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Your submission at Articles for creation: MBP (January 8)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by Wikishovel were:

This submission appears to read more like an advertisement than an entry in an encyclopedia. Encyclopedia articles need to be written from a neutral point of view, and should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources, not just to materials produced by the creator of the subject being discussed. This is important so that the article can meet Wikipedia's verifiability policy and the notability of the subject can be established. If you still feel that this subject is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, please rewrite your submission to comply with these policies.

This draft's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article. In summary, the draft needs multiple published sources that are:

in-depth (not just passing mentions about the subject)
reliable
secondary
independent of the subject

Make sure you add references that meet these criteria before resubmitting. Learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue. If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

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Wikishovel (talk) 16:21, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Monterey Bay Parent! Having an article draft declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! Wikishovel (talk) 16:21, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

January 2025

Your account has been indefinitely blocked from editing because it has been used for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia. Also, your username gives the impression that the account represents a business, organisation, group, or website, which is against the username policy.

If you intend to make useful contributions instead of promoting your business or organization, you may request unblock and a username change. In your reasons, you must follow all these steps:

Disclose any compensation you may receive for your contributions in accordance with the paid-contribution disclosure requirement; and
Convince us that you understand the reason for your block and that you will not repeat the kind of edits for which you were blocked; and
Describe in general terms the contributions that you intend to make if you are unblocked; and
Provide a new username.

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OK, I am super confused by all of this. I'm just trying to add information about a publication and since I'm the one who does the majority of work with it, I was doing to adding. It was suggested that I add our link to other pages as a resource--which we are. Can you please help me understand where I'm going wrong? Do I need to pay someone else to write our page? And, can I not add our link to places where it is helpful to readers? I added our link to the page for Monterey which had two other media sources--why would ours be advertising but not theirs? I'm very confused!! Monterey Bay Parent (talk) 17:10, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Also, what should my user name be? Just something generic and then Monterey Bay Parent page would have that title? Monterey Bay Parent (talk) 17:11, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sources on Wikipedia must meet its definition of reliable sources. Sources are considered reliable if they have an established reputation for fact-checking and editorial oversight. This heavily favours mainstream news organizations, academic press, and reputable publishers of newspapers, books and magazines.

Even if your publication were to meet this definition, it would still be an inherent conflict of interest for you to cite it as a source in Wikipedia articles. Surely you can understand how this can be perceived as self-serving. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 20:34, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This user is asking to be unblocked to request a change in username.

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

Requested username:

andreamtry (talk · account availability check · rename user)

Request reason:

didn't understand why I should not be using my business name

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