User talk:AntFisch

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 or a web site, 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. Additionally, if you receive, or expect to receive, compensation for your contributions to Wikipedia, you must disclose who is paying you to edit.

If you intend to make useful contributions other than promoting 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 that 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. To do so, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the text {{unblock|Your reason here}} at the bottom of your talk page, replace the text "Your reason here" with your reason for thinking that the block was an error, and publish the page. Alexf^(talk) 00:48, 12 February 2020 (UTC)

This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without a good reason (see the blocking policy). Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

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

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Requested username:

AntFisch (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

Apologies for the misuse of terms. Once I better understood the terms, I realized I wanted to change my username. The company I recently worked for has gone out of business and no longer exists. My goal was to create an objectively written page for it to serve as historical evidence that the company existed. The reason I made the username incorrectly is because I misunderstood how new pages are created. I have changed my username to reflect only me as an individual and would welcome advice for creating a historical reference page for a company. I am trying to make sure it doesn't sound promotional, but considering the company does not exist and has no way to benefit from promotion, it is by default not promotion. Please follow up with me if you have any questions. Thank you for this opportunity.

Decline reason:

Procedural decline only. This unblock request has been open for more than two weeks but has not proven sufficient for any reviewing administrator to take action. You are welcome to request a new block review if you substantially reword your request. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 04:08, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

• So your new name is fine. And I don't believe you're in violation of our paid editing rules. However, even if the company/organisation couldn't benefit from being promotional, that doesn't remove all the motives people might have (e.g. it could be good for people with ties to it, or for sucessor organisations etc etc). Nosebagbear (talk) 15:43, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

globally renamed OSEHRA to AntFisch

globally renamed OSEHRA to AntFisch-- Deepfriedokra 15:31, 12 February 2020 (UTC)

Potential Unblock Criteria

Hi @AntFisch:,

I've reviewed your unblock request in a bit more detail and talked to your original blocking admin. I think you can be unblocked if you do and agree to a couple of things, which primarily focus on conflicts of interest, as your edit was particularly problematic on those grounds. Please do the following:

1. Read Plain and simple conflict of interest guide - please read the intro and sections 1-9 (the formatting bit is helpful to do before you restart editing, but isn't needed for your unblock request). I know it's a reasonable length, but it's a serious case of 10 minutes now to save hours later. For clarity, you aren't a paid editor/PAIDCOI.
2. Agree to disclose on your user page that you have a conflict of interest towards OSEHRA, and if there's anything else that might fall under a broad umbrella of COI, please add that as well.
3. Recognise that if you want to add information relating to a COI topic to an already existing article, you can't edit it in directly, but should suggest them on the Talk Page and tag it for review. The guide somewhat covers that, but II'll go over how to make it as easy as possible once you're unblocked
4. Recognise that if you want to write an article on it, you would need to write a draft and submit it through our Articles for Creation review process, and that it would need to meet our organisational notability rules.

If you could confirm the first once done and spell out the latter three in your own words so I know you're aware of what you're accepting, I can unblock you. Cheers, Nosebagbear (talk) 19:43, 17 February 2020 (UTC)