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Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:CamSoda

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A tag has been placed on Draft:CamSoda, 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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September 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 ~~~~}}.  TonyBallioni (talk) 03:35, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

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).

Smogsom (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 am requesting an unblock of my account. I submitted a draft for Camsoda which was deleted for being promotional. I understand that now but since my account is blocked, I am not allowed to work on improving the draft. My intention is not to promote anything and I wanted to submit something factual. However, I have read the guidelines relating to promotion and see how some of the information in the draft was not acceptable. Please unblock my account so I can work on creating a draft that is acceptable to Wikipedia standards. I will not submit anything that is promotional. Smogsom (talk) 02:30, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

Decline reason:

No. You need to address your exact relationship with that website, and whether or not you work for a marketing agency. Realistically, you aren't going to be unblocked to write about Camsoda, so what exactly would you write about instead? Yamla (talk) 11:18, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

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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).

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Request reason:

original unblock reason

Decline reason:

Procedural decline only. This unblock request has been open for more than two weeks but has not proven sufficiently convincing for any reviewing administrator to take action. You are welcome to request a new block review if you substantially reword your request. Yamla (talk) 12:39, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

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I do not work for a marketing company, just a user of the site. Sorry that I upset a few people. It wasn’t my intention. It also wasn’t my intention to promote or advertise anything. It was simply me not understanding the rules of how a draft should be written. For that I am sorry and would ask for an opportunity to work on it from scratch now that I better understand the rules. --Smogsom (talk) 01:13, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

. Just trying to see about my request above to have my account unblocked. I want to add that I never edited any live page on Wikipedia. My purpose was to submit the draft I created and receive feedback so that I can find and fix anything that wasn’t acceptable. I had NO intent to advertise anything. I was hoping for feedback through the articles for creation process but was blocked instead. I understand the reasoning based on the information posted above, but I would love to have the opportunity to edit. I will not submit any draft for anything promotional or add any edits that may seem promotional.--Smogsom (talk) 00:00, 6 October 2018 (UTC)

You have an open unblock request that so far has not proved sufficiently convincing. I suggest you take it down, agree not to write about Camsoda, indicate whether or not you work for a marketing agency, and tell us what you'd write about instead. --Yamla (talk) 00:12, 6 October 2018 (UTC)

I am not trying to convince anyone of anything as I am not sure what you want convinced of. I am simply asking to be unblocked. I have also previously answered your question about working for a marketing agency (I do not) and I am not even sure how that came up. I am also wondering why you seem hostile. I have not done anything to you but you seem to take my presence personally (maybe I am reading wrong). The draft I wrote was advertorial as was pointed out. I get that, but I didn’t advertise on Wikipedia. I submitted a draft through the article creation process in order to get feedback which is the way I understood the process is to take place. I want to work on a draft for CamSoda as that is the topic that is of interest to me. Going through the articles for creation process is how I am going to learn what I am doing right/wrong and to receive feedback from others until it is either approved for publication or declined. I am not sure how that is advertising so I would ask again to unblock the account so I can work on a new draft based on the feedback I have received so far.--Smogsom (talk) 02:52, 8 October 2018 (UTC)