User talk:Vaughtons Birmingham

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Speedy deletion nomination of User:Vaughtons Birmingham[edit]

A tag has been placed on your user page, User:Vaughtons Birmingham, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be blatant advertising which only promotes or publicises a company, product, group or service, and which is a violation of our policies regarding acceptable use of user pages; user pages are intended for active editors of Wikipedia to communicate with one another as part of the process of creating encyclopedic content, and should not be mistaken for free webhosting resources. Please read the guidelines on spam, the guidelines on user pages, and, especially, our FAQ for Organizations.

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September 2016[edit]

There have been two problems with this account: 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 or other organisation or group, which is also against policy, as an account must be for just one person. Because of those problems, the account has been blocked indefinitely from editing.

If you intend to make useful contributions about some topic other than your business or organisation, you may request an unblock. To do so, 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 a new username you are willing to use. See Special:CentralAuth 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 kind of edits for which you were blocked.
Describe in general terms the contributions that you intend to make if you are unblocked.

If you believe this block was made in error, you may appeal this block by adding the text {{unblock|Your reason here}} at the bottom of your talk page, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Jimfbleak (talk) 19:31, 27 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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).

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

Request reason:

Our page has been set up to tell the history of the famous Birmingham company. We have recently commissioned a book that is being sold in high street book shops about the history of our company. Im afraid that I cannot see any advertising within this page, and that certainly isn't the point of creating this wikipedia page, we have a website to advertise our goods.

Decline reason:

1) Wikipedia does not allow usernames that represent or appear to represent companies or organizations, so you would need to request a change of name as explained in the block message.

2) Wikipedia does not allow group accounts, so an account operated by "we" will not be permitted. Accounts are for individuals only, who wish to help us build our encyclopedia, so you would need to assure us that that would be the case.

3) "Promotion" is not restricted to only trying to sell goods, and Wikipedia user pages are not for people to write about their companies - they are for individuals to tell us a little about themselves in relation to their work on Wikipedia. If you wish to write an article (not a user page) about the company, you would need to declare your conflict of interest in line with WP:COI policy, and use the WP:AFC articles for creation process so that it will be reviewed (for promotion, COI, issues etc) before being accepted.

If you make a new unblock request, please address these points. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 12:27, 28 September 2016 (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.