User talk:Local Water

February 2021

Your account has been blocked indefinitely from editing because of the following problems: the account has been used for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia, and your username indicates that the account represents a business, organisation, group, or web site, which is against the username policy.

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Hello. I would like to create an informational page for the website, just like any other website or company you have listed like Wayfair or Alphabet or Kohls, as some examples. I only used the actual name in the title in order to be true about what the page was about. It is about the website. I do not receive any compensation for this. I am the one publishing content directly on the website. I research water filtration contents & topics frequently. And I can make contributions to those content articles. Please let me know if you need any additional information. Thank you for your consideration.

This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without a good reason (see the blocking policy). Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

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

Requested username:

Water is life (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

Hello. I would like to create an informational page for the website, just like any other website or company you have listed like Wayfair or Alphabet or Kohls, as some examples. I only used the actual name in the title in order to be true about what the page was about. It is about the website. I do not receive any compensation for this. I am the one publishing content directly on the website. I research water filtration contents & topics frequently. And I can make contributions to those content articles. Please let me know if you need any additional information. Thank you for your consideration.

Decline reason:

Your choice of new username seems to be acceptable. However, you seem to have a fundamental misconception as to what Wikipedia is. It is not a place to just tell about something or to just provide information. This is an encyclopedia, where articles summarize what independent reliable sources with significant coverage have chosen on their own to say about the subject, showing how it meets Wikipedia's special definition of notability. Your draft was a clear advertisement for your website; you may not be a paid editor but you have a conflict of interest. You won't be unblocked to, in the short term, make COI related edits. If there are other topics you want to edit about as a general contributor, please tell what those might be. I am declining your request. 331dot (talk) 20:27, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for providing this information and explaining. Now I have a better understanding and I apologize for not having understood this previously. Actually as a Wikipedia user I was under the impression that a company or entity can be represented on a company or website page on Wikipedia because I have seen it for so many topics (companies, people, products, events, services etc.) frequently. But I understand. So anyhow, I do have extensive research updated on the site related to contaminants in water and related sources so I can share those or contribute by checking similar pages. I am also a father of a toddler and frequently research to update my own knowledge of parenting and child care. I work in marketing and keenly stay up to date on business related topics so I can contribute on those topics as well. Would any of those be applicable as a contributor? Thank you. So I am curious- you work in marketing but your website is not part of your work? Other reviewers will want to know that. 331dot (talk) 08:31, 7 February 2021 (UTC) That is correct. This website was a side project because of my passionate interest in studying water quality related topics. So I started putting content together about what I was learning. There have been numerous issues to the public due to water quality. And frankly, a lot of education and work needs to be conducted to fix those.[reply]

Rename not successful

The chosen username is too similar to existing usernames or it used to be username of someone else that got renamed: WaterIsLife and Waterislife. Please choose again. --Deepfriedokra (talk) 08:57, 6 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for letting me know. I am requesting username Local Water since you said that the previous username is too similar to existing usernames. Will that be alright to use?|decline=I've renamed your account and someone else will review your request. 331dot (talk) 08:30, 7 February 2021 (UTC)}} Alright, thank you for letting me know. Please let me know if you have any questions or need any additional information. Thank you.[reply]

Please remove all your open unblock requests except for one. You only need one open request at a time; if you have follow up comments, please make them as standard, unformatted comments like this one. 331dot (talk) 08:17, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I have removed the requests but can you please answer my question as I am devotedly trying to follow up to inquire about the status of the account. Can you reply to let me know ? I have done everything as instructed, can you please let me know if there is any additional information needed. I am awaiting your response. Please do let me know. Thank you.

Unblock requests

You have SIX open unblock requests. That's wildly abusive and is probably why nobody is reviewing them. Please remove all open unblock requests and make a single new unblock request. I want to be very, very clear here. No editing or removing of your declined unblock request(s) and no more than one (only a single 1) open unblock request at a time. --Yamla (talk) 15:45, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I have been providing the answers to questions or information that was asked previously. So should those answers not be given via unblock requests. Only now I got a response back from you after requesting so many times. My intention is not abuse so please do not say that. Instead, take the time to review requests & reply. Hope that is also clear to you as it is your responsibility to address a sincere user's question or concern. Hope you can also be true to the values of a trusted place like Wikipedia, Yamla. Please make it an equally inclusive place with a sense of fair consideration.

For example, when I was told asked by 331dot -

So I am curious- you work in marketing but your website is not part of your work? Other reviewers will want to know that. 331dot (talk) 08:31, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

My answer was this -

That is correct. This website was a side project because of my passionate interest in studying water quality related topics. So I started putting content together about what I was learning. There have been numerous issues to the public due to water quality. And frankly, a lot of education and work needs to be conducted to fix those.

So why was there no response from your side?

Following up on Feb 22, 2021 - Hello. It has again been a few days and I have not heard anything back from your side. Can you please respond to let me know?

Replying to user:Deepfriedokra: You've not offered an acceptable user name. That would be helpful. Please sign your talk page posts with 4 tildes at the end.

Replying on Mar 2, 2021 - Hello user:Deepfriedokra. Thank you for your response. When I selected Local Water as the username, I was told by user 331dot - your choice of new username seems to be acceptable. Is that not the case anymore? Can you please clarify? Local Water (talk) 15:54, 2 March 2021 (UTC) Thank you. Local Water (talk) 15:54, 2 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Following up on Saturday, March 6, 2021 - Hello. Will 'De Soda' be an acceptable user name? Local Water (talk) 05:52, 7 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]