User talk:Congressionalaward

October 2011
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! I edit Wikipedia too, under the username Slon02. I noticed you recently removed some content from an article without explaining why. In the future, it would be really helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an edit summary. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me on my talk page. Wikipedia is written by people like you and me, and we care a lot about the quality of the encyclopedia. Please help us make it better! Thanks, Slon02 (talk) 21:31, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

Welcome!

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

Why can't I edit Wikipedia?

Your account's edits and/or username indicate that it is being used on behalf of a company, group, celebrity or other well-known individual, or organization for purposes of promotion and/or publicity. The edits may have violated one or more of our rules on spamming, which include: adding inappropriate external links, posting advertisements, and using Wikipedia for promotion. Wikipedia has many articles on companies, groups, and organizations, but such groups are generally discouraged from using Wikipedia to write about themselves. In addition, usernames like yours are disallowed under our username policy.

Probably not. See WP:FAQ/Organizations for a helpful list of frequently asked questions by people in your position. Also, review the conflict of interest guidance to see the kinds of limitations you would have to obey if you did want to continue editing about your company, group, organization, or clients. If this does not fit in with your goals, then you will not be allowed to edit again. Consider using one of the many websites that allow this instead.
 * Am I allowed to make these edits if I change my username?

You are still welcome to write about something other than your company, organization, or clients. If you do intend to make useful contributions on some other topic, you must convince a Wikipedia administrator that you mean it. To that end, please do the following:
 * What can I do now?


 * Add the text on your user talk page.
 * Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with a new username you are willing to use. See Special:Listusers 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:
 * 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 you believe this block was made in error, please see how to appeal a block. WilliamH (talk) 21:57, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

{unblock| I understand that the account "Congressionalaward" was blocked because its name violated part of Wikipedia's policies. I apologize for this mistake. However, there are many other users of this IP address, and the entire IP need not be blocked. We are housed in a federal building, and multiple offices use the same IP. Impose the username block if you must, but please remove the IP block immediately.

The reason we created an account in the first place was to correct outdated and, in some cases, patently false information on the Congressional Award Wikipedia page. We simply want this information updated and corrected-- most pressing is the fact that we are not at all associated with the International Award. Many people have called into our organization with questions about the International Award because the Wikipedia page incorrectly forwards users from the Congressional Award to the International Award page. Please change this inaccuracy immediately.

We also have a large update of information about the program itself (as it currently stands, the information on the page is really more of a stub). If you feel that your status as a moderator qualifies you to proofread our proposed changes for any typographical errors, linking issues, biases, etc., I can provide you with a Microsoft Word document containing our proposed updates.

Please email me as soon as possible, or feel free to call should you wish to discuss this in person.

Sincerely,

Don Stein Program Manager - The Congressional Award 202-226-0130 }

Your unblock request discloses that your account is at the disposal of more than one person. This is prohibited on Wikipedia due to content licensing and attribution. The rule is one person, one account. Your username will need to be changed before this account can be unblocked. You can get this process moving by inserting {&#123;unblock-un | user=new username | reason=your reason here&#125;} on this page.

As for the other issues, there is an inherent and substantial conflict of interest, and it would be wholly unadvisable for you to edit the article in question. Howwever, suggesting your edits in the appropriate place (such as article talk pages) is entirely reasonable, and others will be willing to assist you. WilliamH (talk) 18:46, 4 November 2011 (UTC)