User talk:DownSyndromeInternational

July 2019
Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames which 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 or request a change of username. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. Additionally, If you receive, or expect to receive, compensation for your contributions to Wikipedia, you must disclose who is paying you to edit. If your username does not represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text at the bottom of your talk page. You may simply create a new account, but you may prefer to change your username to one that complies with our username policy, so that your past contributions are associated with your new username. If you would prefer to change your username, you may appeal this username block by adding the text at the bottom of your talk page. Please note that you may only request a name that is not already in use, so please check here for a listing of already taken names. Thank you. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 23:56, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello DownSyndromeInternational, and welcome to Wikipedia. Your additions to World Down Syndrome Day have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. (To request such a release, see Requesting copyright permission.) While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues.


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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 00:22, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

Please could we rename our account to "Communications Officer at Down Syndrome International" ? I apologise for the error, I am new to Wikipedia. I will try to avoid this in the future. DownSyndromeInternational (talk) 09:21, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
 * No, usernames that represent a role account are not permitted per the username policy. Your username must indicate that a specific individual is exclusively operating this account.  Your real name is not required.  An acceptable format would be "JohnDoe of Down Syndrome International" or "JohnDoe of DSI".  Please replace the words "new username" in your unblock request with your choice of name. That will be sufficient to be unblocked, but you should also review the conflict of interest policy and the paid editing policy.  I removed your duplicate request; please click "edit" instead of "new section" and only place your edits in the large edit window, not the smaller edit summary bar. 331dot (talk) 09:40, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
 * To clarify 331dot's comments further, you have a clear conflict of interest around the article you've been editing, World Down Syndrome Day. Once unblocked, you will be expected to refrain from direct edits to that article, and to all other articles for which you have a conflict of interest. Additionally, your contributions violated WP:COPYRIGHT and WP:PROMO, and wouldn't have been remotely acceptable even if you didn't have a conflict of interest. If your only goal here is to promote Down Syndrome awareness, I'm afraid Wikipedia isn't the place for you. --Yamla (talk) 10:27, 4 July 2019 (UTC)