User talk:Flatoutcycles

Welcome![edit]

Hello, Flatoutcycles, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as User:Flatoutcycles/sandbox, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.

There's a page about creating articles you may want to read called Your first article. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the Teahouse, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{help me}} on this page, followed by your question, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Here are a few other good links for newcomers:

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Speedy deletion of User:Flatoutcycles/sandbox[edit]

Your user page, User:Flatoutcycles/sandbox, has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This was done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appeared to be advertising which only promoted or publicized someone or something. Promotional editing of any kind is not permitted, whether it be promotion of a person, company, product, group, service, belief, or anything else. This is a violation of our policies regarding acceptable use of user pages — user pages are intended for active editors of Wikipedia to communicate with one another as part of the process of creating encyclopedic content, and should not be mistaken for free webhosting resources or advertising space. Please read the guidelines on spam, the guidelines on user pages, and, especially, our FAQ for Organizations.

Please do not recreate the material without addressing these concerns, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If you think this page should not have been deleted for this reason, or you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. 331dot (talk) 11:46, 28 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

August 2019[edit]

There have been two problems with this account: 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 or other organisation or group or a web site, which is also against policy, as an account must be for just one person. Because of those problems, the account has been blocked indefinitely from editing. Additionally, if you receive, or expect to receive, compensation for your contributions to Wikipedia, you must disclose who is paying you to edit.

If you intend to make useful contributions about some topic other than your business or organisation, you may request an unblock. To do so, post the text {{unblock-spamun|Your proposed new username|Your reason here}} at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with a new username you are willing to use. See Special:CentralAuth 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 that reason, you must:

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.

If you believe this block was made in error, you may appeal this block. To do so, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the text {{unblock|Your reason here}} at the bottom of your talk page, replace the text "Your reason here" with your reason for thinking that the block was an error, and publish the page. 331dot (talk) 11:46, 28 August 2019 (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.

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

Requested username:

healy-8000444403 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

the content was not meant to be promotional, I didn't know the post was live in sandbox. I was part way through drafting about the business to expand into the software which is influential in creating and driving the cycle market as well as second hand market in the UK I was only part way through the page, and I hadn't realised that the page name could not be the same as my user name. I have years of experience in the cycle industry and plan on making contributions to various bicycle related pages, as well as creating the page on flatout. I have no intention on the page being live whilst there are any promotional activities going on seedrs.com. Thank you

Decline reason:

While your promise to not write about your company while raising funds is welcome, our readers expect independent coverage of our subject matter. Since you have a conflict of interest, anything you write about the company is promotional because you wrote it. Therefore we will not unblock you for you to do this. MER-C 18:36, 28 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I've merged your requests, as you only need one open request. Someone else will review it. Just so you are aware, edits to your sandbox are visible in the Recent Changes feed for all of Wikipedia, though they do not mean your sandbox is formally part of the encyclopedia. However, sandboxes are not immune from deletion processes. 331dot (talk) 12:10, 28 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]