User talk:Erin at SDNCentral

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How do I change the name/title of my company from Sdncentral to SDNCentral?
Sdncentral (talk) 16:18, 14 October 2014 (UTC)
 * No longer applicable, page has been deleted. JohnCD (talk) 16:50, 14 October 2014 (UTC)

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Contested deletion
This page is not unambiguously promotional, because... (your reason here) --Sdncentral (talk) 16:12, 14 October 2014 (UTC)

SDNCentral is a trusted news source. It is referenced on several Wikipedia pages already, including the OpenDaylight Project, where SDNCentral is mentioned in the first line of the organization's history as the news outlet that broke the story about the group. This is not advertising, but a page set up for a real and credible news source. SDNCentral needs a Wikipedia page so that SDN companies and organizations can link back to SDNCentral when referencing it on their own Wikipedia pages, which as I said before, many already do.

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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.
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 * 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.
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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. Stephen! Coming... 16:22, 14 October 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not intended as a place for companies to tell the world about themselves. Please read Conflict of interest and the Plain and simple conflict of interest guide. Here are a few key questions:
 * Do you understand that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and not a business directory?
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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. JohnCD (talk) 17:00, 14 October 2014 (UTC)


 * I'm sorry to labour this, but we do need to be absolutely clear - we find that people writing about their own concerns often have very different ideas from ours of what is encyclopedic and what is promotional.


 * Have you read and understood WP:COI and WP:PSCOI, and do you agree to operate only in accordance with them, i.e. not edit directly on issues where you have a COI, but propose drafts or amendments for uninvolved users to consider?


 * Do you understand that if you write about SDNCentral you should not be writing for SDN, telling the story the company wants to tell the world, but writing for Wikipedia about SDN from outside, targetting not a potential customer or investor but a general encyclopedia reader? Also that the Verifiability policy requires that: "any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable, published source."


 * Incidentally, I think "Erin at SDNCentral" is a better name, serving to make your interest clear.


 * You don't need to make another unblock request, just reply below here. JohnCD (talk) 21:52, 14 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your help. I have read both the COI and PSCOI and I am sure I can adhere to the standards set forth there. Like I said, I would like to provide an encyclopedic reference for SDNCentral -- as it is referenced on other pages and to provide better understanding of those pages, should have a link to a credible Wikipedia page -- but I will make sure I offer edits elsewhere so as to be in accordance with the COI and PSCOI rules you directed me to. Should I write a Wikipedia page, I will write the page in the interest of what Wikipedia needs, rather than in the interest of SDNCentral. The page will purely provide the facts, and I will make sure to attribute those facts to a reliable and credible source. Sdncentral (talk) 01:14, 15 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Unblocked to apply at WP:Changing username. I recommend "Erin at SDNCentral" as helping with disclosure. To write about SDN, use WP:Articles for creation so that what you write can be reviewed. Read WP:Your first article for advice. JohnCD (talk) 12:51, 15 October 2014 (UTC)


 * I went through all of the steps to change my username, including approaching the final step for a simple name change, however, it won't let me edit because I'm still blocked. Above you said I was unblocked to apply for a username change, I was just wondering if this took extra time that I need to keep waiting before the block will be lifted. Sdncentral (talk) 15:18, 15 October 2014 (UTC)
 * I do apologise - I was thinking of the right messages, and forgot to do the actual unblock! Now done, try again at WP:CHU and all should be well. JohnCD (talk) 17:49, 15 October 2014 (UTC)


 * When will the username change be reflected? I want to get to editing, but I don't want to do anything before the change has gone into effect. Thank you!: Sdncentral (talk) 21:40, 15 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Should be within a day - the "bot" that checks applications has confirmed that there are no problems, and I see only one no-problem application ahead of you in the queue. JohnCD (talk) 22:00, 15 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Rename now done. welcome to Wikipedia. JohnCD (talk) 08:24, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: SDNCentral (November 21)
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Winner 42 Talk to me!  01:22, 21 November 2014 (UTC)

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