User talk:Frogspawn Creative

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Speedy deletion nomination of Frogspawn Creative


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June 2012
Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that the username you have chosen (Frogspawn Creative) seems to imply that you are editing on behalf of a group, company or website.

There are two issues with this :
 * 1) It is possible that you have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, you must exercise great caution when editing on topics related to your organization or adding links to its website.
 * 2) Your account cannot represent a group of people. You may wish to create a new account with a username that represents only you. Alternatively, you may consider changing your username to avoid giving the impression that your personal account is being used for promotional purposes.

Regardless of whether you change your name or create a new account, you are not exempted from the guidelines concerning editing where you have a conflict of interest. For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. The article in question is Frogspawn Creative. Thank you. GregJackP  Boomer!   12:07, 7 June 2012 (UTC) Your account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because it appears to be mainly intended 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, organization, or clients. 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, organization, or clients. 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, you may appeal this block by adding the text below but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first.  Jimfbleak -  talk to me?  12:21, 7 June 2012 (UTC) My intention is to write an article along virtually exactly the same lines as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertigo_Films. I don't understand why you aren't letting me do this. I made a mistake on the username which I have asked to change. I am in no way affiliated to Frogspawn Creative but merely wish to write an article on the film company in the same way that somebody wrote an article on Vertigo films. I understand the terms and conditions. This is not an article promoting the film company however an important piece of journalism is to connect the film company to the charity body that it supports. Is Wikipedia against charity? I am purely giving information which is surely why wikipedia exists?

(Frogspawn Creative (talk) 13:18, 12 June 2012 (UTC))

reply
Thanks for email. I see that you have initiated the appeal against the block. It would not be fair for me to comment on the appeal since it was me that blocked you. Someone will get back to you soon  Jimfbleak -  talk to me?  09:38, 8 June 2012 (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?

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. ( talk→  BWilkins   ←track ) 15:00, 8 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Do you understand that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and not a business directory? YES
 * Do you understand conflict of interest? YES
 * Do you understand that to be considered for an encyclopedia article, the subject must be notable? YES

Hi...

What is the current status of this block?

I appealed and haven't heard anything back. I also requested to change my account name.

Thanks, Ben (Frogspawn Creative (talk) 17:24, 10 June 2012 (UTC))