User talk:Toastal
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[edit]Hello, Toastal, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as User:Toastal, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's content policies and may not be retained. In short, the topic of an article must be notable and have already been the subject of publication by reliable and independent sources.
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Speedy deletion nomination of User:Toastal
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A tag has been placed on User:Toastal, requesting that it be deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which pages can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly-defined criteria, then it may soon be deleted by an administrator. The reasons it has been tagged are:
- It seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. (See section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.
- It appears to consist of writings, information, discussions, and/or activities not closely related to Wikipedia's goals. Please note that Wikipedia is not a free Web hosting service. (See section U5 of the criteria for speedy deletion.)
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Toastal (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))
Request reason:
"Wikipedia is not a soapbox or means of promotion". I made a mistake in understanding and not reading what exactly the User page was; I believed it to be a personal bio page. It was not my intention to promote a brand but rather link my personal site so people could find me for contact and networking, same as I have done other sites that give me a textbox for my username. This said, Wikipedia is not a social networking site--and that isn't the purpose of usernames here. In the past I have made a few programming-related edits that still hold to this day (via IP before I got an ID). In my free time I contribute to open source software, Wikitravel, Open Street Maps (588 contributions), CC-BY-SA blogging (12 articles), and even have a number of my Creative-Commons-licensed photos brought into Wikimedia via Flick with one actually used on Wikipedia--all under this username "toastal". I believe in the idea of freedom of sharing knowledge and information--that's what I'm here for. I have read about the page and the appeals process. Does the User:Toastal page deserve to be deleted/reset? Yes, absolutely. Do I think I should get another chance at this account? Hopefully, yes as well. I will not use the User talk page again personally, and I will not post my own site there or anywhere else related to Wikipedia.
Accept reason:
We want you to use user talk pages, they are for communication with you about Wikipedia related matters. You are also welcome to(but are not required to) have a user page telling about yourself as a Wikipedia editor or user, with content that complies with user page guidelines. As you are agreeing to not edit about your website, I will remove the block. 331dot (talk) 08:50, 27 June 2021 (UTC)