User talk:Mat winegarden

March 2018

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 ~~~~}}. MER-C 17:42, 20 March 2018 (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).

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

Request reason:

I completely understand why I have been blocked. Since this was my first contribution it does seem like my only purpose was for advertisement, but my intent was to make a factual record of the company "Handrail" and it's related product. My future plan is to also add unique pages on ux and user research techniques and activities since there are only pages with references, not full articles. If possible, I would like the opportunity to edit the post to reflect a more neutral point of view so it's not interpreted as a marketing or advertisement page. For example, I would update the history section from a story form to a bullet-ed list of development, technology or other business related milestones the company has reached. For a more specific example, I will plan to follow similar approved formatting and wording like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airtable . Thank you for your reconsideration. Mat winegarden (talk) 18:49, 20 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Decline reason:

Sounds like you are describing native advertising and adding spam links to articles. No unblock at this time. TonyBallioni (talk) 16:37, 5 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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There is no formal "approval" process for articles. Not even the drafting process can be considered formal approval, as that exists only so as to keep things that would immediately be deleted out of article space (and thus off search engines) so that it can be worked on. Wikipedia is edited and maintained almost exclusively by volunteer editors, with paid staff only handling backstage matters, as it were. —Jeremy v^_^v ^Bori! 21:14, 20 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

That makes sense, thank you for the clarification.Mat winegarden (talk) 18:49, 21 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]