User talk:EVestigatorSimonSmith

Your username
Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw that you edited or created Smart toy, and I noticed that your username, "EVestigatorSimonSmith", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are permitted to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you individually, such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87".

Please also note that Wikipedia does not allow accounts to be shared by multiple people, and that you may not advocate for or promote any company, group, organization, product, or website, regardless of your username. Please also read our paid editing policy and our conflict of interest guideline. If you are a single individual and are willing to contribute to Wikipedia in an unbiased manner, please request a change of username, by completing this form, choosing a username that complies with our username policy. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. username is a borderline one, but combined with self-promo only activity, and disruption.  Widefox ; talk 10:47, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

January 2018
There have been two problems 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 or a web site, 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 that 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. Alex Shih (talk) 10:50, 9 January 2018 (UTC)


 * , what is wrong with the username? It does not represent a company or indicate a shared account, it represents an individual, Simon Smith while telling us what company he represents.  The username warning above even recommends this practice.  ~ GB fan 12:07, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Maybe, I can see it both ways, which is why I gave a username warning for borderline cases. A) company/services are advertised with personal name "Simon Smith eVestigator" (I think I read eVestigator is ®) or B) it is a named individual at a company. Both may be true. (I suppose if someone else works there, guess it will be at "Simon Smith eVestigator"). As the activity is self-promo only, this makes A) more pertinent. That was my logic. Widefox ; talk 12:33, 9 January 2018 (UTC)