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Your submission at Articles for creation: Openpath (October 15)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Whispering was:

This submission appears to read more like an advertisement than an entry in an encyclopedia. Encyclopedia articles need to be written from a neutral point of view, and should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources, not just to materials produced by the creator of the subject being discussed. This is important so that the article can meet Wikipedia's verifiability policy and the notability of the subject can be established. If you still feel that this subject is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, please rewrite your submission to comply with these policies.

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Openpath and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
If you now believe the draft cannot meet Wikipedia's standards or do not wish to progress it further, you may request deletion. Please go to Draft:Openpath, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window, add "{{db-self}}" at the top of the draft text and click the blue "publish changes" button to save this edit.
If you do not make any further changes to your draft, in 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
If you need any assistance, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk, on the reviewer's talk page or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

Whispering^(t) 23:08, 15 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Lizmcfa! Having an article declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! Whispering^(t) 23:08, 15 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Openpath

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A tag has been placed on Draft:Openpath, 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, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. Whispering^(t) 23:08, 15 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Conflict of interest

Hello, Lizmcfa. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the page Draft:Openpath, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization or competitors;
propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the {{request edit}} template);
disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest#How to disclose a COI);
avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see WP:Spam);
do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. – Athaenara ✉ 00:59, 16 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for advertising or promotion. From your contributions, this seems to be your only purpose.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.

– Athaenara ✉ 00:59, 16 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

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

Request reason:

Hi, I'd like to appeal my block. I'm fairly new to editing on Wikipedia, but I believe I've followed all the right procedures and rules in place. I've disclosed my COI and employer in several places and gone through the AfC process rather than creating the article directly. I truly didn't intend Draft:Openpath to read as promotional and if it is I'd like to improve it (or if deletion is the right course, then that's acceptable as well). Aside from this one paid article I do enjoy editing on Wikipedia as a volunteer, and would like to contribute more in the future. Lizmcfa (talk) 01:39, 16 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Decline reason:

Decline, for all the reasons expressed by 331dot below. Yamla (talk) 10:16, 16 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

I have deleted the draft, as it was largely if not totally sourced to press releases, routine announcements, or staff interview type sources, none of which are acceptable for establishing that this company meets Wikipedia's special definition of a notable company. Wikipedia summarizes what independent reliable sources have given significant coverage to on their own. "Startups" rarely meet the notability criteria. You might later be able to submit a new draft, but you will need to spend much time(six months to a year at least) developing a good edit history that shows you understand what goes into article content. What other subjects do you want to edit about, and would you agree to refrain from creating a draft about your company for a time? 331dot (talk) 08:03, 16 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Understood, I'll refrain from submitting a new article (on any subject for that matter) until I understand the process and rules better. I enjoy improving technology pages, so far it's just been small grammatical fixes and editing for clarity. I'd stick to the small changes for the time being as I get the hang of Wikipedia. Lizmcfa (talk) 15:12, 16 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

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

Request reason:

I agree not to submit or create any articles for at least 6 months to a year, and instead focus on making small edits and grammatical fixes to subjects I'm knowledgeable about (but have no COI with). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lizmcfa (talk • contribs) 15:18, 16 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Accept reason:

Unblocked per your agreement, welcome back! SQL ^{Query me!} 01:03, 7 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@331dot, Athaenara, and Yamla: - looking at the above, how would you feel about unblocking? SQL ^{Query me!} 21:44, 1 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I'm okay with it. 331dot (talk) 22:35, 1 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@SQL: I won't object, hope it has good results. – Athaenara ✉ 02:12, 2 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]