User talk:PortofSaintJohn

August 2009[edit]

Your recent addition to Saint John, New Brunswick has been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without permission from the copyright holder. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. The Real Libs-speak politely 18:41, 24 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to the page Bay of Fundy. Such edits constitute vandalism and are reverted. Please do not continue to make unconstructive edits to pages; use the sandbox for testing. Thank you. Martin451 (talk) 19:06, 24 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Your account has been blocked from editing Wikipedia because it appears to be mainly intended or used for promotional purposes. Please read the following carefully.

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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).

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

Request reason:

Sorry. It is unclear to me why my user name differs from that you see on the Port of Long Beach's wiki

Decline reason:

Please follow the instructions above and understand that you will not be unblocked if you intend to write about anything you are personally affiliated with. Sandstein 20:55, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

I am new. Just joined yesterday. I am trying to set up a wiki for the Port of Saint John just as you see on wikipedia for other ports in North America (reference Port of Long Beach, Port of Vancouver, Port of Halifax) which would contain information on history, cargoes, governance structure, etc... Can you please advise how I may do so while conforming to your standards. I know it must be possible as other ports have done so. Thank you.