User talk:Papita Inc.

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September 2010

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, Papita Inc., may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because it is a promotional username. 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. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 18:49, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You might need to choose a new user name, because it seems that your name may also be the name of a company. That is not allowed... I would be happy to help, if you have questions or problems... • Ling.Nut 07:27, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

- - Hello, as it was required I already signed in with a new username (Papita Naranja) so this account can be canceled anytime from now on. An apology for the inconvenience and still thanks for the notice. Papita Inc. (talk) 20:20, 18 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Username

Hi, thank you for the notice. Papita Inc. may seem a promotional one but it actually comes from a nickname a friend gave to me. I'm working on my own for a school project, in fact I'm in search for friends to help me learn to use WP in order to improve my English writing. It's no trademark or something like that at all. I'd appreciate if I was allowed to use it. Papita Inc. (talk) 22:43, 13 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

One way to make friends, I guess, is to participate in a WikiProject that is active. Just think of things you are interested in (I have no idea what you would be interested in – maybe Wikipedia:WikiProject Football or Wikipedia:WikiProject Mexico?), and join a relevant project, and help them with an article or something...
If you want to learn how to edit, a couple places to start would be WP:CHEAT and Wikipedia:How to edit a page.
If you want to make a user page, (the style on my bio is a common one), just look around at other peoples', find something you like, and copy what they have. Then you can change the details to fit what you want to say. It's OK to do so.
Also, I am always happy to answer questions, as best as I can... • Ling.Nut 23:24, 13 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Username, again

While your username might be a nickname, it still violates our username policy due to the fact it so closely mimics a company, and therefore is still misleading. You could file for a change of username to get a clearer one. Allmightyduck  What did I do wrong? 23:42, 13 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Is there a company in particular that it mimics, or does "sounds like a company" somehow break some rule? • Ling.Nut 00:17, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

AGF towards the editor who registered the name, it coincidentally is the name of a very real company (that's been around since at least 1990); Papita, Inc. 8333 Douglas Ave Ste 950 Dallas, TX 75225. Founded/incorporated by Brett Landes, Charlie Corson, Greg England, Greg Lovasz, John Pearson, Kevin P Yancy.

With that in mind, I suspect the editor needs to change their username as it is one of a very real company. Best, RobertMfromLI ^{User Talk/Contribs} 00:30, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, it looks like you really will have to get a new user name,

Sorry, it looks like you really will have to get a new user name. Even though that's your nickname in real life, it is also the name of a real company. Wikipedians are not allowed to use the name of a company as their user name. I think the easiest thing to do would be simply to start all over again and choose a completely new one, rather than requesting a name change. I'm sorry for the inconvenience. • Ling.Nut 01:01, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Would "Papita" (drop the "Inc") be an acceptable alternative? In Spanish the term "Papita" means "little potato" and is sometimes used as an endearing "nickname", much as someone might be referred to as "punkin" or "shortcake" in English or a Jewish grandmother may refer to her grandson as her little "knish". --nsaum75^{¡שיחת!‎} 05:59, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I suspect it may still garner attention, since the username is for the English Wikipedia, and Papita (Inc) is a US company. The relevant guidelines are at Username Policy: Company/Group Names. The editor may never run into problems - or the appearance of impropriety may run them into problems. I am definitely not the authority on this matter, but if it were me, I would change the username to something that no one could infer a COI over. Best, RobertMfromLI ^{User Talk/Contribs} 16:04, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If the editor (Papita) is really enamored over the username, I'd suggest maybe filing an Request for Comments: Username to get at least a general idea of whether others will have issue with it. If that route is taken, I'd suggest clearly stating in the RFC/N that feedback is being requested as to whether the editor should change the username, as opposed to whether the editor/username should be blocked; thus accurately portraying Papita's interest in engaging the community in the decision as opposed to it seeming like the RFC/N is being initiated due to issues not being addressed/discussed with Papita. Best, RobertMfromLI ^{User Talk/Contribs} 16:09, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

culture clash

Welcome to culture clash. You'll need to change your username.Thelmadatter (talk) 11:44, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because your username, Papita Inc., does not meet our username policy.

Your username is the only reason for this block. You are welcome to choose a new username (see below).

A username should not be promotional, related to a "real-world" group or organization, misleading, offensive, or disruptive. Also, usernames may not end in the word "bot" unless the account is an approved bot account.

You are encouraged to choose a new account name that meets our policy guidelines. Alternatively, if you have already made edits and you wish to keep your existing contributions under a new name, then you may request a change in username by:

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If you feel that you were blocked in error, you may appeal this block by adding below this notice the text {{unblock|Your reason here}}, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. -- Cirt (talk) 03:15, 24 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]