User talk:Hockeymedia.ca

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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, 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 it is considered inappropriate for such groups to use Wikipedia to write about themselves. In addition, usernames like yours are disallowed under our username policy.

Probably not. See WP:FAQ/Organization 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. TN X Man 01:00, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

How does unblock work?
Hi - I am not sure why I was blocked. I have been a regular contributor to areas of my expertise - the Canadian Soccer Association, Canadian Women's Hockey League, and hockey cards. Can you please clarify? Hockeymedia.ca (talk) 03:47, 17 August 2010 (UTC)


 * URLs are not valid usernames.


 * Nor are company/organization names.


 * Using your real name is often not a good idea, although some people seem to like it.


 * Best is to come up with some nickname - nothing to do with any company, organization or anything.


 * Even if you do not specifically represent the website Hockeymedia.ca, it would still be a good idea to change the name.


 * Please read Username policy. If you can explain that you understand it, and want to change name to something that conforms to the policy, then you can be unblocked to request the change. Best,  Chzz  ► 04:03, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Hi- I believe my username was hockeymedia, but I guess it was hockeymedia.ca which is connected with my personal website/research site (although perhaps because it links it to the magazine/commercial theWantList.ca, it was blocked?).

I do not know if three letters is acceptable ("rds") and quite frankly the name "rscott" is always taken, so either "rds" or "hockeymedia" would be my proposed username


 * As you already know, anything related to "hockeymedia" will still show a relationship to a company or organization. Unfortunately, "RDS" is the initials for "Reseau Des Sports", the French version of TSN and would therefore appear to be related as well - even if no such linkage exists. ( talk→   BWilkins   ←track ) 07:11, 17 August 2010 (UTC)


 * So how do I switch my username? Should I take rds187 for a nickname (again - those are my initials + a number - absolutely nothing to do with a French sports station. How do I switch my username -- or does someone need to help me to close this account so I can create a new account? cheers, richard