User talk:Shorescanada
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Your username
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Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Shorescanada", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are invited to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you personally, such as "Jack Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87".
Please also note that Wikipedia does not allow accounts to be shared by multiple people, and that you may not advocate for or promote any company, group, organization, product, or website, regardless of your username. Moreover, I recommend that you read our conflict of interest guideline. If you are a single individual and are willing to contribute to Wikipedia in an unbiased manner, please create a new account or request a change of username, by completing this form, that complies with our username policy. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Thank you. -- Rrburke (talk) 13:42, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
Response
[edit]I have opened this account on Wikimedia Commons in September 2014. I remember reviewing the username policy at that time and until now was in belief that my choice of username was acceptable. I have used the "shores"-identity in variation since about 1995 or so (we had engaged in a music project called "for distant shores"), so i would rather stick with the current name if it's permitted. However if the choice of name was not ok at the time i apologize and would agree to change the name of this account if that's an option. -- Shorescanada (talk) 19:43, 11 April 2016 (MST)
- I'm afraid that your username, as the name of a company, implies shared use and is therefore contrary to WP:NOSHARING and WP:CORPNAME. You are not prohibited from including the company name in your new username (though it is discouraged), e.g. "Jake at Shorescanada" or the like, as long as it's clear that the username represents a single person and that you don't begin editing promotionally on behalf of Shores Canada. In the latter case it would probably be ruled that the username itself is promotional.
- Your contributions so far would be transferred to your new username; you wouldn't be opening a brand new account. All you need to do is fill out the form at Special:GlobalRenameRequest. -- Rrburke (talk) 12:38, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!
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Hello, Shorescanada. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.
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Nomination of Delwar Jahid for deletion
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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Delwar Jahid is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Delwar Jahid until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Vinegarymass911 (talk) 07:49, 29 November 2017 (UTC)