Talbertcommunications

May 2009

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing in accordance with Wikipedia's blocking policy because your account is being used only for spam, advertising, or promotion. If you believe this block is unjustified you may contest this block by adding the text {{unblock|Your reason here}} below, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. Blueboy96 23:12, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

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Request reason:

Am hoping I am doing this unblock request correctly. This was my first attempt to post information on wikipedia. It was about a person I think is of interest to the general public since he is a public figure. The post was deleted due to 'blantant advertsising and spam' which it was not meant to be. I would love some help/guidance from Blueboy96 on what needs to be done to make the entry OK for wikipedia. Many thanks for a response.

Decline reason:

You have many problems to deal with here. First and foremost, though: Wikipedia is not an advertising medium; we have very little use for publicists and marketeers writing articles about their clients. --jpgordon^∇∆∇∆ 16:01, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

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Thanks for your feedback. I am hoping there is no bias against my affiliation, it certainly sounds like there is. I am simply trying to correctly post an entry on a public figure who is often in the media, referred to as an expert by other experts in the wine, creative, art and business industries. He has won numerous awards, been on magazine covers, had many articles written about him, so I think this makes him a notable person of interest - at least as far as the wikipedia guidelines I read suggest. My goal is not to post an advertisement or do a promotion, just to post a biography with factual information. I will re-write, but would really welcome any specific input re the original post - I am wondering if the entire post was problematic or if it was specific areas. Thanks for your help as I try to figure this out.

Factual information? It reads like what a client would hope a publicist would write, and that's fine -- it's just not suitable for Wikipedia. One of our basic tenets here is that we require and expect articles to be written with a neutral point of view. Now, look at the article you submitted about Maximilian Riedel. "Groundbreaking strides". "An artist first and a businessman second." "The success is easy to understand." "Riedel Crystal could never have predicted its runaway success." "a serpentine shaped work of art whose striking beauty is matched by function." "Free blown works of art that not only push the limits of performance and design." "The epiphany that glass shape does make a difference in wine enjoyment." This is not encyclopedic writing; this is advertising writing.

As far as a "bias against your affiliation", yes, there is -- not yours in particular, but you're not the first publicist to write about a client on Wikipedia, and you won't be the last.

If you want to participate in writing an encyclopedia, you're quite welcome, as an individual, not as a representative of Talbert Communications; and you'll need to stay away from topics with which you have a professional connection. --jpgordon^∇∆∇∆ 03:23, 29 May 2009 (UTC)