User talk:Diono

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Speedy deletion nomination of User:Diono

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A tag has been placed on User:Diono, 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 an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Business for more information.

If you think that the page was nominated in error, contest the nomination by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion" in the speedy deletion tag. Doing so will take you to the talk page where you can explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but 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 yourself, but do not hesitate to add information that is consistent with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. Darkness Shines (talk) 15:34, 11 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Your account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because it appears to be mainly intended 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 such groups are generally discouraged from using Wikipedia to write about themselves. In addition, usernames like yours are disallowed under our username policy.

Am I allowed to make these edits if I change my username?

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, organization, or clients. 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.

What can I do now?

You are still welcome to write about something other than your company, organization, or clients. 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:

Add the text {{unblock-spamun|Your proposed new username|Your reason here}} 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 {{unblock|Your reason here}} below but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. JohnCD (talk) 15:36, 11 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Help request

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I'm very new to Wikipedia and after much reading understand why my article was deleted and why I've been blocked as a user. Is there anything I can do to get reinstated back into the Wiki community? Can my page be undeleted so I can edit it so that it complies with Wikipedia's standards? I believe an article on Diono (the company I work for) would be relevant as long as it is kept informational and not promotional. Thanks! Diono (talk) 19:11, 11 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You need to understand that:

Wikipedia accounts must be for individuals only, who are personally responsible for them. Accounts whose usernames are those of companies or groups are not allowed: one reason is that such accounts are invariably here to promote themselves, and Wikipedia is extremely resistant to being used for any kind of promotion. Anything on the lines of "Diono continues to answer families’ everyday needs... " is deleted at sight.
Wikipedia is not a business listing directory, it is an encyclopedia, and is selective about subjects for articles. The criterion used is called Wikipedia:Notability, and is not a matter of opinion but has to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Significant means more than just listing-type mentions; reliable excludes Myspace, Facebook, blogs, places where anyone can post anything; independent excludes the subject's own website, affiliated ones and anything based on press releases. The test is, have people independent of the subject thought it significant enough to write substantial comment about? More at WP:Notability (organizations and companies) and WP:42. Many perfectly worthy companies cannot meet that test, which is not to their discredit, it just means they are not suitable subjects for an article in a global encyclopedia.

Read (unless you already have):

Then, if you want to continue, place an unblock request at the bottom of this page, in the form {{unblock-spamun|Your proposed new username|Your reason here}}, and another administrator will consider it. JohnCD (talk) 20:19, 11 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

JohnCD, thank you very much for your response, I greatly appreciate it.Diono (talk) 22:17, 11 April 2012 (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.

Diono (block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Requested username:

Scott at Diono (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

After reading the suggested articles I would now like to submit a request for edit and ask other editors to create an article on Diono, the company that I work for. I plan to fully disclose my COI on the talk page, provide information on Diono that others can use to create the article, and respect the intent of Wikipedia as a world-wide encyclopedia. I will not edit the article except to correct typos or simple data, and removing blatant vandalism. Any other contributions from me would be confined to the talk page where other Wikipedians could utilize the information.

Decline reason:

The new name you have chosen is still clearly related to an organization, contrary to the username policy. Wikipedia works on information from published reliable sources - thus, any information that "only you can provide" is unfortunately useless to the project. If your company eventually meets Wikipedia's strict requirements, someone will write an article about it (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 10:43, 12 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

BWilkins, thank you very much for your response. In regards to the username I proposed, I was following the guidelines outlined in Best Practices for Editors With Conflicts of Interest, specifically these two sections:

Be up-front about your conflict

If you are going to engage in substantial editing under a conflict of interest, you should declare your conflict of interest up-front: place a note on your user page explaining your conflict, and mention it to editors you work with in any depth.

Do not try to declare your conflict of interest by using your employer's name as your username, as this suggests that multiple people might use the account and may be seen as promotional. However, many users have included their employer's names or initials as part of their username, such as User:Mark at Alcoa.

Don't create new articles

Don't create any new articles (or recreate any deleted articles) on any subject related to your conflict of interest. Similarly, don't create articles that discuss a company or group you are affiliated with. If no article exists and you believe one should, you can make a request for someone else to post one at Wikipedia:Requested articles. You may make a draft in your userspace (e.g. a page like User:yourname/yourcompany) to mention in your request, but be aware that material that looks like it belongs on a company's web page, or advertising, will be deleted even in user space. As an alternative to this, consider compiling a list of usable reliable sources for others to use, instead of a draft.

Can you please advise if there are other guidelines I should be following given my COI as per WP:COI (Conflicts of interest)? Any information provided by me would not be information "only I can provide", it would be from published sources as you mentioned in your response above. I would certainly be more than happy to provide "a list of usable reliable sources for others to use, instead of a draft" and leave it at that, per the suggestion above.

Thank you again for your time. Diono (talk) 16:18, 13 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]