User talk:Mvrockman

Hello, Mvrockman! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking

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Regarding your additions to various articles

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, please do not add promotional material to articles or other Wikipedia pages. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" is strongly discouraged. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 04:01, 9 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia. While objective prose about products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not intended to be a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Thank you. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 04:03, 9 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop. If you continue to add promotional material to Wikipedia, you will be blocked from editing. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 04:04, 9 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This is the last warning you will receive for your disruptive edits.
The next time you use Wikipedia for advertising, you will be blocked from editing. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 04:06, 9 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Why was what I put deleted? I understand not using it as advertising, however I feel I was giving a neutral view point. The site is a legitimate site that has been featured in numerous publications including the Wall Street Journal, Time, Chicago Tribune etc. I'm in no way affiliated with the site, just a user who enjoys the services it provides.

June 2009

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 24 hours in accordance with Wikipedia's blocking policy for repeated adding of advertising of non-notable website to multuple articles. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make constructive contributions. If you believe this block is unjustified, you may contest the block by adding the text {{unblock|Your reason here}} below, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. Gogo Dodo (talk) 04:08, 9 June 2009 (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).

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

Request reason:

Why was what I put deleted? I understand not using it as advertising, however I feel I was giving a neutral view point. The site is a legitimate site that has been featured in numerous publications including the Wall Street Journal, Time, Chicago Tribune etc. I'm in no way affiliated with the site, just a user who enjoys the services it provides. If it should be worded differently please let me know how to do so.

Decline reason:

The site itself is not the issue; the point is that you are requested not to advertise it. Your block is only one day; please use it to clarify your thoughts on wikipedia policies, particularly as regards WP:ADVERT and WP:NN. --Anthony.bradbury^"talk" 12:21, 9 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

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).

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

Request reason:

blocking administrator

Decline reason:

original unblock reason

If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

So from what I read, if I replace the external link of the site to the link of the site's wikipedia page, then it would be appropriate? Is that accurate?

You are not currently blocked, therefore I have remove the unblock request. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 23:38, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Re your message: The main problem was indeed that what you added was written with an advertising tone for a non-notable website. I also believe that the content itself was not appropriate for the athletes' articles as it was not particularly notable. Being the Nth person issued on a sports trading site is not very relevant to their careers or biographies. I suggest that you discuss the issue with other editors on the athlete's respective Talk pages or WikiProjects and gain a consensus for its inclusion in the article. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 23:43, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]