User talk:FoodserviceEquip

August 2011
Your account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because it appears to be mainly intended or used for publicity and/or promotional purposes. Please read the following carefully.

Why can't I edit Wikipedia?

Your account's edits and/or username indicate that it is being used on behalf of a company, group, celebrity or other well-known individual, 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.

Probably not. See WP:FAQ/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, or organization. If this does not fit in with your goals, then you will not be allowed to edit again. Consider using one of the many websites that allow this instead.
 * Am I allowed to make these edits if I change my username?

You are still welcome to write about something other than your company or organization. If you do intend to make useful contributions on some other topic, you must convince a Wikipedia administrator that you mean it. To that end, please do the following:
 * What can I do now?


 * 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, please see how to appeal a block. HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   10:56, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

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?

Yes to all the above:
 * I have read the relevant Wikipedia posts, policies and notability warnings.
 * I believed that the subject was notable as theatrical cooking is a trend that is appearing in more and more magazines and restaurant reviews. At the time of writing I was unaware that I had overstepped the conflict of interest policy. If I were reinstated, I would rewrite my article to abstain from all such business references and concentrate purely on the notable content.
 * Given the large amount of documentation surrounding what can and cannot be posted, and that I do not understand the process, as I thought the article I saved was a draft and not permanent, I will probably withdraw from participating until such a time as I can properly dedicate to learning all the rules and regulations.
 * I do not know what other user name would be suitable, as I wish to write about food and the most innocuous of names has caused issue.

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. You should also note that your chosen name does not appear that far different from this one, and still suggests some form of corporate relationship ( talk→  BWilkins   ←track ) 11:54, 31 August 2011 (UTC)