User talk:Crowecomm

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Hello, Crowecomm, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Crowe Horwath, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:

editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with;
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linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam).

Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you.Canterbury Tail talk 13:22, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your account has been blocked indefinitely 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, celebrity or other well-known individual, or organization for purposes of promotion and/or publicity. The edits may have violated one or more of our rules on spamming, which include: adding inappropriate external links, posting advertisements, and using Wikipedia for promotion. Wikipedia has many articles on companies, groups, and organizations, but such groups are generally discouraged from using 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 WP:FAQ/Organizations for a helpful list of frequently asked questions by people in your position. Also, review the conflict of interest guidance to see 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, then 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}} on your user talk page.
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.

If you believe this block was made in error, please see how to appeal a block. TN X Man 15:48, 7 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

New log in and disable block request

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.

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

Requested username:

CommCH01 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

We understand that the site was blocked for recent edits appearing to be promotional in nature. Moving forward, contributions to the page will be limited to organizational updates and facts only with the appropriate references attached.

Decline reason:

I feel that the new name suggested still indicates a company connection. I an also concerned about the use of the word 'we'. Do you understand that accounts are for individuals only? And have you read WP:COI? Peridon (talk) 19:52, 1 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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.

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

Requested username:

SMM4C (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

I have reviewed the COI guidelines and understand my editing restrictions and limitations. Moving forward, contributions to the page will be limited and will not include advocacy, self-promotion or advertising or any kind.

Decline reason:

I'm also concerned about the use of 'we' in the above unblock request and you haven't responded to these concerns. Combined with the name of this account, it strongly indicates that this account is being shared by people working in the company's communications unit. We don't allow shared accounts. We also strongly discourage people from editing topics with which they have a conflict of interest, and the only topic you have nominated that you intend to work on is the article on your company. Taken together, I see no reason to unblock this account at present. Nick-D (talk) 01:18, 21 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]