Sincerelyjohn

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You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for advertising or self-promoting in violation of the conflict of interest and notability guidelines.

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 ~~~~}}.  SmartSE (talk) 12:36, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

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

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Request reason:

I was blocked by Smartse for "advertising and self promoting", but was not given any further explanation of what I did wrong. I suppose this is related to the article I published? Unless I'm mistaken, I followed guidelines properly (which took me a while to learn!), sourcing everything and not making any false claims. The article was not about me (or someone close to me), so I was not self-promoting. If I didn't follow guidelines properly, or there was an issue with the article, what seems more appropriate is some guidance or feedback. Why was my account blocked? Sincerelyjohn (talk) 11:54, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

Accept reason:

Unblocking as this editor doesn't seem to be a promotional editor or had used Wikipedia under another name. 331dot (talk) 09:19, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

@Smartse: Could you clarify the reasoning on this for me? Your edit summary on the deleted article was cut off, I think. 331dot (talk) 12:49, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

@331dot: There's something in the history of that that I consider to mean that it's impossible for this to be a new editor. I'll explain in an email. SmartSE (talk) 13:03, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

I need to consider this some more; any other admins, feel free to review. 331dot (talk) 13:19, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

In the past I have edited without login in, though I still don't understand why I'm being blocked. Sincerelyjohn (talk) 22:19, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

Is there any particular reason you edited about Michael Schulson? 331dot (talk) 22:59, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

I'm into cooking and celebrity chef shows. Saw him on a TV cooking competition, his particular style of mixing Asian and Western foods has been a big influence on my cooking. I used Joe Bastianich's Wikipedia page as a template to write Michael Schulson's page. Sincerelyjohn (talk) 06:39, 24 April 2018 (UTC)