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Missvain (talk) 19:57, 11 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Motivational Maps

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A tag has been placed on Draft:Motivational Maps, 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.

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Motivational Maps (October 30)

Your recent article submission has been rejected. If you have further questions, you can ask at the Articles for creation help desk or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help. The reason left by Snowycats was: This submission is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia. The comment the reviewer left was: per csd g11

Snowycats (talk) 04:19, 30 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Joseph Sale! 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! Snowycats (talk) 04:19, 30 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I'm Deb. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions have been undone because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted; Wikipedia articles should be written objectively, using independent sources, and from a neutral perspective. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you.Deb (talk) 16:26, 30 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

November 2020

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 ~~~~}}. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 06:22, 10 November 2020 (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).

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

Request reason:

I would like to appeal the decision to indefinitely block me. I have been blocked for "advertising and promotion" when I was trying to update Wikipedia's motivation page with a new model of motivation, one that has been backed by scientific research and published by one of the largest publishers in the world for academic and business books. Surely the purpose of editing Wikipedia is for its pages to remain as current as possible? I was offered no chance to explain myself when the Motivational Maps draft-page was deleted (indeed my appeal was deleted without response). I came to agree that that was "fair enough", and perhaps the page did warrant dismissal as promotional. However my update to the motivation page was purely focused on the new model of motivation, so I am unclear what I did wrong. If it fell short of standards, it would have been helpful to have been contacted and have someone explain what I needed to do to improve it. If it was purely one or two links that were external, then I could have easily removed and fixed those elements. I have received no feedback or discussion about my text; I merely wished to update the out-of-date motivation page with the new research which comes from Gower & Routledge. I am interested in motivation, adaptability, personality - my interests are evident and consistent in my creation of the adaptability quotient page. I think there are a lot of areas in Wikipedia relating to these topics where it could be improved; if you were to unblock me, then perhaps I could give tidying those up a go instead of adding "new" research? Ultimately, I think that it would improve the motivation page if someone - I realise it will not be me at this point - were to review the studies and books I linked and add the nine-motivator model at some stage. I just think it's a glaring error that the page is missing the nine motivators when it's been around for 14 years. I am sincerely sorry if my efforts have come across as promotional. I spend a lot of my work & free time promoting authors whom I believe to be underrated or under-acknowledged for their contributions, so perhaps that tone infected my contributions here. Thank you for your time reading and reviewing this.

Decline reason:

You've already acknowledged your conflict of interest here. Your content was blatantly in violation of WP:PROMO. Wikipedia isn't for promoting your business and you won't be unblocked to do so. Yamla (talk) 12:23, 11 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Please see UTRS appeal #37128 --Deepfriedokra (talk) 16:38, 12 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]