69.246.199.46

June 2022

Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia, as you did to Mintel. While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion. Thank you. -- Fyrael (talk) 16:44, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

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Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to add promotional or advertising material to Wikipedia, as you did at Mintel, you may be blocked from editing. -- Fyrael (talk) 18:47, 10 June 2022 (UTC)

Hi Fyrael,

I work for Mintel and I was just trying to update our company products. I am aware that I am blocked. but what is the correct format to do so? I will have someone else on my team update it, but I don't want them to violate the guidelines. 69.246.199.46 (talk) 16:47, 23 June 2022 (UTC)

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Instead of editing anonymously, it would be beneficial for you to register an account to identify yourself as an employee of Mintel. It would then be easy to identify you as an individual editor and have you properly disclose as a paid editor. Then you could make edit requests at Talk:Mintel that other uninvolved editors could review.

Please bear in mind that your account must represent you as an individual; it cannot be shared with others, nor can it be named after your company. If others you work with intend to edit Wikipedia, they must create their own accounts for their sole use, and also declare as paid editors if they wish to write about your company. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 14:57, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

They do have their own account for Wikipedia and they tried to add the same things and it was deleted. 69.246.199.46 (talk) 16:56, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

Yes it is one person 2601:240:D981:1710:994:B0BE:DF6:17FC (talk) 16:33, 27 June 2022 (UTC)

When you say "they", I hope you are referring to an individual with an account and not several people using one account, as that is against the rules...

Are they also aware of the mandatory disclosure of employment, and how to make edit requests instead of editing the article directly?

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you use Wikipedia for promotion or advertising, as you did at Mintel. Dr.Pinsky (talk) 17:29, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

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Welcome!

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Again, welcome! Dr.Pinsky (talk) 17:30, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello 69.246.199.46! Your additions to Mintel have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. (To request such a release, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission.) While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues.

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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Dr.Pinsky (talk) 17:35, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

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