User talk:Andrewshapter

&quot;andrew shapter&quot;
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Speedy deletion nomination of "andrew shapter"
A tag has been placed on "andrew shapter" requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be a clear copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words.

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June 2010
You should wait for others to write an article about subjects in which you are personally involved, instead of writing it yourself, as you did at "andrew shapter". This applies to articles about you, your achievements, your band, your business, your publications, your website, your relatives, and any other possible conflict of interest.

Creating an article about yourself is strongly discouraged. If you create such an article, it might be listed on articles for deletion. Deletion is not certain, but many feel strongly that you should not start articles about yourself. This is because independent creation encourages independent validation of both significance and verifiability. All edits to articles must conform to No original research, Neutral point of view, and Verifiability.

If you are not "notable" under Wikipedia guidelines, creating an article about yourself may violate the policy that Wikipedia is not a personal webspace provider and would thus qualify for speedy deletion. If your achievements, etc., are verifiable and genuinely notable, and thus suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later. (See Wikipedians with articles.) Thank you. –Grondemar 04:04, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, the username you have chosen seems to imply that you are editing on behalf of a group, company or website.

There are two issues with this :
 * 1) You may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, you must exercise great caution when editing on topics related to your organization.
 * 2) Your account cannot represent a group of people. You may wish to create a new account with a username that represents only you. Alternatively, you may consider changing your username to avoid giving the impression that your personal account is being used for promotional purposes.

Regardless of whether you change your name or create a new account, you are not exempted from the guideline to avoid editing where you have a conflict of interest. For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations.The article in question is "andrew shapter". Thank you. You purposely tried to evade a bot and detection of a WP:COI by putting your name in quotes. --moreno oso (talk) 04:07, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

This is your final warning. You will be blocked from editing the next time you add inappropriate external links, as you did with this edit to "andrew shapter". — Jeff G. ツ 04:09, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

WP:SOCK
I saw this user, User:Faronwest/Andrew shapter. Is that you? Please answer here. moreno oso (talk) 04:25, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
 * BTW, here's the link for WP:SOCK. moreno oso (talk) 04:26, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Andrewshapter
A WP:SPI has been opened called Sockpuppet investigations/Andrewshapter. You are named and may wish to reply there. moreno oso (talk) 04:43, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Please do not use second accounts to obscure your conflict of interest or solicit others to edit on your behalf, such as User:Faronwest. I have blocked that account indefinitely. Please do not do it again, as it may lead to a block on this account as well. T. Canens (talk) 05:47, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because your username, Andrewshapter, does not meet our username policy. '''Your username is the only reason for this block. You are welcome to choose a new username (see below).''' A username should not be promotional, related to a "real-world" group or organization, misleading, offensive, or disruptive. Also, usernames may not end in the word "bot" unless the account is an approved bot account.

You are encouraged to choose a new account name that meets our policy guidelines. Alternatively, if you have already made edits and you wish to keep your existing contributions under a new name, then you may request a change in username by:
 * Adding on your user talk page. You should be able to do this even though you are blocked, as you can usually still edit your own talk page. If not, you may wish to contact the blocking administrator by clicking on "E-mail this user" on their talk page.
 * At an administrator's discretion, you may be unblocked for 24 hours to file a request.
 * Please note that you may only request a name that is not already in use, so please check here for a listing of already taken names. The account is created upon acceptance, thus do not try to create the new account before making the request for a name change. For more information, please see Changing username.

If you feel that you were blocked in error, you may appeal this block by adding below this notice the text, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. -- Cirt (talk) 23:48, 9 September 2010 (UTC)