User talk:Duncan Lewis Solicitors

November 2016
Hi Jim,

Can you advise us on what we can do to change this? We just want to provide a factually accurate account of the firm and what it does on Wikipedia, much like other firms of our ilk. Is there a way for us to do this? Thanks in advance for any assistance. Duncan Lewis Solicitors (talk) 14:25, 30 November 2016 (UTC)

There have been two problems identified with this account: 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 or other organisation or group, which is also against policy, as an account must be for just one person. Because of those problems, the account has been blocked indefinitely from editing.

If you intend to make useful contributions about some topic other than your business or organisation, you may request an unblock. To do so, post the text at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with a new username you are willing to use. See Special:CentralAuth 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 kind of 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 at the bottom of your talk page, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Jimfbleak - talk to me?  07:40, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

Reply
You cannot use a name that represents a company or operates as a shared account. You can asked to be unblocked, as described above, to chose another user name, but you will be told that if that is permitted you must not edit articles in which you have a conflict of interest, which doesn't really help you.

What companies view as factually accurate often looks like spam to others, eg By recognising the fine balance between quality legal advice and excellent efficiency with smart cost control, Duncan Lewis grew from strength-to-strength has no facts and is purely self-serving spam. You also did not provide independent verifiable sources to enable us to verify the facts and show that it meets the notability guidelines.

If you ask for an unblock, I won't consider it myself, but as I indicated, you will not be allowed to write about your company anyway. Don't be tempted to edit from another account without being unblocked, that will be blocked too.

It's just chance I saw this message. If you want me to see a message on this page, you must start it with my user name, User:Jimfbleak and sign it with four tildes ~ when you post it. Jimfbleak - talk to me?  07:20, 1 December 2016 (UTC)