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Hello, Mvrockman! Welcome to Misplaced Pages! Thank you for your contributions to this 💕. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your username and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! Gogo Dodo (talk) 04:00, 9 June 2009 (UTC) Getting started A tutorial • Our five pillars • Getting mentored How to: edit a page • upload and use images Intuitive guide to Misplaced Pages Getting help Frequently asked questions • Tips Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Policies and guidelines Neutral point of view • No original research Verifiability • Reliable sources • Citing sources What Misplaced Pages is not • Biographies of living persons Manual of Style • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Policy for non-free content • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The community Build consensus • Resolve disputes Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • No legal threats Community portal • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Writing articles Be bold in editing • Develop an article The perfect article • Manual of style Stubs • Categories • Disambiguation Pages needing attention • Peer review Miscellaneous User name • User pages • Talk pages Clean up: General • Spam • Vandalism Join a WikiProject • Translation Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

Regarding your additions to various articles

Welcome to Misplaced Pages. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, please do not add promotional material to articles or other Misplaced Pages pages. Advertising and using Misplaced Pages as a "soapbox" is strongly discouraged. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Misplaced Pages. Thank you. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 04:01, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Please do not add promotional material to Misplaced Pages. While objective prose about products or services is acceptable, Misplaced Pages is not intended to be a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Thank you. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 04:03, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Please stop. If you continue to add promotional material to Misplaced Pages, you will be blocked from editing. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 04:04, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

This is the last warning you will receive for your disruptive edits.
The next time you use Misplaced Pages for advertising, you will be blocked from editing. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 04:06, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Why was what I put deleted? I understand not using it as advertising, however I feel I was giving a neutral view point. The site is a legitimate site that has been featured in numerous publications including the Wall Street Journal, Time, Chicago Tribune etc. I'm in no way affiliated with the site, just a user who enjoys the services it provides.

June 2009

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

Request reason:

Why was what I put deleted? I understand not using it as advertising, however I feel I was giving a neutral view point. The site is a legitimate site that has been featured in numerous publications including the Wall Street Journal, Time, Chicago Tribune etc. I'm in no way affiliated with the site, just a user who enjoys the services it provides. If it should be worded differently please let me know how to do so.

Decline reason:

The site itself is not the issue; the point is that you are requested not to advertise it. Your block is only one day; please use it to clarify your thoughts on wikipedia policies, particularly as regards WP:ADVERT and WP:NN. --Anthony.bradbury 12:21, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

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.

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

Request reason:

blocking administrator

Decline reason:

original unblock reason

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.

So from what I read, if I replace the external link of the site to the link of the site's wikipedia page, then it would be appropriate? Is that accurate?

You are not currently blocked, therefore I have remove the unblock request. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 23:38, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Re your message: The main problem was indeed that what you added was written with an advertising tone for a non-notable website. I also believe that the content itself was not appropriate for the athletes' articles as it was not particularly notable. Being the Nth person issued on a sports trading site is not very relevant to their careers or biographies. I suggest that you discuss the issue with other editors on the athlete's respective Talk pages or WikiProjects and gain a consensus for its inclusion in the article. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 23:43, 10 June 2009 (UTC)