User talk:Northfleet & Ebbsfleet Lions Club
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Hello, Northfleet & Ebbsfleet Lions Club, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:
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User name[edit]
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, Northfleet & Ebbsfleet Lions Club, may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because it breaches WP:ORGNAME. 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. Mjroots (talk) 11:18, 21 July 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 WP: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}}on your user talk page. - 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.
--Orange Mike | Talk 13:20, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
- re the username block, you are still able to edit this page. I have it watchlisted so if you require any advice, assistance or have any questions please post them on this page and I'll answer when I can. Although the block is within policy, I feel that it could have waited until you had been given a chance to reply to my comments here and at HD, and to ask any further questions you may have had. Please don't let this issue put you off contributing to Wikipedia. Mjroots (talk) 11:21, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
Help desk[edit]
I've replied to your question at the Help Desk. Mjroots (talk) 11:18, 21 July 2010 (UTC)