User talk:Cottage Apartment Dunblane

October 2022
Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Cottage Apartment Dunblane", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, service, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are permitted to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you individually (not your role), such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87", but not "SEO Manager at XYZ Company".

Please also note that Wikipedia does not allow accounts to be shared by multiple people and that you may not advocate for or promote any company, group, organization, product, service, or website, regardless of your username. Please also read our paid editing policy and our conflict of interest guideline. If you are a single individual and are willing to contribute to Wikipedia in an unbiased manner, please request a change of username by completing the form at Special:GlobalRenameRequest, choosing a username that complies with our username policy. Alternatively, you can just create a new account and use that for editing. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Thank you. Pizzaplayer219TalkContribs 16:29, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

October 2022
Hello, I'm Equine-man. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Dunblane have been undone because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted; Wikipedia articles should be written objectively, using independent sources, and from a neutral perspective. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Equine-man (talk) 16:29, 14 October 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi there
 * I'm really sorry - I didn't mean to breach any rules, I was just playing around really. I have a personally donated to Wiki twice and had a nice email from a lady in charge thanking me. Lesson learned - my apologies again. Cottage Apartment Dunblane (talk) 16:43, 14 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Jimmy Wales and Maryana Iskander both emailed me re my (small but heartfelt) donations to shonacroll@hotmail.com - just so you know, I'm behind the cause :) Cottage Apartment Dunblane (talk) 16:46, 14 October 2022 (UTC)
 * donations have nothing to do with your actions. Pizzaplayer219TalkContribs 16:48, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

October 2022
 Your account has been indefinitely blocked from editing because of the following problems: 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, organisation, group, or web site, which is against the username policy.

You may request a change of username and unblock if you intend to make useful contributions instead of promoting your business or organization. To do this, first search Special:CentralAuth for available usernames that comply with the username policy. Once you have found an acceptable username, post the text  at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with your new username and replace the text "Your reason here" with your reasons to be unblocked. In your reasons, you must: Appeals: If, after reviewing the guide to appealing blocks, you believe this block was made in error, you may appeal it by adding the text  at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your reason here" with the reasons you believe the block was an error, and publish the page. Cullen328 (talk) 16:43, 14 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Disclose any compensation you may receive for your contributions in accordance with the Paid-contribution disclosure requirement.
 * 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.