User talk:Auditory and Vestibular Research Journal

December 2018
There have been two problems with this account: 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 or other organisation or group or a web site, which is also against policy, as an account must be for just one person. Because of those problems, the account has been blocked indefinitely from editing.

If you intend to make useful contributions about some topic other than your business or organisation, you may request an unblock. To do so, post the text at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with a new username you are willing to use. See Special:CentralAuth to search for available usernames. Your new username will need to meet our username policy. Replace the text "Your reason here" with your reason to be unblocked. In that reason, you must:
 * 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.

If you believe this block was made in error, you may appeal this block by adding the text at the bottom of your talk page, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. 331dot (talk) 10:26, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

For your request to be properly seen, you need to highlight and copy the name change template when viewing this page, then open the edit window and paste it at the very bottom of the edit window; then overwrite the indicated areas with the appropriate information. You don't need two unblock requests, only a name change unblock request is needed as it provides a space for you to address your block. 331dot (talk) 20:29, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

I would add that wanting to "introduce our journal to the scientists" is considered promotional on Wikipedia. 331dot (talk) 20:31, 26 December 2018 (UTC)


 * You were blocked for advertising, so you need to adress that in your unblock reason in order to get unblocked. Furthermore, your request here shows that you are not interested in adhering to our rules. Reading Tipp: WP:LISTEN and What Wikipedia is not, further WP:PAID and WP:NOTHERE. Victor Schmidt (talk) 10:24, 29 December 2018 (UTC)

(edit conflict) I fixed your request for proper display. If you need to make another request, please follow the instructions I provide above for proper display. Someone else will review this request, but usernames that represent a product or organization are not permitted per the username policy. Your username must indicate that an individual is using this account; it need not be your real name. If you want to indicate your association with the Journal, a name in the format of "YourName of AVR Journal" would be acceptable.

Regarding the block, your journal does not have to be commercial for you to be promoting it. You also have a conflict of interest, and if you work for the journal may be a paid editor. Please review WP:PROMO, WP:COI, and WP:PAID. 331dot (talk) 10:27, 29 December 2018 (UTC)