User talk:Camberford Law

February 2017
There have been two problems identified 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, 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 this reason, you must:
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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.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   10:22, 23 February 2017 (UTC)


 * May I suggest from the start that, in order to more clearly demonstrate that you understand the policy against shared accounts, you refrain from utilising the first-person plural from this point onwards? Just an FYI. O Fortuna!  ...Imperatrix mundi.  11:12, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

Fair point! I've gotten so used to being a "We" between 9 & 5, it's a hard habit to break! Camberford Law (talk) 11:22, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Just so. I should also point out a habit that would be unfortunate to get into would be that of editing the article whilst the account is blocked. This is generally viewed as block evasion (also see WP:SOCK)- and viewed dimly. Apologies for all the blue links. O Fortuna!  ...Imperatrix mundi.  11:30, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi Huon, I would appreciate some guidance on this if possible. This isn't technically a shared account, I just thought originally it was more honest to use the company name as the user name. The links that Imperatrix mundi very kindly sent me suggest that creating a new account would be considered bypassing the block on this account (sock puppetting?). I fully intend to comply with all the guidelines, so I'm a little worried that creating a new account with a unique user name for myself is going to cause even more issues if I then try and edit my company page again. What would you recommend in this instance?Camberford Law (talk) 11:49, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
 * If only one person has access to this account, you can suggest a new username that clarifies this is an individual account. If you want the username to be associated with the company, a username like "John Doe at Camberford Law" would be acceptable. The block message above gives instructions on how to request an unblock and a username change in one go. Please note that the username alone does not suffice to comply with the disclosure requirements in the Terms of Use. Huon (talk) 11:58, 23 February 2017 (UTC)