User talk:DVL Public Relations & Advertising

November 2012
Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "DVL Public Relations &#38; Advertising", may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because it is a promotional username. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may ask for a change of username, or you may simply create a new account for editing. Thank you. §h₳un  9∞76   17:35, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames that give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please take a moment to create a new account with a username that represents only yourself as an individual and which complies with our username policy. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. If your username doesn't represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text below this notice. If you prefer to be unblocked for the purpose of changing your username to a username which complies with our username policy, so that your contributions with this username are recorded as contributions of your new username and rather than creating a new account, you may appeal this username block by adding the text below this notice instead. Thank you. Alexf(talk) 18:10, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

The namespace is the name of a company, not a promotional item. It is the official name of an actual company. I notive that Taco Bell has a page. I am in the process of CREATING this page so where are I in violation?


 * (edit conflict) I don't think you understand. The Taco Bell article is an article, and doesn't belong to the company. Your user name is not an article, and very definitely appears to represent an organisation. You may be misunderstanding another thing about Wikipedia too. This is an encyclopaedia, not a directory or profile host. At AboutUs, so far as I am aware, they do not ask for sources or check the notability of page holders. Here, I would advise you to read WP:CORP about corporate notability, and WP:RS about the reliable independent sources needed to prove it. If writing about your own company, please read WP:COI (conflict of interest), and in any case WP:NPOV about neutral point of view (a difficult thing for most of the PR people I've dealt with in my time here...). Peridon (talk) 22:26, 14 November 2012 (UTC)