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{{unblock | reason=Hi! I added a link to my literature search engine on evolutionary computation http://www.rkursem.com/bbase in the references section on the page for [[Evolutionary Computation]] (EC) and on the page for [[Genetic Algorithm]] (GA). I think the block is a bit hash as this search engine indeed provides an interface to nearly all EC literature ever written. Furthermore, it does not contain non-EC stuff so it is very relevant for anyone interested in EC or GAs, i.e., I'm not adding spam-links. Please reconsider my block. Thanks in advance, Rasmus [[User:RKUrsem|RKUrsem]] ([[User talk:RKUrsem#top|talk]]) 10:51, 3 October 2013 (UTC)}}
This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without a good reason (see the blocking policy). Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.
Do you understand that to be considered for an encyclopedia article, the subject must be notable?
You are currently blocked because your username appears directly related to a company, group or product that you have been promoting, contrary to the username policy. Changing the username will not allow you to violate the 3 important principles above. Daniel Case (talk) 06:13, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without a good reason (see the blocking policy). Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.
Hi Daniel, Sorry for the late reply - nothing happended for a few days and I was a bit busy elsewhere.
Yes, I do understand that Wikipedia is an encylopedia and not a business directory. The page I linked to is a search engine for literature on the subject - in fact the most comprehensive and specialized collection of references on this matter alone. Therefore, I consider it highly relevant for the two pages I added the link to. Other engines (scholar, collection of CS bibliographoes, citeseer, bibsonomy, etc) are a lot broader and any query punched in there provides thousands of irrelevant results. Regarding conflict of interest. I do understand it, but I think this is a grey-area case. I guess anyone interested in EC or GAs would love to have access to information about anything written on the matter, don't you? I would, which was the reason for creating the search engine in the first place. Furthermore, as I got it Wikipedia is about providing information and my search engine is doing exactly that in a neutral manner. Yes, I do have ads on my page, but who doesn't these days - it's not a goldmine and so far I've earned less than 5$ on my site, which is less than 0.5 cent per working hour I put into the engine. :-) Regarding, notability, I think the about arguments should qualify for a link in the external references/links section. Please reconsider my application and the link to the search engine on these two pages (Evolutionary computation and Genetic algorithm). Best regards,Rasmus
Decline reason:
Procedural decline; per below. Kuru(talk) 22:25, 12 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Admins will not consider an unblock request unless it's posted by the account itself. Please log in and confirm that you actually posted the request, RKUrsem. —Jeremyv^_^vBori! 21:16, 12 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, I'll have another go below :-)
RKUrsem (talk) 10:33, 14 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without a good reason (see the blocking policy). Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.
Hi Daniel, Sorry for the late reply - nothing happended for a few days and I was a bit busy elsewhere.
Yes, I do understand that Wikipedia is an encylopedia and not a business directory. The page I linked to is a search engine for literature on the subject - in fact the most comprehensive and specialized collection of references on this matter alone. Therefore, I consider it highly relevant for the two pages I added the link to. Other engines (scholar, collection of CS bibliographies, citeseer, bibsonomy, etc) are a lot broader and any query punched in there provides thousands of irrelevant results. Regarding conflict of interest. I do understand it, but I think this is a grey-area case. I guess anyone interested in EC or GAs would love to have access to information about anything written on the matter, don't you? I would, which was the reason for creating the search engine in the first place. Furthermore, as I got it Wikipedia is about providing information and my search engine is doing exactly that in a neutral manner. Yes, I do have ads on my page, but who doesn't these days - it's not a goldmine and so far I've earned less than 5$ on my site, which is less than 0.5 cent per working hour I put into the engine. :-) Regarding, notability, I think the about arguments should qualify for a link in the external references/links section. Please reconsider my application and the link to the search engine on these two pages (Evolutionary computation and Genetic algorithm). Best regards,Rasmus
Decline reason:
Under the external links guidelines and the conflict of interest guidelines, we all agree to avoid linking to our own web sites. Since that appears to be your major intended contribution, it wouldn't be appropriate to unblock you. If you ever become interested in volunteering to help Wikipedia improve the encyclopedia in other ways, feel free to ask again. And don't worry - if your web site really is the most reliable source available, it's inevitable that other users will link to it. FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 21:09, 10 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
