User talk:AMWoodall

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Speedy deletion nomination of User:Pomodorotechnique

A tag has been placed on User:Pomodorotechnique, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam as well as Wikipedia:FAQ/Business for more information. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.

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

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. You have violated one or more of our rules, including rules against adding inappropriate external links, posting advertisements, using Wikipedia for promotion, and editing inappropriately with a conflict of interest. This kind of activity is considered spamming and is forbidden by Wikipedia's policies. Although Wikipedia has a great many articles on companies, groups, and organizations, 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 Wikipedia:FAQ/Organization for a helpful list of frequently asked questions by people in your position. See Wikipedia:Conflict of interest for 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 here, 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}} below this message box.
• 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.

See also Wikipedia:Appealing a block for more information. Cirt (talk) 18:42, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

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This user is asking to be unblocked to request a change in username.

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

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Requested username:

A.Woodall (talk · account availability check · rename user)

Request reason:

I would like to change my user name as it seems it has been misinterpreted as being promotional to the page I was writing. I am a free-lance Italian to English translator who uses the time management technique known as the Pomodoro Technique. (It is freely available to everyone, so I'm not sure how I could be promoting it commerically). I used my previous content-specific username because it seemed like an intuitive choice. If my appeal to unblock is granted I would like to merely write a stub, as perhaps the details are considered too promotional. Thank you for your consideration.

Administrators should consider discussing any unblock with the blocking administrator (see the blocking policy).

Administrator use only:

If you ask the blocking administrator to comment on this request, please place {{subst:Unblock on hold-notification | 1=AMWoodall}} on the administrator's talk page. Then replace this template with the following:

{{unblock-un on hold | 1=blocking administrator | 2=A.Woodall | 3=I would like to change my user name as it seems it has been misinterpreted as being promotional to the page I was writing. I am a free-lance Italian to English translator who uses the time management technique known as the Pomodoro Technique. (It is freely available to everyone, so I'm not sure how I could be promoting it commerically). I used my previous content-specific username because it seemed like an intuitive choice. If my appeal to unblock is granted I would like to merely write a stub, as perhaps the details are considered too promotional. Thank you for your consideration. | 4=~~~~}}

If you accept the unblock request, replace this template with the following:

{{unblock-un reviewed | 1=A.Woodall | reason=I would like to change my user name as it seems it has been misinterpreted as being promotional to the page I was writing. I am a free-lance Italian to English translator who uses the time management technique known as the Pomodoro Technique. (It is freely available to everyone, so I'm not sure how I could be promoting it commerically). I used my previous content-specific username because it seemed like an intuitive choice. If my appeal to unblock is granted I would like to merely write a stub, as perhaps the details are considered too promotional. Thank you for your consideration. | accept=Allowing username change to requested username. Please select an option from [[Wikipedia:Changing username]] and file a request as soon as possible to avoid re-blocking. ~~~~}}

If you decline the unblock request, replace this template with the following, replacing {{subst:Decline reason here}} with any specific rationale. If you do not edit the text after "decline=", a default reason why the request was declined will be inserted.

{{unblock-un reviewed | 1=A.Woodall | reason=I would like to change my user name as it seems it has been misinterpreted as being promotional to the page I was writing. I am a free-lance Italian to English translator who uses the time management technique known as the Pomodoro Technique. (It is freely available to everyone, so I'm not sure how I could be promoting it commerically). I used my previous content-specific username because it seemed like an intuitive choice. If my appeal to unblock is granted I would like to merely write a stub, as perhaps the details are considered too promotional. Thank you for your consideration. | decline={{subst:Decline reason here}} ~~~~}}

• I'm considering unblocking you based on this request, but am awaiting comment from the blocking admin before proceeding. Beeblebrox (talk) 21:48, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
  • Note that A.Woodall (talk · contribs · block log) exists and has been blocked as a vandalism-only account. Timotheus Canens (talk) 08:45, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

A.Woodall (talk · contribs · block log)I am sorry, but I don't have much familiarity with wikipedia. I certainly did not write the articles contributed by A.Woodall. I chose the name because my last name is in fact Woodall and my first name begins with A. How can I be sure to choose a user-name that is, shall we say, all mine? Thank you