User talk:ElectricP

Speedy deletion of Electric Pinwheels LLC[edit]

A tag has been placed on Electric Pinwheels LLC requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a company or corporation, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for companies and corporations.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, 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, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. Victor Lopes (talk) 21:16, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The language is promotional and biased; there is even a "contact us for further information" at the end of it. --Orange Mike | Talk 14:11, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

FYI Conflict of interest guideline[edit]

If you have a close connection to some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Electric Pinwheels LLC, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred from the tone of the edit and the proximity of the editor to the subject, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:

editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with;
participating in deletion discussions about articles related to your organization or its competitors;
linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam); and,
avoid breaching relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for businesses. For more details about what, exactly, constitutes a conflict of interest, please see our conflict of interest guidelines. Thank you. — Athaenara ✉ 00:53, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia, because it has been identified as an account used for promotion of a company or group, with a username that implies that this has been done by that company or group. See Wikipedia:Business' FAQ and Wikipedia:Conflict of interest.

This kind of activity is considered spamming and is forbidden by Wikipedia policies. In addition, the use of a username like yours violates our username policy.

You may appeal this block by adding the text {{unblock|your reason here}} below or emailing the administrator who blocked you.

Your reason should include your response to this issue and a new username you wish to adopt that does not violate our username policy (specifically, understand that accounts are for individuals, not companies or groups, and that your username should reflect this). Usernames that have already been taken are listed here.

--Orange Mike | Talk 14:12, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion of Electric Pinwheels LLC, and Subsequent Blocking of my User account[edit]

Geez, is there any Wiki policy that I havn't violated? While all this happened so quickly and seems so harsh, upon further reading the myriad of Wiki policies I can now see where I went so horribly wrong. Before posting, I tried reading through the FAQ's and didn't run across some of the more important policies. Are first-time posters expected to know everything or they'll get thrown out like this without so much as a warning? The biggest mistake I made was to copy my company profile from another Wiki site that had a set outline, which included sections that were specifically prohibited by Wikipedia. OK, now I know. I guess so many people put up so much garbage that it has to be dealt with swiftly and firmly. And according to a longer study of Wikipedia policies, I put up garbage and accept the consequences. I'll politely delete this account, and hope for someone to write a more compliant page about my company at some point in the future.

ElectricP (talk) 19:29, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If and when the company becomes genuinely notable, somebody else without a conflict of interest will say, "Why isn't this notable firm in Wikipedia?" and write one. --Orange Mike | Talk 19:35, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]