User talk:GemShow1812

Conflict of interest and your username
Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "XpoPress", 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".

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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. Alexf(talk) 17:05, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

I have already been approved to use another username, which is GemShow1812. It will only be used by me. I will not create or directly edit articles related to my organization, Xpo Press. I will follow Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use and disclose any paid relationship in accordance with said policy. In the future I would like to edit and/or create areas of Wikipedia that pertain to gem and mineral shows. I am one of the most qualified persons in the industry to contribute on this subject, as the eleven gem show guides that my company publishes and the website that we founded, host and update regularly are filled with articles by writers around the world whose expertise lies in in mineralogy, paleontology, gemology, lapidary tools and supplies, and all matters associated with the gem, mineral, fossil, bead and jewelry show cultures. My company, Xpo Press, is one of the most recognized companies within this industry of any in the world. I, personally, have been a publisher and editor for 35 years — I've owned Xpo Press for 16 years — and I fully understand how to write and edit objectively! I hastily posted web links on Wikipedia (the very first time I've ever contributed!) that I thought were helpful for readers of the Wiki "Tucson Gem & Mineral Show" page on which I was editing. I did not read the guidelines and policies beforehand. I was initially trying to only change the URL to our website that was under the References area, because the link was incorrect, linking to a nonexistent web page. (I did not originally post the link to our site, someone else did). I assure you that I will not write about my organization if I contribute in the future, but if the source of the material that I contribute is from our printed gem show guides or from our website, I will attribute accordingly. I would like to have access to the Reference section on said Wiki page so, if for nothing else, I can change the incorrect link to our site. Thank you for your consideration, and I do respect your aggressive intolerance of self-promoting contributions on Wikipedia.