User talk:Troutwood

July 2021[edit]

Your account has been blocked indefinitely from editing because of the following problems: the account has been used for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia, and your username indicates that the account represents a business, organisation, group, or web site, which is against the username policy.

You may request a change of name and unblock if you intend to make useful contributions other than promoting your business or organization. To do this, first search Special:CentralAuth for available usernames that comply with the username policy. Once you have found an acceptable username, post the text {{unblock-spamun|Your proposed new username|Your reason here}} at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with your new username and replace the text "Your reason here" with your reasons to be unblocked. In your reasons, you must:

Disclose any compensation you may receive for your contributions in accordance with the Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure requirement.
Convince us that you understand the reason for your block and that you will not repeat the kind of edits for which you were blocked.
Describe in general terms the contributions that you intend to make if you are unblocked.

Appeals: If, after reviewing the guide to appealing blocks, you believe this block was made in error, you may appeal it by adding the text {{unblock|Your reason here}} at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your reason here" with the reasons you believe the block was an error, and publish the page.

Sasquatch t|c 01:05, 3 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Response to email[edit]

Hello, in response to your email re how to start a Wikipedia page, I would guide you to our help page on this. First, as I noted in the block message, you will need to request a new account name. Please review our user name policy. From there, you will need to disclose your conflict of interest. We strongly recommend you do not start or edit articles you have a conflict of interest with.

If you are still convinced it is proper to start a page for the company you work for, you need to review our notability guidelines for corporations and general notability guidelines. Please note that we require reliable secondary sources for inclusion. The mere fact that a company exists is not enough. Once you have assembled sources, you may be able to start a draft page.

Again, we recommend that you do not write about subjects you have a conflict of interest in as it will usually not conform to our requirements to have a neutral point of view and tends towards promotion and advertising. Sasquatch t|c 04:31, 3 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]