User talk:HCAatEdinburgh

Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames that give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please take a moment to create a new account with a username that represents only yourself as an individual and which complies with our username policy. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. If your username does not represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text below this notice. You may simply create a new account, but you may prefer to change your username to one that complies with our username policy, so that your past contributions are associated with your new username. If you would prefer to change your username, you may appeal this username block by adding the text below this notice. Thank you. Randykitty (talk) 12:19, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

That username will do, but consider this as well: 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. Daniel Case (talk) 14:27, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

Many thanks, I have read the articles above and understand. (129.215.130.95 (talk) 14:38, 29 May 2014 (UTC))
 * So what would you edit if the block were lifted and your name change went through? Daniel Case (talk) 16:20, 29 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Note: the username User:Sander was already registered in 2004. Second, you MUST reply while logged in so that we can confirm that it is, indeed, the editor in question who is requesting unblock  the panda ₯’  10:46, 31 May 2014 (UTC)

Can you change it to KarenHowieHCA instead? This was a genuine misunderstanding of how wikipedia - there is a small group of us who work in the School who wanted to start a page about it (much like the other University of Edinburgh Schools have - such as New College, Edinburgh) and just thinking about the best way to do this. HCAatEdinburgh (talk) 15:52, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
 * So, because none of you at the school are permitted to start a page about it, and it doesn't appear to be independently notable for a separate article, do you still wish to edit Wikipedia? Are you ensuring that you will never share this account?  If yes, please replace the proposed username "Sander" with your new proposed one in the unblock request above  the panda ₯’  18:28, 2 July 2014 (UTC)