Design timwoodsdesign.com


 * No, there is not "a process for claiming [your] name on Wikipedia". Your editing, as stated in your block notice, has been an attempt at promoting yourself. Your message above makes it clear that your intention is to continue to do so. Your wish to change Wikipedia in order to improve your search engine ranking is an example of this. Using Wikipedia for promotional purposes is against Wikipedia's policy, and your unambiguous indication that that is your intention serves only to confirm the validity of your block. As for comparison with other Wikipedia articles, you may like to look at Inclusion is not an indicator of notability. JamesBWatson (talk) 12:01, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Hello James, I offer my sincere apology to you, this situation is simply a result of my lack of understanding, and my intention is absolutely NOT to continue with this effort. But I must also take issue with the accusatory tone and statements.

My primary concern was NEVER to change search engine rankings! I already appear several times on page 1 of Google.com for exampl, so my rankings are quite good. Rather, I am concerned that Wikipedia will only permit one Tim Woods to be profiled there -- and having my name/identity confused with a deceased professional television wrestler.

Until now I have sworn by Wikipedia as a browser, saw Jimmy on The Daily Show recently and was considering a donation -- until now. Thank you for your time.

Kind regards, Tim Woods