User talk:Gobend

October 2019
Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw that you edited or created Bend, Oregon, and I noticed that your username, "Gobend", 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, service, 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, service, 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 the form at Special:GlobalRenameRequest, 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. Thank you.  Z16 talk  18:20, 31 October 2019 (UTC)

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. Additionally, if you receive, or expect to receive, compensation for your contributions to Wikipedia, you must disclose who is paying you to edit.

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. To do so, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the text at the bottom of your talk page, replace the text "Your reason here" with your reason for thinking that the block was an error, and publish the page. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 18:33, 31 October 2019 (UTC)

I ask that you review your policy and respond to the above reference to other businesses posting on this page. This is discriminatory in nature allowing other business to post by their business name but not allowing others. If you're going to enforce your site posting rules they need to be fair and equitable to all. Please advise at once!
 * We are all volunteers here, please don't make demands. You seem to misunderstand the purpose of Wikipedia; it is not a business directory giving equal time to all businesses. This is an encyclopedia that summarizes what independent reliable sources state about article subjects that meet Wikipedia's special definition of notability. Not every business or website merits an article here, even within the same field. If you want to edit about unrelated subjects, please say what they are. 331dot (talk) 23:05, 31 October 2019 (UTC)


 * (Not an administrator, but I've seen a lot of unblock requests like this) You're not going to get unblocked to write about your business or cite your website, period. You're also required to change your username because the username policy explicitly forbids website names as usernames (practically speaking, if your username matches a website and you post a link to that website, it's considered promotional). As for your complaint about Deschutes Brewery and Mount Bachelor, they appear to be notable local businesses which have received significant coverage in reliable sources, and already have their own Wikipedia pages. As far as we know, those pages were not created by people affiliated with the businesses. Now, if you do intend to get unblocked, I'd suggest submitting an unblock request which proposes a new name, promises not to promote your business or link to it, and suggest areas unrelated to your business that you intend to edit. creffett (talk) 23:08, 31 October 2019 (UTC)