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Your submission at Articles for creation: Sofigate (February 20)[edit]

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by Tymon.r were:

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of organizations and companies). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

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:Sofigate 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:Sofigate, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window, add "{{Db-g7}}" at the top of the draft text and click the blue "publish changes" button to save this edit.
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Tymon.r Do you have any questions? 10:46, 20 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Sofigate! 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! Tymon.r Do you have any questions? 10:46, 20 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

February 2020[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 other than promoting 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. N.J.A. | talk 10:55, 20 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Administrator note Although there was a disclosure of employer, the name is not per the convention e.g. “Ray at Sofigate” or otherwise clearly an account for a person, see WP:ISU, N.J.A. | talk 10:55, 20 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Appeal to unblock user[edit]

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.

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Requested username:

Petteri at Sofigate (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

I'm sorry, I'm new to Wikipedia and breaking the convention was an honest mistake from me. Yes, I do represent a company (Sofigate) who want to have an article on Wikipedia, but I'm trying to write the article in a non-self-promoting way and include lots of neutral references from published media, etc. I have a new version of the page ready now, and I would like to be unblocked to edit my changes so I can make the page better. Best regards, Petteri from Helsinki

Decline reason:

No thanks. Unlike other sites, we aren't interested in what the company wishes to say about itself. If you are interested in writing about other subjects, subject areas for which you have no conflict of interest, tell us what those are. Yamla (talk) 11:38, 20 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

But surely there are thousands of pages about companies on Wikipedia? And most of them are most likely written by someone close to that particular company. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sofigate (talk • contribs)

When we find violations of WP:COI, we resolve them. You are roughly saying, "other pages may be breaking the rules so we should be able to break the rules, too". That doesn't fly here; see WP:OTHERSTUFF. --Yamla (talk) 12:34, 20 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]