User talk:Turboelectricltd

Account blocked because of promotional use
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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. Gogo Dodo (talk) 07:18, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

MaxSem,

It appears the block was by a bot due to promotional use.

I was writing about my company Turbo Electric Ltd and the current/future on which it is embarking. The company (which is registered in England) is pursuing electric and turbine car technology and has premises in Reading.

Forgive me if I'm in error, but is this not the same as entries about other companies e.g. Toyota or Ford which also have pages? I can accept it is not on the same scale, but the intention is the same: to provide information about it. I would expect the entries are not at least contributed by the company themselves?

I would be adding entries and links about the competition in the field, e.g. the Nissan Leaf.

There has also been some quite high profile media interest in both my electric and micro-turbine technology.

My intention is not for promotion of the products (which have yet to be built) no more than any other car manufacturer. That is for my companies own website, but the technology is interesting to others so I thought worthy of an entry.

If you still feel this is still worthy of a lifetime block then I request the account and pages be deleted.

If I have missed the real reason for the block, please help me with some more material for me to absorb so I will understand. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.159.122.186 (talk) 16:22, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

Just to add: there was a page redirecting "Turbo Electric" to "Turbo Electric Transmission" which I know used to be called "Turbo Electric".

Since I created a page for my company Turbo Electric then it should have access to anyone searching for "Turbo Electric" and not be redirected to something else, in this case an old stub article about something else.

Also it appears Gogo Dodo is a real person and not a bot, but the user page has no entries so I assumed this.

In any case, I believe blocks are not supposed to be punitive, but I'm not getting any good reason for the block as the article and account was blocked before any real content was available to be read and discussed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.159.122.186 (talk) 09:53, 10 October 2012 (UTC)