User talk:Redmatter11
A tag has been placed on your user page, User:Redmatter11, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person, and which 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. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 11, as well as the guidelines on spam, the guidelines on user pages, and, especially, our FAQ for businesses.
If you can indicate why the page is not blatant advertising, contest the deletion by clicking on the button that looks like this: 
which appears inside of the speedy deletion ({{db-...}}) tag (if no such tag exists, the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate). Doing so will take you to your user talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also edit this page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Peridon (talk) 20:08, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
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 it is considered inappropriate for such groups to use 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, or organization. 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 or organization. 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.
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[edit]Wikipedia is so keen to encourage everyone to edit that it is not as good as it should be in explaining in advance what it is not for. There are many websites where people can post announcements about themselves, their rock bands, their companies. Wikipedia is different. It is a collaborative project to build an encyclopedia.
- "Users" are the individuals who are here to help build the encyclopedia
- Wikipedia accounts must be for individuals only, who are personally responsible for them; usernames which appear to be those of groups or organizations are not allowed, and shared accounts are not allowed
- User pages are for users, if they choose, to say a little about themselves to help communication about the project; they are not for any extended material unrelated to Wikipedia
- Wikipedia is not for promotion of any kind, and is extremely resistant to attempts to use it in that way. Nothing promotional is allowed, even in user pages, and there are strong rules against editing with a conflict of interest. One reason is that people close to their subject find it hard to write about it from the required neutral point of view: witness the fact that although you say you were trying to focus on the technology, you wrote phrases like: "most complete, fresh, and transparent real-time assessment", "richest and most precise data in the market", "Everything they do empowers the media trading industry" "unique, world-class solutions". These are puffery, PR-speak, what we call "peacock terms". An encyclopedia article is something quite different from that.
- As an encyclopedia, Wikipedia is selective about subjects: we do not expect to have an article about every company (though Wikicompany does). Articles have to be of enough general interest for an encyclopedia article: the Wikipedia term for that is Notability, which is not a matter of opinion but needs to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." The test is, have other people, independent of the subject, thought it significant enough to write about? More detail in Notability (organizations and companies).
- You complained of a double standard, and mentioned Microsoft and IBM: there is no doubt that they pass the notability test, and their articles have the references to prove it; moreover, they do not contain peacock terms, and no-one reading them would suppose that they were written by Bill Gates or Thomas Watson, or by their PR departments.
- The WP:FAQ/Organizations will tell you more, and so will WP:Your first article.
In summary: your username is unacceptable, being a company name. You may apply for an unblock to request a change of username to an account for you as an individual, but if your only purpose here is to write about your company, you should be aware that under the code of WP:Best practices for editors with conflicts of interest you should at most propose articles or changes and let uninvolved users decide. You will have to establish notability, nothing promotional will be accepted, and you will not control any resulting article.
JohnCD (talk) 21:40, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for responding to my request. Yes, I understand that Wikipedia is not a business directory, have read through the COI, and agree with the "notable" articles. I also understand that the username chosen originally is related to a company, etc. and should not be used. Would like to then request a new user name. Thanks again.
Some questions for you to answer before an unblock for renaming can be considered...
[edit]Here are a few key questions:
- Do you understand that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and not a business directory?
- Do you understand conflict of interest?
- Do you understand that to be considered for an encylopedia article, the subject must be considered to 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. PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 00:37, 24 February 2011 (UTC)