User talk:MFilesEditor: Difference between revisions
:::::::I looked at the [[Hyland Software]] article. It isn’t in what I would consider great shape, but it’s salvageable. The acquisition history can be condensed; the key people section is unnecessary. The majority of the references are to third-party sources, although their quality varies. A lot of them are to trade publications… which, as they say on Facebook, is “complicated”. Trade publications can often be [[WP:PROMO|promotional]] given their target audience. But as long as the articles are written by the publication’s own staff writers, and not self-serving to the company being written about, then it might be OK. If they are just reprints of company-authored press releases, then that’s unacceptable. References directly to a [[WP:PRIMARY|subject’s own website]] are permitted in ”limited” circumstances, just to verify basic facts and figures.
:::::::I looked at the [[Hyland Software]] article. It isn’t in what I would consider great shape, but it’s salvageable. The acquisition history can be condensed; the key people section is unnecessary. The majority of the references are to third-party sources, although their quality varies. A lot of them are to trade publications… which, as they say on Facebook, is “complicated”. Trade publications can often be [[WP:PROMO|promotional]] given their target audience. But as long as the articles are written by the publication’s own staff writers, and not self-serving to the company being written about, then it might be OK. If they are just reprints of company-authored press releases, then that’s unacceptable. References directly to a [[WP:PRIMARY|subject’s own website]] are permitted in ”limited” circumstances, just to verify basic facts and figures.
:::::::Your draft was deleted and I’m not an admin, so I can’t see deleted contents. Therefore, I unfortunately cannot comment on your content and what might have triggered its deletion. –[[User:Drm310|Drm310]] ? ([[User talk:Drm310|talk]]) 16:36, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
:::::::Your draft was deleted and I’m not an admin, so I can’t see deleted contents. Therefore, I unfortunately cannot comment on your content and what might have triggered its deletion. –[[User:Drm310|Drm310]] ? ([[User talk:Drm310|talk]]) 16:36, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
::::::::{{unblock|reason= I think it’s unfair to block my entire IP address. I certainly respect the reasons you chose to block MFilesEditor. However, I work from home and a global IP address block means I cannot participate in Wikipedia from my personal account or computer. I am willing to delete the account MFilesEditor. That way, I can contribute from my personal account. I never intended to do anything malicious and I sincerely believed I was following Wikipedia guidelines correctly at that time. As someone who has more than 25 years experience as a journalist and editor, I’m willing to contribute volunteer hours to edit any articles you wish. Thank you for hearing me out. }} [[User:MFilesEditor|MFilesEditor]] ([[User talk:MFilesEditor#top|talk]]) 16:38, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
::::::::{{unblock|reason= I think it’s unfair to block my entire IP address. I certainly respect the reasons you chose to block MFilesEditor. However, I work from home and a global IP address block means I cannot participate in Wikipedia from my personal account or computer. I am willing to delete the account MFilesEditor. That way, I can contribute from my personal account. I never intended to do anything malicious and I sincerely believed I was following Wikipedia guidelines correctly at that time. As someone who has more than 25 years experience as a journalist and editor, I’m willing to contribute volunteer hours to edit any articles you wish. Thank you for hearing me out.[[User:MFilesEditor|MFilesEditor]] ([[User talk:MFilesEditor#top|talk]]) 16:38, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
I received your email, I don’t discuss wiki matters via email in most cases. I will respond to your email soon. [[User:331dot|331dot]] ([[User talk:331dot|talk]]) 17:14, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, “MFilesEditor“, may not meet Wikipedia’s username policy because it seems to be a role account or associated with a position. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may ask for a change of username by completing the form at Special:GlobalRenameRequest, or you may simply create a new account for editing. Thank you. 331dot (talk) 18:50, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
- I certainly respect your decision. However, I’d like to propose a compromise.
- 1. Allow me to delete the entire account MFilesEditor. Let’s start from square one. I only accepted this as a work assignment and did not mean to get banned. The fifth pillar of Wikipedia states: “The principles and spirit matter more than…
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