User talk:Deskware

September 2013
Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw that you edited or created CobolScript, and I noticed that the username you have chosen, "Deskware", seems to imply that you are editing on behalf of something other than yourself. Please note that you may not edit on behalf of a company, group, institution, product, or website which relates to the entity in question, and Wikipedia does not allow usernames that are promotional or accounts that are shared. If you are willing to use a personal account, please take a moment to create a new account or request a username change that represents only yourself as an individual. You should also read our Conflict of interest guideline and Plain and simple conflict of interest guide, and remember that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Thank you. MrScorch6200 (talk) 02:23, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

September 2013
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a message letting you know that one of your recent edits to CobolScript has been undone by an automated computer program called ClueBot NG.


 * ClueBot NG makes very few mistakes, but it does happen. If you believe the change you made was constructive, please read about it, [ report it here], remove this message from your talk page, and then make the edit again.
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 * The following is the log entry regarding this message: CobolScript was changed by Deskware (u) (t) ANN scored at 0.932919 on 2013-09-25T02:31:21+00:00 . Thank you. ClueBot NG (talk) 02:31, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

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 Wikipedia 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 may consider using one of the many websites that allow this instead. If you do intend to make useful contributions here 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. Daniel Case (talk) 02:33, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

I have barely even started typing anything into my account named Deskware and you have blocked it. My name is Matt Dean and I am the creator of a programming language. I am trying to update this entry for the CobolScript programming language.


 * Please see my first notice above. MrScorch6200 (talk) 02:43, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

Ok, I have read and will create a userid that is some variation of my name (Matt Dean), will I need to deactivate my Deskware Account?


 * No, accounts cannot be deleted/deactivated on Wikipedia. Also, the username you requested, "DeskwareMattDean" is still in violation of the promotional username policy. MrScorch6200 (talk) 02:49, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Actually, not really, per the "Mark at Alcoa" exception, since he clearly ties the account to a single person. But he still needs to answer the following query:

Here are a few key questions:
 * Do you understand that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and not a business directory?
 * Do you understand conflict of interest?
 * Do you understand that to be considered for an encyclopedia article, the subject must be notable?

You are currently blocked because your username appears directly related to a company, group or product that you have been promoting, contrary to the username policy. Changing the username will not allow you to violate the 3 important principles above. Daniel Case (talk) 05:40, 25 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Daniel Case is quite right, although a wholly pedantic request would be to suggest that "Matt Dean at Deskware" would be better. --Anthony Bradbury"talk" 19:13, 25 September 2013 (UTC)