User talk:Pibara

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Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames which give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please take a moment to create a new account with a username that represents only yourself as an individual and which complies with our username policy or request a change of username.

You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose.

If your username does not represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}} at the bottom of your talk page.

You may simply create a new account, but you may prefer to change your username to one that complies with our username policy, so that your past contributions are associated with your new username. If you would prefer to change your username, you may appeal this username block by adding the text {{unblock-un|new username|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}} at the bottom of your talk page. Thank you. Alexf^(talk) 16:51, 21 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

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

Request reason:

This has been my nym/nick for almost two decades and especially in the open source and information security communities it is the primary name people know me by as an individual. Pibara (talk) 06:53, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

Accept reason:

After discussing with the blocking admin, we have lifted your block. You are welcome to keep this username. You are reminded to check out WP:COI. Yamla (talk) 13:25, 22 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Alexf:, I believe this account was blocked because they inserted a link to https://github.com/pibara/MattockFS. But note the 'pibara' there is a github username. There may certainly be other reasons why you believe the username is inappropriate, but they aren't immediately obvious to me. I believe this user should be unblocked and not required to change their username, but I am pinging you, Alexf, in case there's something I missed. Thanks for your time. And Pibara, this may take a little while but if you don't hear back soonish, please ping me. --Yamla (talk) 12:16, 22 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Yamla: - Indeed, it was reported by a filter as matching the name on the URL. That is spamming your own stuff and not acceptable. Based on your explanation, go ahead and unblock. User should be careful about spamming and avoid conflicts of interest. -- Alexf^(talk) 12:47, 22 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]