User talk:Philom1818

October 2019

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 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 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. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 18:44, 25 October 2019 (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.

Philom1818 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Requested username:

Philom1818 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

Apologies, I was unaware of Wikipedia's policy precluding the option of editing a page where there is a conflict of interest. I plan to contribute to Wikipedia on a variety of topics of interest including topics on gardening, astronomy, etc. and will only make suggestions regarding any page related to an employer for accurate edits in accordance with Wiki policy and with full disclosure, and have since changed my username accordingly.

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. Yamla (talk) 19:52, 13 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Two questions: (1) What sources will you be citing? (2) Your block talks about "we". Please confirm that this account is used by one person only, in accordance with policy. MER-C 19:16, 25 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@MER-C: Thanks for your response! I can confirm this account will only be used by me (I own the email used with this account) and will cite sources from National Geographic, TimeAndDate.com, Space.com, to name a few examples.

@Yamla: You have provided no directional guidance at all as to how we are to substantially reword our request or why our request was not sufficient. We are new to Wikipedia but this experience and treatment by administrators has been very disappointing to observe. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Philom1818 (talk • contribs)

WP:GAB explains this in detail. Note that your use of "we" is problematic here; shared accounts are not permitted. Note that I declined your unblock request solely because it was open for more than two weeks, I did not decline on its merits. --Yamla (talk) 20:42, 13 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Renamed

Renamed to Philom1818; another administrator will review your unblock appeal. Yunshui ^雲 _水 08:22, 28 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]