User talk:Designer26

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Speedy deletion nomination of User:MarkHumphreyLtd/sandbox


A tag has been placed on User:MarkHumphreyLtd/sandbox, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Organizations for more information.

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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. If you intend to edit constructively in other topic areas, you may be granted the right to continue under a change of username. Please read the following carefully.

Your account's edits and/or username indicate that it is being used on behalf of a company, group, website 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.
 * Why can't I edit Wikipedia?

Probably not, although if you can demonstrate a pattern of future editing in strict accordance with our neutral point of view policy, you may be granted this right. See Wikipedia's FAQ for 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.
 * Am I allowed to make these edits if I change my username?


 * What can I do now?

If you have no interest in writing about some other topic than your organization, group, company, or product, you will probably not be allowed to edit Wikipedia again. Consider using one of the many websites that allow this instead. If you do intend to make useful contributions about some other topic, you must convince a Wikipedia administrator that you mean it. To that end, please do the following:


 * 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, you may appeal this block by adding the text below, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. &mdash; RHaworth (talk · contribs) 20:51, 6 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Choosing a name that is somebody else's and not yours (from what you say, it is clear that you are not Mark Humphrey), is misleading. You need to choose a username that represents you - a pseudonym is fine, but not the name of a possibly notable person who is not you. But also, before unblock, I think you should disclose any professional or other connection you might have to Mark Humphrey - your current username suggests there is one. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 10:00, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I am an admirer of Mark Humphrey and I would like to write a page about him. Should I be using my name then as the username? When do I choose the name for the posting? i.e. page title Mark Humphrey? Trouble is there is already a Mark Humphrey on wikipedia. Very similar to Ron Arad. The designer Ron Arad has added (designer) in brackets after his name. Can you tell me when I choose what to have for the page title? Is it possible to restore the text I typed yesterday to my sandbox? Thanks
 * (There's no need to put every reply in a new unblock request). As I said, you can use your own name or a pseudonym, it's entirely up to you. Some people choose their real names, others (including me) use pseudonyms. As for the article you wish to create, you should only concern yourself with that after you are unblocked. So for now, please follow the instructions in the block message, above, and request an unblock in order to change your username to something that represents you and is not the name of the person you wish to write about. Also, I note you have not actually stated whether or not you have a professional connection with Mark Humphrey. If you do not explicitly make that clear, then I would think you are unlikely to be unblocked. So, do you have any professional connection with Mark Humphrey? -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 10:41, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

It appears my account has been blocked. I'm sorry but I got confused between the username and the name of the person I want to write about. I am new to wikipedia and I'm just trying to get started. I studied Mark Humphrey at college and he hasn't got a page. I wanted to share the information I have gathered with the community. Please can you change my username so I can log back in? Thanks MarkHumphreyLtd (talk) 12:23, 7 February 2013 (UTC) MarkHumphreyLtd (talk) 12:26, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorry I forgot to answer the question exactly: no I do not have a professional connection with Mark Humphrey.


 * OK, the problem is that you cannot have a username of "MarkHumphreyLtd" or anything that suggests you might be Mark Humphrey or in any way connected with him. You need to choose a new username that represents only you - it could be based on your real name, or it could be a pseudonym, as I have already tried to explain (see my username "Boing! said Zebedee" - that's a pseudonym). So, forget the writing of an article about Mark Humphrey for now and concentrate on requesting a new username As it says in the original block message, what you need to do is enter the text just as you did above when you requested "Mark Humphrey (Artist Designer)". But where it says "Your proposed new username", replace that with a name of your choice that is not related to Mark Humphrey. Then where it says "Your reason here", you can just say something simple like "See discussion above". If the new username you request is acceptable, you should hopefully be unblocked by an admin and you will be able to formally request the actual change - it's a 2-part process, so sorry if it's complicated, but admins on their own are not able to change someone's username and that step needs someone with more advanced privileges. So, to recap the next step for you, say you want to change your username to "Magnetic Fish", enter below this message the text:    Get that stage done, and if your unblock request is successful, I'll be happy to guide you through the next step. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 13:52, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

MarkHumphreyLtd (talk) 14:00, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
 * OK, that looks good - just need to wait for an admin to review it now. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 14:22, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

Hi Zebedee, I'm not sure if this message will get to you, but I was wondering how my request was coming on? How long the review may take? Thanks MarkHumphreyLtd (talk) 09:13, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation
 Mark Humphrey (artist), which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created. You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. . Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia! RadioFan (talk) 01:18, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
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Hi, my article has been posted, thank you, but the page title I requested is incorrect. Mark Humphrey isn't an 'artist' like a painter or sculpture who does the work themselves. There is an artist called Mark Humphrey listed on the internet and I don't want my article to be confused with the wrong person. If you can't change the page title to 'Artist designer' as requested in my header text could you please change it to 'designer' if one word is more appropriate? Thanks. Designer26 (talk) 10:39, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
 * ✅ to Mark Humphrey (artist designer). JohnCD (talk) 10:49, 11 March 2013 (UTC)


 * The title 'artist-designer' is an invented title which Humphrey chooses to call himself. He seems to be mainly a designer (and described as such in the sources) so I've changed the article title to Mark Humphrey (designer). Sionk (talk) 19:57, 11 March 2013 (UTC)