User talk:Aquabus WikiEditor

Your account has been blocked from editing Wikipedia because it appears to be mainly intended or used for promotional purposes. Please read the following carefully.

Because Wikipedia does not allow any form of spam or other promotion of people, products, companies or other groups (even non-commercial or charitable ones). Wikipedia's use for such purposes will result in the blocking of the account involved. Please read FAQ/Organization and Conflict of interest for our rules about this.
 * Why can't I edit Wikipedia?

In addition, user accounts are for individuals only, not for companies or groups or other collective editing. Your username should reflect this. Usernames that appear to be promotional (such as those that make reference to a company or product) violate our username policy and are typically blocked to enforce that policy.


 * What can I do now?

If you have no interest in writing about some other topic than your organization, group, company, or product, you will probably not be allowed to edit Wikipedia again. Consider using one of the many websites that allow this instead.

If you do intend to make contributions about some other topic, you must convince a Wikipedia administrator that you mean it. To that end, please do the following:


 * Add the text below this message box.
 * Replace the text "Your reason here" with your reason to be unblocked. In this reason, you must:
 * Tell us what new username you want to use. Please make sure that your new username does not violate our username policy and check that it has not already been taken (click here to search).
 * Convince us that you understand the reason for your block and that you will not repeat the edits for which you were blocked.
 * Describe in general terms the contributions that you intend to make if you are unblocked.

If instead you believe that you have been blocked by mistake (i.e., you have not in fact been using Wikipedia for promotional purposes), please write below this message box and replace the text "Your reason here" with the reason why. See also Appealing a block for more information.

Email response
Dear Aquabus WikiEditor,

The following is in response to the email that you sent me.

The reason that you were blocked was because your username, as well as your actions, made it obvious that you were acting on behalf of an organization. User accounts are strictly for individuals only, not to be shared with anyone else, and not to be used by organizations -- we do this because we have a strict anti-spam policy, and as a general rule, accounts registered on behalf of organizations are generally created to promote the organization, which is a conflict of interest. Please be aware, it was not the fact that you created The Aquabus, it was the fact that you were doing it on behalf of an organization with the intent to promote them.

Given these circumstances, I must decline to unblock you at this time; however, if you disagree with my decision, you may appeal to other administrators, either by adding at the end of this page, or by sending an email to unblock-en-l@lists.wikimedia.org with your request.

Sincerely, Mikaey,  Devil's advocate  08:50, 9 July 2009 (UTC)