User talk:Africa Publishers Limited

July 2022
 Your account has been indefinitely blocked from editing because of the following problems: 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, organisation, group, or web site, which is against the username policy.

You may request a change of username and unblock if you intend to make useful contributions instead of promoting your business or organization. To do this, first search Special:CentralAuth for available usernames that comply with the username policy. Once you have found an acceptable username, post the text  at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with your new username and replace the text "Your reason here" with your reasons to be unblocked. In your reasons, you must: Appeals: If, after reviewing the guide to appealing blocks, you believe this block was made in error, you may appeal it by adding the text  at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your reason here" with the reasons you believe the block was an error, and publish the page.  Acroterion   (talk)   12:14, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Disclose any compensation you may receive for your contributions in accordance with the Paid-contribution disclosure requirement.
 * 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.

This is your user talk page; the purpose of this page is for notification and communication with other Wikipedia editors. It is not a workspace for articles in progress or self-promotion. Please use your user sandbox or the draft article space to practice editing or create new articles.

Also, you do not need to be selling goods or services for your edits to be considered promotional. Using Wikipedia merely to publicize your organization's existence to the world is promotion. An organization is not entitled to have a Wikipedia entry simply because it exists; it must be notable by Wikipedia's definition to be considered worthy of inclusion. An organization is considered notable if it has received significant coverage from multiple reliable sources that are independent of the organization. We have no interest in what an organization wishes to say about itself - writing about your own organization is an inherent conflict of interest.

Finally, your proposed new username is no better than your existing one; you cannot use the name of a company, organization or group of people. Your account name must represent you as an individual. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 14:55, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

is closed. Deepfriedokra (talk) 16:22, 26 July 2022 (UTC)


 * What Drm310 said. Deepfriedokra (talk) 16:24, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

User names implying shared use
"[[Wikipedia:Username_policy#Usernames_implying_shared_use|Because Wikipedia's policy is that usernames should not be shared between more than one individual, the following types of usernames are not permitted because they imply shared use:
 * Usernames that are simply names of companies or groups are not permitted (these also fall under § Promotional usernames above).
 * Personal usernames that imply shared access, such as "Jack and Jill", are not permitted.
 * Usernames that are names of posts within organizations, such as "Secretary of the XY Foundation", are not permitted, as such a post may be held by different persons at different times.
 * However, usernames are acceptable if they contain a company or group name but are clearly intended to denote an individual person, such as "Mark at WidgetsUSA", "Jack Smith at the XY Foundation", "WidgetFan87", etc."]] Deepfriedokra (talk) 16:34, 26 July 2022 (UTC)