User talk:BannerCorpAgency
May 2010[edit]
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, BannerCorpAgency, may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because your name appears to represent Banner (http://www.b1.com) which would not be allowed by policy. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may file for a change of username, or you may simply create a new account and use that for editing. Thank you. Fæ (talk) 15:00, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of User:BannerCorpAgency[edit]
A tag has been placed on User:BannerCorpAgency, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam as well as Wikipedia:FAQ/Business for more information. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.
If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag - if no such tag exists then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hangon tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Fæ (talk) 15:10, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
Contested deletion[edit]
Hi, thanks for posting to my talk page. The problem here is that the page (your current user page) is a blatant advert and your account name is in breach of the username policy (WP:U). I suggest you first create a new account that is for your personal use (and not appearing to represent the company; I'd recommend a fairly anonymous account name to edit from and not your real name) and then consider creating a draft article in your userspace (see WP:WORP), planning to move this into the main article space once it has enough independent reliable sources and no longer looks like advertising. I can see that the parent company exists WPP Group and it may be an idea to discuss the draft article on that talk page talk:WPP Group. As there may be conflict of interest problems (see WP:COI), it will probably be an idea to get someone to create the article on your behalf (see Wikipedia:Moving_articles). Cheers Fæ (talk) 15:37, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
Why can't I edit Wikipedia?
Your account's edits and/or username indicate that it is being used on behalf of a company, group, or organization for purposes of promotion and/or publicity. The edits may have violated one or more of our rules on spamming, which include: adding inappropriate external links, posting advertisements, and using Wikipedia for promotion. Wikipedia has many articles on companies, groups, and organizations, but it is considered inappropriate for such groups to use Wikipedia to write about themselves. In addition, usernames like yours are disallowed under our username policy.
- Am I allowed to make these edits if I change my username?
Probably not. See Wikipedia:FAQ/Organization for a helpful list of frequently asked questions by people in your position. Also, review the conflict of interest guidance to see the kinds of limitations you would have to obey if you did want to continue editing about your company, group, or organization. If this does not fit in with your goals, then you will not be allowed to edit again. Consider using one of the many websites that allow this instead.
- What can I do now?
You are still welcome to write about something other than your company or organization. If you do intend to make useful contributions on some other topic, you must convince a Wikipedia administrator that you mean it. To that end, please do the following:
- Add the text
{{unblock-spamun|Your proposed new username|Your reason here}}below this message box. - Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with a new username you are willing to use. See Special:Listusers to search for available usernames. Your new username will need to meet our username policy.
- Replace the text "Your reason here" with your reason to be unblocked. In this reason, you must:
- Convince us that you understand the reason for your block and that you will not repeat the edits for which you were blocked.
- Describe in general terms the contributions that you intend to make if you are unblocked.