User talk:Houghton International

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Your account has been blocked from editing Wikipedia because it appears to be mainly intended or used for promotional purposes. Please read the following carefully.
Why can't I edit Wikipedia?

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What can I do now?

If you have no interest in writing about some other topic than your organization, group, company, or product, you will not be allowed to edit Wikipedia again. Consider using one of the many websites that allow this instead.

If you do intend to make useful contributions about some other topic, you must convince a Wikipedia administrator that you mean it. To that end, please do the following:

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If instead you believe that you have been blocked by mistake (i.e., you have not in fact been using Wikipedia for promotional purposes), please write {{unblock|Your reason here}} below this message box and replace the text "Your reason here" with the reason why. See also Wikipedia:Appealing a block for more information.

NawlinWiki (talk) 14:48, 5 August 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).

Houghton International (block logactive blocksglobal blockscontribsdeleted contribsfilter logcreation logchange block settingsunblockcheckuser (log))


Request reason:

Dear Sir/Madam,

I have recently joined the company Houghton International.

On investigation, I have discovered that the following page; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houghton_International has been deleted and the account was blocked by yourself as "G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion." on the 5 August 2009.

I believe the post on 5 August 2009 was by someone no longer with the company.

I would now like to create a Houghton International page that complies with your policies from this account. My objective is to detail a factual summary of the company.

I am happy to work with you to produce content that meets your policies, for example I could forward a draft copy.

I look forward to hearing from you, I would be grateful if you could respond using my email address as below.

Regards,

Cedric McMillan [contact information redacted]

Decline reason:

No, we will not be unblocking you to write about your company. Especially with your current username that promotes your company. Especially since you indicated that this account was operated by more than one person, which is strictly prohibited. Max Semenik (talk) 17:06, 5 February 2014 (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.