User talk:Marc Rodrigues (Collabora)

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Hello, Marc Rodrigues (Collabora), and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was User:Marc Rodrigues (Collabora)/sandbox, which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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One rule we do have in connection with conflicts of interest is that accounts used by more than one person will unfortunately be blocked from editing. Wikipedia generally does not allow editors to have usernames which imply that the account belongs to a company or corporation. If you have a username like this, you should request a change of username or create a new account. (A name that identifies the user as an individual within a given organization may be OK.)

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Notice of Conflict of interest noticeboard discussion

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard regarding a possible conflict of interest incident with which you may be involved. Thank you. MrOllie (talk) 14:19, 6 July 2020 (UTC) -Hello MrOllie thanks for letting me know. I have created this account to specifically maintain missing or not current information about relevant Collabora products. Please let me know if I have not met transparency or quality standards so that I can improve this.(Marc Rodrigues (Collabora) (talk) 14:40, 6 July 2020 (UTC)) - Dear -Hello MrOllie, thanks again for your advice. I've filled out my unblock statement below. I hope, that clarifies it and that I've chosen the correct procedure. (I'm not very familiar with this unblock template. Thank you

July 2020

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for advertising or promotion. From your contributions, this seems to be your only purpose.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  Orange Mike | Talk 14:21, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

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

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Request reason:

Dear Wikipedia, Admins, hello everybody. Please find below my unblock request. I had created this account to be able to apply with Wikipedia's terms for transparency to my best knowledge. I have added a paid contributions disclosure to my user page and also chose to create an account with my real name and professional email to make any possible conflicts of interest visible. I have to admit, that I was not aware of the WP:Articles for creation space, and will of course be glad to use this in the future. Thanks for pointing this out. Furthermore, I am accused that advertising or spam is the only motive of my contributions. I would like to point out that the account serves on the contrary to make my contributions made during working hours distinguishable from my voluntary contributions under the user SustReal (German Wikipedia, or mostly just my IP). In this respect, I would like to note that I consider the contributions made - apart from my undoubtedly undeniable conflict of interest - to be relevant. Collabora Online is an open source software based on LibreOffice, which is used daily by hundreds of thousands of users in educational institutions, public administration and companies. The comparable proprietary solutions Microsoft 365, Google Docs or OnlyOffice are each represented with articles and in various listings. My impression is that the information about Collabora Online should be available in the English Wikipedia (in the German Wikipedia it already was) and should be part of the lists I have been working on. (The information about Collabora Online and LibreOffice Online in the English Wikipedia is incomplete and often about four years out of date). For my contributions - both paid and voluntary - I try to use an objective, fact-based notation to the best of my ability. I hope I may continue to use this new account in the future to improve Wikipedia and keep it up-to-date. Thank you very much for your attention! Best regards, --Marc Rodrigues (Collabora) (talk) 16:30, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

Decline reason:

You seem to be here to tell the world about your company and its products; that won't be permitted. Making the required paid editing declaration is not a license to promote what your company does. Wikipedia is only interested in what independent reliable sources say about your company and its products, not what the company wants to say about itself(as in press releases). If there are topics other than those for which you have a conflict of interest that you want to edit about, please tell what those might be. I am declining your request. 331dot (talk) 00:19, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

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I've placed your request outside the block notice; if you make another, please copy and paste the template outside the block notice, and then make out the unblock request. 331dot (talk) 00:19, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Collabora Online

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A tag has been placed on Collabora Online requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about web content that does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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